Converting .pdf and .doc files into .txt file

Can anyone here please tell me (a humble programmer) if there's anything in Java to help me accomplish the above, i.e. to strip the markup of these files.
Or perhaps someone might know if there are programs already out there that can?
Any pointers or advice would be great, thanks

PDF: iText (www.lowagie.org or .com) and FOP (at apache.org, or maybe jakarta.apache.org) are the de facto standards for writing PDF in Java, but I don't think either of them will help you with reading it. You might check out etymon. I think that reads PDF. Or you could google for java pdf reader
Doc: Check out POI, again at either jakarta or apache.

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PDF writers paint the content to the canvas that is the PDF page.
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