Note that Excel::Table currently depands on Spreadsheet::XLSX for modern Excel files (.xlsx). That module is completely unreliable, buggy and unmaintained and should be avoided at all costs. It was very useful at the time, but should be replaced with Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX as soon as possible.

Maybe Spreadsheet::Read offers an alternative to your wishes.

As your quest opens a .xlsx file, I felt compelled to make this note.

use Spreadsheet::Read;

my $workbook = Spreadsheet::Read->new ("D:/myexcel.xlsx");
my $sheet = $workbook->sheet (1);
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