Sorry about last post, (hit wrong key)

anyway,
running late binding in excel
dim wdapp as object
set wdapp = createobject("Word.Application")
Worked great.
Installed SP3 for Office 2003 and Activex could not create object.

Did some research and came up with a possible cause/solution

the registry key for Outlook.Application is now missing (excel and other
apps aren't)
Hkey_classes_root/clisd/0006F03A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046

is missing. according to microsoft this is what sets automation
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828550

any comments?
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