use strict;
use Win32::OLE qw(in with);
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
use Data::Dumper;

# Update:  The following line, per advice below, solves my problem:
# $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth=2;



    # check if Word exists
    my $x = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Word.Application');
    die "Word not Installed" if $@;

warn "1 OK to here.\n";

    # start Word program, die if unable to
    unless (defined $x) {
      unless (
        $x = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', sub { $_[0]->Quit; })
              ) {
                    die "Cannot start Word.\n";
      }
    }

warn "2 OK to here.\n";

do_dumper( 'wobjX:', $x )
if 1;

warn "3 OK to here.\n";

	my $template_file = 'e:\\aa\\myfile.dot';
    my $d;
    unless (
        $d = $x->Documents->Add( $template_file )
                ) {
                        die "Cannot open file '$template_file': $!\n";
    }

do_dumper( 'wobjD:', $d )
if 0;

    undef $x;
    undef $d;

warn "4 OK to here.\n";



sub do_dumper {
    my ( $label, $variable ) = @_;
    my $msg = Dumper( $variable );

    open P2W, ">> p2w_out.txt";
    print P2W "$label:\n$msg\n";
    #warn "$label:\n$msg\n";
    close P2W;
}