Ruby -- Programming Language

require 'win32ole'

begin

  word = WIN32OLE.connect('Word.Application')

  doc = word.ActiveDocument

rescue

  word = WIN32OLE.new('word.application')

  path_open = 'C:\Users\...\test.doc' #yes: backslashes in windows

  doc = word.Documents.Open(path_open)

end

word.visible = true doc.Sentences.each { |x| puts x.text }