Zero_Flop is right about the macros. If, however, you can't convert it you can always (as a possible last resort) create the macro in Word and then run it with a Perl command.
• Create and name the macro in word
• Declare it at the top of your code
  package MACRO-NAME;
• When you need the action from the macro, you call it in perl like this:

  $Word->Documents->Open("$dir\\$file") or die "Can't open ", Win32::OLE
  +->LastError());
          $Word->Run("MACRO-NAME");
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This has saved me some time on some hurry-up projects where I didn't have success converting the VBA directly to Perl.

Selection.InlineShapes.AddOLEControl ClassType:="Forms.CheckBox.1

use strict;
use Win32::OLE qw(in with);
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
    
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 2; 
my $Word = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Word.Application')
    || Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', 'Quit');

   $Word->{'Visible'} = 1;
my $Doc = $Word->Documents->Add();
   $Word->Selection->WholeStory;
   $Word->Selection->InlineShapes->AddOLEControl({ClassType=>'Forms.Ch
+eckBox.1'});
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You'll probably have to read the class documentation to get the names for the ClassTypes for OLEControls, but that's a good exercise for the reader.

C-.

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