Get all lines from MS Word header and footer using Interop PIA in C#

Question

I am trying to get all lines from the header and footer in a word doc. I am using the following code:

HeaderFooter header = this.Doc.Sections[1].Headers[Word.WdHeaderFooterIndex.wdHeaderFooterPrimary]
string text = header.Range.Text;

But the Range.Text property always seems to return the last line. If my header has:

Header line 1

Header line 2

Header line 3

My code always return "Header line 3". I get similar results for the footer. I have tried calling header.Range.WholeStory(). I have tried calling header.Range.Paragraphs and tried iterating over the Paragraphs collection. I am at a complete loss. The documentation on MSDN is cryptic and I can't find my way through it. Any help would be appreciated.

FWIW: I am writing a utility in C# to verify that each document a large library of word documents conforms to a company wide template. The template calls for the header and footer to contain certain information (title, document number, date, etc). Each datum will also be checked against a regex. I know the use of fields, bookmarks, etc. would be elegant but I am afraid the documents I am working with simply have the information embedded as text in the header and the footer.

Answer 1

You can try the rest of the headers just in case

foreach (Section section in this.Doc.Sections)
    foreach (HeaderFooter header in section.Headers)
        if (header.Range.Text.Contains("1")) Debugger.Break();

Answer 2

I found the answer. Like most things it was hidding in plain sight. I was debugging from the console using Console.WriteLine() and the slash Rs were getting the best of me.

private string GetUsableTextFromRange(Word.HeaderFooter headerFooter)
{
    Word.Range range = headerFooter.Range;
    string textWithSlashRs = range.Text;
    string usableText = textWithSlashRs.Replace("\r", Environment.NewLine);
    return usableText;
}

In the end I had the data all along... Hope this helps someone else.