You could research automating Libre/Openoffice. Re^5: Converting doc to txt without WIN32::OLE Super Search etc. Also the quote you attribute to be from Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is actually from Spreadsheet::WriteExcel.
In reply to Re^3: Workaround to ParseExcel losing graphs
by marto
in thread Workaround to ParseExcel losing graphs
by Anonymous Monk
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