Dim app As New MSWord.Application try Dim fileName = "d:\test.doc" Dim doc = app.Documents.Open(fileName) Dim t = doc.Tables(1) Dim text = t.Cell(1, 2).Range.Text.ToString() text = text.Substring(0, text.Length - 2) msgbox(text) catch ex As exception msgbox(ex.message) finally app.Quit End try