Presentation.DefaultLanguageID property (PowerPoint)
Returns or sets the default language of presentations. Read/write.
Syntax
expression. DefaultLanguageID
expression A variable that represents a Presentation object.
Return value
MsoLanguageID
Remarks
Setting the DefaultLanguageID property does not affect pre-existing objects within that presentation and does set the language for newly created objects.
When you set the DefaultLanguageID property for a single presentation, you set it for all new and all subsequently opened presentations as well.
The value of the DefaultLanguageID property can be one of these MsoLanguageID constants.
| msoLanguageIDAfrikaans |
| msoLanguageIDAlbanian |
| msoLanguageIDAmharic |
| msoLanguageIDArabic |
| msoLanguageIDArabicAlgeria |
| msoLanguageIDArabicBahrain |
| msoLanguageIDArabicEgypt |
| msoLanguageIDArabicIraq |
| msoLanguageIDArabicJordan |
| msoLanguageIDArabicKuwait |
| msoLanguageIDArabicLebanon |
| msoLanguageIDArabicLibya |
| msoLanguageIDArabicMorocco |
| msoLanguageIDArabicOman |
| msoLanguageIDArabicQatar |
| msoLanguageIDArabicSyria |
| msoLanguageIDArabicTunisia |
| msoLanguageIDArabicUAE |
| msoLanguageIDArabicYemen |
| msoLanguageIDArmenian |
| msoLanguageIDAssamese |
| msoLanguageIDAzeriCyrillic |
| msoLanguageIDAzeriLatin |
| msoLanguageIDBasque |
| msoLanguageIDBelgianDutch |
| msoLanguageIDBelgianFrench |
| msoLanguageIDBengali |
| msoLanguageIDBrazilianPortuguese |
| msoLanguageIDBulgarian |
| msoLanguageIDBurmese |
| msoLanguageIDByelorussian |
| msoLanguageIDCatalan |
| msoLanguageIDCherokee |
| msoLanguageIDChineseHongKong |
| msoLanguageIDChineseMacao |
| msoLanguageIDChineseSingapore |
| msoLanguageIDCroatian |
| msoLanguageIDCzech |
| msoLanguageIDDanish |
| msoLanguageIDDutch |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishAUS |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishBelize |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishCanadian |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishCaribbean |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishIreland |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishJamaica |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishNewZealand |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishPhilippines |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishSouthAfrica |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishTrinidad |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishUK |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishUS |
| msoLanguageIDEnglishZimbabwe |
| msoLanguageIDEstonian |
| msoLanguageIDFaeroese |
| msoLanguageIDFarsi |
| msoLanguageIDFinnish |
| msoLanguageIDFrench |
| msoLanguageIDFrenchCameroon |
| msoLanguageIDFrenchCanadian |
| msoLanguageIDFrenchCotedIvoire |
| msoLanguageIDFrenchLuxembourg |
| msoLanguageIDFrenchMali |
| msoLanguageIDFrenchMonaco |
| msoLanguageIDFrenchReunion |
| msoLanguageIDFrenchSenegal |
| msoLanguageIDFrenchWestIndies |
| msoLanguageIDFrenchZaire |
| msoLanguageIDFrisianNetherlands |
| msoLanguageIDGaelicIreland |
| msoLanguageIDGaelicScotland |
| msoLanguageIDGalician |
| msoLanguageIDGeorgian |
| msoLanguageIDGerman |
| msoLanguageIDGermanAustria |
| msoLanguageIDGermanLiechtenstein |
| msoLanguageIDGermanLuxembourg |
| msoLanguageIDGreek |
| msoLanguageIDGujarati |
| msoLanguageIDHebrew |
| msoLanguageIDHindi |
| msoLanguageIDHungarian |
| msoLanguageIDIcelandic |
| msoLanguageIDIndonesian |
| msoLanguageIDInuktitut |
| msoLanguageIDItalian |
| msoLanguageIDJapanese |
| msoLanguageIDKannada |
| msoLanguageIDKashmiri |
| msoLanguageIDKazakh |
| msoLanguageIDKhmer |
| msoLanguageIDKirghiz |
| msoLanguageIDKonkani |
| msoLanguageIDKorean |
| msoLanguageIDLao |
| msoLanguageIDLatvian |
| msoLanguageIDLithuanian |
| msoLanguageIDMacedonian |
| msoLanguageIDMalayalam |
| msoLanguageIDMalayBruneiDarussalam |
| msoLanguageIDMalaysian |
| msoLanguageIDMaltese |
| msoLanguageIDManipuri |
| msoLanguageIDMarathi |
| msoLanguageIDMexicanSpanish |
| msoLanguageIDMixed |
| msoLanguageIDMongolian |
| msoLanguageIDNepali |
| msoLanguageIDNone |
| msoLanguageIDNoProofing |
| msoLanguageIDNorwegianBokmol |
| msoLanguageIDNorwegianNynorsk |
| msoLanguageIDOriya |
| msoLanguageIDPolish |
| msoLanguageIDPunjabi |
| msoLanguageIDRhaetoRomanic |
| msoLanguageIDRomanian |
| msoLanguageIDRomanianMoldova |
| msoLanguageIDRussian |
| msoLanguageIDRussianMoldova |
| msoLanguageIDSamiLappish |
| msoLanguageIDSanskrit |
| msoLanguageIDSerbianCyrillic |
| msoLanguageIDSerbianLatin |
| msoLanguageIDSesotho |
| msoLanguageIDSimplifiedChinese |
| msoLanguageIDSindhi |
| msoLanguageIDSlovak |
| msoLanguageIDSlovenian |
| msoLanguageIDSorbian |
| msoLanguageIDSpanish |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishArgentina |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishBolivia |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishChile |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishColombia |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishCostaRica |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishDominicanRepublic |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishEcuador |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishElSalvador |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishGuatemala |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishHonduras |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishModernSort |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishNicaragua |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishPanama |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishParaguay |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishPeru |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishPuertoRico |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishUruguay |
| msoLanguageIDSpanishVenezuela |
| msoLanguageIDSutu |
| msoLanguageIDSwahili |
| msoLanguageIDSwedish |
| msoLanguageIDSwedishFinland |
| msoLanguageIDSwissFrench |
| msoLanguageIDSwissGerman |
| msoLanguageIDSwissItalian |
| msoLanguageIDTajik |
| msoLanguageIDTamil |
| msoLanguageIDTatar |
| msoLanguageIDTelugu |
| msoLanguageIDThai |
| msoLanguageIDTibetan |
| msoLanguageIDTraditionalChinese |
| msoLanguageIDTsonga |
| msoLanguageIDTswana |
| msoLanguageIDTurkish |
| msoLanguageIDTurkmen |
| msoLanguageIDUkrainian |
| msoLanguageIDUrdu |
| msoLanguageIDUzbekCyrillic |
| msoLanguageIDUzbekLatin |
| msoLanguageIDVenda |
| msoLanguageIDVietnamese |
| msoLanguageIDWelsh |
| msoLanguageIDXhosa |
| msoLanguageIDZulu |
| msoLanguageIDPortuguese |
Example
This example sets the default language for the active presentation, all new presentations, and all subsequently opened presentations, to German.
ActivePresentation.DefaultLanguageID = msoLanguageIDGerman
See also
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