Best of both worlds:
Adapted from Win32::ole and MSWord: 

# If Word is already running, then use the existing instance,
# and leave it running when we are done.
# Otherwise, start a new instance of Word, and close it when 
# we are done.
use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::OLE;

my $Word;
eval {$Word = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Word.Application')};
die "Word not installed: $@" if $@;
unless (defined $Word) {
    $Word = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', sub {$_[0]->Quit})
      or die "Oops, cannot start Word";
}
$Word->{'Visible'} = 1; # If you want to see what's going on

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In reply to Re^2: Win32::OLE and Word by Util
in thread Win32::OLE and Word by KathyM

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