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Win32::Word::Writer is a wrapper around Win32::OLE, using the ActiveX Word API.

For the things that Word::Writer doesn't do out of the box, you need to do it "manually" using regular Win32::OLE Automation methods on the Word object model. The Word instance and the Word Document are both available.

I recommend that you start by looking at Visual Basic (VBA) examples for how to do automate things in Word in general (Google it), then read the Win32::OLE docs to see how it's translated to Perl (it's different, but very similar). Then browse through the Word Document Object Model (here's how).

As mentioned, "A good way to figure out how to do something is to record a Macro and then bring up the VBA window and inspect the code written by the Macro Recorder".

Good luck!

In reply to Re^5: Automating Word with Perl by jplindstrom
in thread Automating Word with Perl by merrymonk

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