use strict;
use Text::Wrap;
use Win32::OLE qw(in with);
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
use Win32::OLE::Enum;

die "Usage: perl doc_print.pl test.doc" unless @ARGV == 1;

my $File = $ARGV[0];
$File = Win32::GetCwd() . "/$File" if $File !~ /^(\w:)?[\/\\]/;

die "File $ARGV[0] does not exist" unless -f $File;

my $Word = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', 'Quit')
  or die "Couldn't run Word";

my $Doc = $Word->Documents->Open($File);

my (@words, $nwords, @chars, $nchars, $len, $object, $paragraph, $para
+graph_count, $enum, $allText, $para_temp);
my $lc=0;
my $pc=0;
my (@char, $char);

$enum = Win32::OLE::Enum->new($Doc->Paragraphs);
allText = '';
    $para_temp = 0;
    while(($object = $enum->Next)) {
        $para_temp++;
        $paragraph = $object->Range->{Text};
        $allText .= $paragraph;
        chop $paragraph;
        unless ($paragraph eq '') {
            $paragraph_count++;
        }
        chomp $paragraph;
        @words = split /\s+/, $paragraph;
        $nwords += @words;  
        @chars = split //, $paragraph;
        $nchars += @chars;  
    }
    $allText =~ tr/\t //d; 
    $len = length($allText) - $para_temp;

printf "Character (no spaces) %d\n", $nchars;
printf "Character (wout spaces) %d\n", $len;
printf "Character (words) %d\n", $nwords;
printf "Character (paragraphs) %d\n",$paragraph_count;
printf "Line Count %d\n", $lc; 
printf "Page Count %d\n", $pc; 

$Doc->Close;
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Edited by Chady -- added code tags.