Reading doc file using streamreader
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I am trying to read .doc/.docx file with stream reader, but it give me output as unspecified character ie. 
??[ ?L?f???C???.
I'm writing the file using a text editor. Here's a snippet of my code:
string filePath = baseUrl+ "Sample.docx";  
    using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(filePath, Encoding.UTF8))
    {
        txtBody.Text = reader.ReadToEnd();
    }
I'm using VS 2010. Thank you.
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