title: reading .doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf documents in .net without Word
body: <p>so far it's only aspose words but which is very pricey</p>
  
  <p>other are to convert to .pdf or to print to .pdf</p>
  
  <p>I am looking for a way to read the contents of these doc types without installing office or pdf app
  i.e. get the text of these documents for parsing</p>