DefaultWritingStyle Property

Applies To

Language object.

Description

Returns or sets the default writing style used by the grammar checker for the specified language. The name of the writing style is the localized name for the specified language. Read/write String.

Remarks

This property controls the global setting for the writing style. When setting this property, you must use the exact name found in the Writing style box on the Spelling & Grammar tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu).

The ActiveWritingStyle property sets the writing style for each language in a document. The ActiveWritingStyle setting overrides the DefaultWritingStyle setting.

See Also

ActiveWritingStyle property, WritingStyleList property.

Example

This example returns the default writing style in a message box.

myLang = Selection.LanguageID
Msgbox Languages(myLang).DefaultWritingStyle

This example sets the writing style for U.S. English to Casual, and then it checks spelling and grammar in the active document.

Languages(wdEnglishUS).DefaultWritingStyle = "Casual"
ActiveDocument.CheckGrammar