- Not showing us the actual code that produces your output
- Not showing us the error your (posted) code produces: Can't call method "Paragraphs" on an undefined value at
1042874.pl line 8. (Your line 1)
- Not using strict and warnings
- Not showing us how you're reading your M$ Word document
There may well be be some more, but this Monk isn't inclined to try to crystal ball the kind of incomplete and misinformation you've provided.
If you didn't program your executable by toggling in binary, it wasn't really programming!