Thanks, I did try your advice. The result:

Tables is <Win32::OLE=HASH(0x57d0ab0)>Tables has 70 itemsbefore table loop

table=Win32::OLE=HASH(0x57d0c60) file=C:\Users\...\mydoc.docx

numrows=23

table rows count= Win32::OLE=HASH(0x5606e48)->Rows->Count

OLE exception from "Microsoft Word":

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Win32::OLE(0.1712) error 0x800a1767 in METHOD/PROPERTYGET "Item" at parserworks16.pl line 188.

The failing line is the last line shown 
print "table rows count= $table->Rows->Count \n"; # this print seems t
+o indicate the problem
foreach my $rownum (1 .. $table->Rows->Count) {
    my $row = $table->Rows->Item($rownum);

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So it looks like $table->Rows->Count is an object instead of a number! Why is that ?

In reply to Re^2: WIn32::OLE debug by chafelix
in thread WIn32::OLE debug by Anonymous Monk

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