Direction Property

Microsoft Excel Visual Basic

constant. Read/write.

XlSpeakDirection can be one of these XlSpeakDirection constants.
xlSpeakByColumns
xlSpeakByRows

expression.Direction

expression    Required. An expression that returns a Speech object.

Example

In this example, Microsoft Excel determines the speech direction and notifies the user.

Sub CheckSpeechDirection()

    ' Notify user of speech direction.
    If Application.Speech.Direction = xlSpeakByColumns Then
        MsgBox "The speech direction is set to speak by columns."
    Else
        MsgBox "The speech direction is set to speak by rows."
    End If

End Sub