The Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Visual Basic object model has new language-specific keywords for use with Asian and right-to-left languages. The availability of these language-specific keywords depends on the language support you have selected or installed. For more information about language-specific features, see Language-specific information.
Language-Specific Properties and Methods
Properties and methods that are available only in Asian or right-to-left languages are listed in the following table.
Property or Method | Object |
---|---|
AutoRotateNumbers property | Font |
FarEastLineBreakLanguage property | Presentation |
FarEastLineBreakLevel property | Presentation |
FarEastLineBreakControl property | ParagraphFormat |
HangingPunctuation property | ParagraphFormat |
LayoutDirection property | Presentation |
LtrRun method | TextRange |
NameAscii property | Font |
NameFarEast property | Font |
NameOther property | Font |
NoLineBreakAfter property | Presentation |
NoLineBreakBefore property | Presentation |
RtlRun method | TextRange |
TableDirection property | Table |
TextDirection property | ParagraphFormat |
Language-Specific Arguments
Properties and methods that are available in all languages, but that have one or more language-specific arguments, are listed in the following table.
Property or Method | Object |
---|---|
AddLabel method | Shapes |
AddTextBox method | Shapes |
Orientation property | TextFrame |
SaveAs method | Presentation |
Note In order to enable the language-specific features in Microsoft PowerPoint, you must be running a 32-bit version of the Microsoft Windows operating system that has support for that particular language — for example, the Arabic version of Windows 95 has right-to-left support. Learn about requirements for right-to-left or Asian languages.