>>>>Make sure Excel is registered in the IntelliSense Manager.
>>>>Tamar
>>>
>>>Can you give instructions to do that?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Andy Rice
>>>San Diego, CA
>>
>>Go to the Tools/Intellisense Manager dialog. Click on the Types tab.
>
>There's a command button with the caption "Type Libraries" click it and select the Microsoft Excel type library.
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>I am not familiar with the Excel type library.

You don't need to be. It appears in a list with a check box. Just check the check box

>I was trying to omit the
> "Local oExcel AS Excel.Application"
>per the original request.

In the command window, of course, you don't need that. However, you do in method code if you want Intellisense to work.

>But I still needed that.