It is hard to see exactly what you are trying to do. By far the easiest way to do this is to convert the doc to a text file. The either slurp it in and split it into paras or set $/ ="\n\n" and read it in one para at a time. This sub will do the conversion for you. 

my $wdFormatText     = 2; #  wdFormatText constant from Win32::OLE::Co
+nst 'Microsoft Word'


sub convert_doc_to_text {
    my ( $infile, $outfile ) = @_;
    require Win32::OLE;
    my $word = Win32::OLE->new( 'Word.Application', sub {$_[0]->Quit;}
+ );
    error("Can't create new instance or Word Reason:$Win32::OLE::LastE
+rror")unless $word;
    $word->{visible} = 0;
    my $doc = $word->{Documents}->Open($infile);
    error("Can't open $infile, Reason:$Win32::OLE::LastError")unless $
+doc;
    # wdFormatDocument wdFormatText wdFormatHTML
    $doc->SaveAs( { FileName => $outfile, FileFormat => $wdFormatText 
+} );
    $doc->Close;
    undef $doc;
    undef $word;
}

sub error { die shift }

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cheers

tachyon

In reply to Re: OLE Find with Paragraphs() by tachyon
in thread OLE Find with Paragraphs() by wyldtek

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