You can do it this way:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use File::Spec::Functions qw( catfile );
use Cwd qw(cwd);
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft.Word';    # wd  constants

$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;

my $dir = cwd;

my $word = get_word();
$word->{Visible} = 0;

my $filename_in = catfile $dir, 'test.docx';

my $doc = $word->{Documents}->Open($filename_in);

my $filename_out = catfile $dir, 'mytest.txt';

$doc->SaveAs(
    {
        Filename   => $filename_out,
        FileFormat => wdFormatUnicodeText | wdFormatTextLineBreaks,
    }
);

$doc->Close(0);

sub get_word {
    my $word;
    eval { $word = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Word.Application'); };

    die "$@\n" if $@;

    unless ( defined $word ) {
        $word = Win32::OLE->new( 'Word.Application', sub { $_[0]->Quit
+ } )
          or die "Oops, cannot start Word: ",
          Win32::OLE->LastError, "\n";
    }
    return $word;
}

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In reply to Re: Win32::OLE SaveAs Unicode by Anonymous Monk
in thread Win32::OLE SaveAs Unicode by Anonymous Monk

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