My suggestions are based on the assumption, that your "Word template" is simple enough to recreate (for example, you are required to merge your Excel output into a .doc file with some header, footer and basic table formatting).

Excel data saved as a tab delimited file is just a tab delimited file. So, don't focus on the origin of the data and use Text::CSV to read the file. If the module documentation seems too detailed, here is a nice tutorial.

Remember to tell the module that you are dealing with tab separated fields:

my $csv = Text::CSV->new ({sep_char => '\t'});
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When you're done with input, the only thing left is to print the data to a file your Word users can read. I would suggest using RTF::Writer, and saving the RTF file with a .doc (or .docx) extension. Word will open the file without problems, and if you do not need any special formatting, it should be enough.

Tables in RTF are a bit tricky, but if your needs are simple, the following snippet from the module documentation should help you:

    my $decl = RTF::Writer::TableRowDecl->new('widths' => [1500,1900])
+;
    $h->row($decl, "Stuff", "Hmmm");
    $h->row($decl, [\'\ul', 'Foo'], 'Bar', \'\bullet');
    $h->row($decl, "Hooboy.");
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Hopefully, this will be of some use to you. Good luck!

regards,
Luke