++Thank you that did it. The working code is below, with a couple of mods to put a page break between files and put the file name in a heading at the start.

If I may be permitted a small rant: What kind of twisted mind came up with this Office object model? It is the Rube Goldberg Device of object models. Six steps to insert a heading. REALLY? It took me forever to figure out that you make a selection in the document, but then the selection belongs to to system, not that document. Geez.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
my $word = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application') or die "Failure - word.
+ \n";
$word->{'Visible'} = 1;
my $outputdoc = $word->Documents->Add;
my @inputdocs = qw( foo.doc bar.doc);
foreach my $f (@inputdocs) {
    my $ip = $outputdoc->Range({Start=>$outputdoc->Content->End -1,End
+=>$outputdoc->Content->End -1});
    $ip->Select();
    my $selection = $word->Selection;
    $selection->TypeText($f);
    $selection->{'Style'} = "Heading 2";
    $selection->TypeParagraph;
    my $inputdoc = $word->Documents->Open({FileName => "c:\\temp\\work
+\\$f"});
    my $inputparagraphs = $inputdoc->Paragraphs;
    my $nparagraphs = $inputdoc->Paragraphs->Count;
    for my $i (1..$nparagraphs) {
        $inputdoc->Paragraphs($i)->Range->Copy;
        my $outrange = $outputdoc->Range({Start=>$outputdoc->Content->
+End -1,End=>$outputdoc->Content->End -1});
        $outrange->Paste;
    }
    $inputdoc->close;
    my $outputend = $outputdoc->Range({Start=>$outputdoc->Content->End
+ -1,End=>$outputdoc->Content->End -1});
    $outputend->InsertBreak();
}
$outputdoc->SaveAs({FileName => 'c:\\temp\\work\\combined.doc'});

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In reply to Re^2: Win32 OLE Word combining docs by cormanaz
in thread Win32 OLE Word combining docs by cormanaz

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