DefaultLanguageID Property

Microsoft PowerPoint Visual Basic

Returns or sets the default language of a presentation. When you set the DefaultLanguageID property for a presentation, you set it for all subsequent new presentations as well. Read/write MsoLanguageID.

MsoLanguageID 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

expression.DefaultLanguageID

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Remarks

You can use the LanguageID property to set text ranges to different languages. Any text range not explicitly set to another language will be set to this default.

Example

This example sets the default language for the active presentation, and all subsequent new presentations, to German.

ActivePresentation.DefaultLanguageID = msoLanguageIDGerman