HELP!!!!got a project to do....required to read a word document from java for searching purpose. We get only the content the content together with some other lower ascii characters.

can anybody tell me any other way how to do it? please....

I am not sure how to interact with word document content from java... I would suggest write a COM object with VB/C whatever and then call it from java - it a lot easier to work with word from VB or C. (personally I prefer Delphi). Simply write API that will return to your java application the data you need.