title: Alias for Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word namespace not recogized
body: <p>Here is my code in Form1.vb:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Imports Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
  
  Public Class Form1
  
  Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
  
      Dim oWord As Word.Application
      Dim oWord1 As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application
      Dim oWord2 as Application
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm using VStudio2012 and Office 2010 and following the sample from <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/316383" rel="nofollow">https://support.microsoft.com/kb/316383</a></p>
  
  <p>The declaration of <strong>oWord</strong> is flagged by intellisense as "Type 'Word.Application' is not defined,<br>
  while <strong>oWord1</strong> and <strong>oWord2</strong> are accepted. Intellisense provides several error correction options - two of which I've tried (oWord1 and oWord2) - the other options don't seem to apply. </p>
  
  <p>In short, I am confused about why the use of the namespace alias Word on the Imports statement does not satisfy the syntax <strong>Dim oWord As Word.Application</strong> as described in the KB article. Is there some "master knob" to turn in the project properties dialog or something?</p>