
Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime is required to run Microsoft Office based solutions built using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017.
Running Office customizations built for this version of Visual Studio Tools for Office requires at least one of the following versions of Microsoft Office: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016. However, this package does not have an Office install as a pre-requisite. It will attempt to discover an Office install before it proceeds, but it will only provide a warning if one is not found.