Use the Range.Text property to retrieve plain, unformatted text of the range.

Example RangesGetText

Shows how to get plain, unformatted text of a range.

[C#]

Document doc = new Document(MyDir + "Document.doc");

string text = doc.Range.Text;

[Visual Basic]

Dim doc As Document = New Document(MyDir & "Document.doc")

Dim text As String = doc.Range.Text

[Java]

Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Document.doc");

String text = doc.getRange().getText();