I have to convert a xml file to MS Word Document. I have predefined styles in a .dotx file which should be applied to the text extracted from the XML. Like there are specific styles to "Title", "Paragraphs", "Lists", etc.,. I am using win32::ole to create MS Word Document. I am not able to get the footnote references at the places I want them to be. Please suggest how can I get the footnotes at right places in the Word document. Please see the below code.

 use warnings;
use strict;

use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft.Word';    # wd  constants
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Office';  # mso constants

my $cur_style    = 'a';
my $cur_bookmark = 'a';

sub bold {
  my $document = shift;
  my $bold     = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection->{Font}->{Bold} = $bold ? -1 : 0;
}

sub save_doc_as {
  my $document = shift;
  my $filename = shift;

  $document->SaveAs($filename);
}

sub create_style {
  my $document  = shift;
  my $fontname  = shift;
  my $font_size = shift;
  my $bold      = shift;
  my $italic    = shift;

  my $style = $document->Styles->Add($cur_style);

  my $style_font = $style->{Font};

  $style_font -> {Name  } = $fontname;
  $style_font -> {Size  } = $font_size;
  $style_font -> {Bold  } = $bold;
  $style_font -> {Italic} = $italic;

  my %style;

  $style{name} = $cur_style++;
  return \%style;
}

sub set_style {
  my $document = shift;
  my $style_arg = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection -> {Style} = $style_arg -> {name}
+;
}

sub text {
  my $document = shift;
  my $text      = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection -> TypeText($text);
}

# aka new line, newline or NL
sub enter {
  my $document = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection -> TypeParagraph;
}

my $word = CreateObject Win32::OLE 'Word.Application' or die $!;
$word->{'Visible'} = 1;

my $document = $word->Documents->Add('new.dotx',0,0,-1);

# selection is the insertion point.
my $selection = $word->Selection;

$selection->{Style}="Title" ;
text($document, "135: This is the Document Title");
text($document,"\n");
$selection->{Style}="Normal" ;
bold($document, 1);
text($document, "Authors:");
bold($document,0);
enter($document);
text($document, "some text ............");
#----------------------------------------
#Insert Footnote Here
$selection->Footnotes->Add($selection->{Range},"1", "This is the First
+ Footnote");
#----------------------------------------
text($document, "some other text .........");
#----------------------------------------
#Insert Footnote Here
$selection->Footnotes->Add($selection->{Range},"2", "This is the secon
+d Footnote");
#----------------------------------------
enter($document);
bold($document, 1);
text($document, "Introduction");
bold($document,0);
enter($document);
text($document, "This will have the introduction .... ");
$selection->{Style}=" :000" ;
text($document, "Quick Look");
$selection->{Style}="Normal" ;
enter($document);
text($document, "This is the Normal Paragraph Data");
save_doc_as($document, 'output.docx');
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