Thanks, Paul. I'm trying to do what your saying. After putting the Office 2012 folder on my current development PC at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office (where Office 16 is) I am trying to add it to it with the References - VBAproject dialog. I.E., Early binding with the earlier version of the object libraries. However, I can't figure out how to do it because the Browser button in that dialog won't allow selection of a folder. It's filter allows only .dll and the like.