Opening the activeX control "Excel.FormatCondition" class

I am using activeX controls for excel including the classes Excel._Application, Excel._Workbook, and Excel._Worksheet. I used an open automation refnum to open the application class, then I used property nodes to get to the workbook and worksheet classes. Now I want use the Excel.FormatCondition class. I couldn't get to the class with nodes and methods, so I'm using an open automation refnum as before, but I'm getting "Error 3005 occurred at Automation Open".
I found another post with advice to register the controls, but I read that the excel activeX controls don't need to be registered--they just work in windows.
If I do need to register something, I dont' know what. I'm using LabVIEW 8.6, and Office 2007.
Andrew
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Here's a picture (scaled-down excerpt of my project) to show how I'm opening the application class and using invoke nodes and property nodes to get to the workbook and worksheet classes. I used a cluster to group the classes that I use later on, so you'll notice that I'm not closing the classes in this exceprt.
I went through all the drop-down menu's in the invoke nodes and property nodes and I couldn't find a way to get to "FormatCondition" so I figured I'd have to use an automation refnum, and select the "Excel.FormatCondition" class, and another automation open (which is what I tried showing earlier). I understand I have to specify a range, but I'm not quite there yet. (Sorry if I mis-led you, Michael, with my first attachment.)
Does that clear up my question?
Andrew
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