in reply to Reading data from an open Word Document

Here's the bit of code you may need to include in your code to use the snippet I posted...
sub readWordDoc { my $wordContent; my $wordTitle; my $wordProperties; ($wordTitle, $wordProperties, $wordContent) = readWord::readActiveD +oc(); if ( (defined $wordTitle) and (defined $wordProperties) and (defined $ +wordContent) ) { my $content=""; foreach my $palabre (in $wordContent->Words) # retrieves every s +ingle word and adds it to content { $content.= "\n".lc($palabre->{Text}); } foreach my $prop (in $wordProperties) # prints out every single +property { print "\n".$prop->name.":".$prop->Value; } } }
Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage
Ou comme celui-là qui conquit la Toison,
Et puis est retourné plein d'usage et raison,
Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son âge!

J. du Bellay, poëte angevin