Microsoft Word Object Library version conflict

Hi
Is there a way to import the above mentioned COM object in a version independent way? What I mean is that I have Office Ver. 10 (Office 2002) on my pc that I'm developing the app, however, the app will have to function with newer versions of Office as well, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008. The reason I'm asking this, some time ago I wrote an app that exported Oracle data to an Excel file, and the Excel creation functionality would not work on a PC that had Office 2005 or laters installed. So if anyone knows how to do this so it will work on any Office version please let me know.
Thanks

Currently, the only way to do it is via late binding.