How do you clear an object from the VBProject once it has served its
usefulness?

I've done the following:
1. Opened a workbook from a Word VBProject with the following code:
Dim xlApp As Excel.Application
Dim FileString As String
FileString = "C:\MyDocuments\MyWorkbook.xls"
Excel.Application.Visible = True
Workbooks.Open (FileString) 'Focus is now on the workbook
2. Closed workbook by closing Excel

I've found that there is still an instance of the an object reference to the
Excel app - there is the "Excel.exe" process in the Windows Taskmanager.

I've found that when I reset the VBProject where the above code resides, the
instance is cleared and the "Excel.exe" process in the Windows Taskmanager is
removed.

Do you know how to selectively clear the instance of the object reference in
the VBProject?

Thanks,

VBA Dabbler