You problem is that the method call you are using is if Word is already running. You code works fine if you first launch Word. Play with this... you will see the difference 
use Win32::OLE;

#my $Word = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application')or die "Couldn't open w
+ord";

## use the following if Word is already running
my $Word = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject("Word.Application", \&QuitApp);


Word->Documents()->Open("c:\\Projects\\wtemplates\\TEMPLATE.DOC");

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In reply to Re: OLE from CGI - Is it possible? by JamesNC
in thread OLE from CGI - Is it possible? by relax99

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