PPT2000: Sample Code to Change the Language ID of a Text Box

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that searches a presentation for text boxes and changes the LanguageID property of the text box to US English. You can easily modify the code to change the language ID to one of several other languages.

This macro does not change the language of a presentation. It only sets the LanguageID property for each text box to another language. This is useful if you have to change the language ID for all of your text boxes at once, in order to check the spelling.

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Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run Within the Viewer

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

Sub Lingo()

' Declare variables.
Dim sld As Slide
Dim shp As Shape

' Loop through all of the slides in the presentation.
For Each sld In ActivePresentation.Slides
    
    ' Loop through each shape on each slide.
    For Each shp In sld.Shapes
        
        ' If the Shape is a text box...
        If shp.Type = msoTextBox Then
            
            ' ...then change the language to US English.
            ' NOTE: To change the language ID to another language,
            ' change the msoLanguageID value here to a different language.
            shp.TextFrame.TextRange.LanguageID = msoLanguageIDEnglishUS
        
        End If
    Next
Next
 
End Sub 

REFERENCES

For more information about using the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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