Here's the modified code

$email_msg = MIME::Lite->new (
                Return-Path    =>$from,
                From        =>$from,
                To            =>$email_to,
                Subject        =>"Completed Transcripts ($count_trans 
+attached)",
                Type        =>'multipart/mixed',
                Encoding    =>'7bit'
                );
                    
if ($cc_email) {$email_msg->add(CC    =>$cc_email)}

# Build Part 2 which is 'multipart/alternative'

$body = MIME::Lite->new (
                    Type        =>'multipart/alternative',
                    Encoding    =>'7bit',
                    );
                    
    # Here's the fallback plain text message                
    $body->attach(        Type        =>'text/plain',
                        Encoding    =>'7bit',
                        Data        =>$plain
                        );
                        
    # Here's the HTML, nicely formated e-mail message                 
+   
    $body->attach(        Type        =>'text/html',
                        Encoding    =>'7bit',
                        Data         =>$html_body,
                        );
# Attach the "body" part to the original message

$email_msg->attach($body);

# Attach "attachments" to original message

foreach $file (sort keys %file_attach) {
    $email_msg->attach (Type    =>'application/msword',
                        Path     =>$file_attach{$file},
                        Filename=>$file,
                        Disposition=>'attachment',
                        Encoding =>'base64'
                        );
    }
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Hah - I came to the same conclusion and did this:

use MIME::Entity;

my $email = 'you@yours.com';
my $our_email = 'me@mine.com';
my $us = 'Just another Perl Hacker'; 
            
# create the alternative part with header
my $alt = build MIME::Entity 
    Type => 'multipart/alternative';

# now, make alternative attachment/s:
attach $alt 
    Path => "c:/text.txt", 
    Type => 'text/HTML',
    Encoding => '7bit';
attach $alt 
    Path => "c:/html.htm", 
    Type => 'text/HTML',
    Encoding => '7bit';

# stringify our alternative part object 
$alt = $alt->as_string;

# create the top-level, and set up the mail headers:
my $top = build MIME::Entity 
   Type    => 'multipart/mixed',
   From    => $our_email,
   To      => $email,
   Subject => "Information from $us";

# next, add the alternate bodies of the message: 
attach $top 
   Data => $alt;

# now, make an attachment:
attach $top 
    Path => "c:/word.doc", 
    Type => 'application/octet-stream',
    Encoding => 'base64';  


# have a look at the result
print $top->as_string;
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cheers

tachyon

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