Converting .tex to .doc
When people think Word format is a standard
use the program latex2rtf, then open rtf in word
If you try to make word document this way using open office the file size will be very large (more than 12 Mb for me although my file contained images).
I didn't have any equations in my tex file, but the way it dealt with my degree symbols which used math mode, i'm pretty sure they will get mangled. More added here next time I try no doubt.