Programmatically replace formatted text in paragraphs (links, content)

Question

I am trying to create a Word addin. How can I programmatically replace text in paragraphs? I need to replace: \r to \t\r in line.

First attempt:

Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveDocument.Paragraphs[nr].Range.Text = 
    Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveDocument
    .Paragraphs[nr].Range.Text.Replace("\r", "\t\r");

Its good only for text, but if I have links or content in paragraphs its doesn't work.

Second attempt:

Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveDocument.Paragraphs[nr].Range.Find.Execute("\r");
Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Selection.Text = "\t"

This fails like 1

Third attempt:

Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Selection.Find
    .Execute("\r", Wrap: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdFindWrap.wdFindContinue);

Word.Find findObject = Application.Selection.Find;
//   findObject.ClearFormatting();
findObject.Text = "\r";
//   findObject.Replacement.ClearFormatting();
findObject.Replacement.Text = "\t\r"

object replaceAll = Word.WdReplace.wdReplaceAll;
findObject.Execute(ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
    ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
    ref replaceAll, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);

This fails one more, because delete 1 paragraph (put text from paragraph[1] and paragraph[2] to one paragraph)

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Alex Butenko Alex Butenko · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-07T02:36:09

For the future readers:

It is possible using OpenXml. OpenXml can be extracted right from addin's code. This approach is universal, it allows to manipulate with a document faster and more precisely.

Programmatically replace formatted text in paragraphs (links, content)

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