Language-Specific Properties and Methods

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Language-Specific Properties and Methods

   

The Microsoft Word 2002 Visual Basic object model has 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. This topic includes information on the following Visual Basic language-specific items:

Language-Specific Properties

Properties that are available only in Asian or right-to-left languages are listed in the following table.

Property Object
AddBiDirectionalMarksWhenSavingTextFile Options
AddControlCharacters Options
AddHebDoubleQuote Options
AddSpaceBetweenFarEastAndAlpha Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
AddSpaceBetweenFarEastAndDigit Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
AllowCombinedAuxiliaryForms Options
AllowCompoundNounProcessing Options
ApplyFarEastFontsToAscii Options
ArabicMode Options
ArabicNumeral Options
AutoAdjustRightIndent Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
AutoFormatApplyFirstIndents Options
AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyClosings Options
AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyDates Options
AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyFirstIndents Options
AutoFormatAsYouTypeAutoLetterWizard Options
AutoFormatAsYouTypeDeleteAutoSpaces Options
AutoFormatAsYouTypeInsertClosings Options
AutoFormatAsYouTypeInsertOvers Options
AutoFormatAsYouTypeMatchParentheses Options
AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceFarEastDashes Options
AutoFormatDeleteAutoSpaces Options
AutoFormatMatchParentheses Options
AutoFormatReplaceFarEastDashes Options
BaseLineAlignment Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
BoldBi Font, Range
BookFoldRevPrinting PageSetup
BuiltinDictionary HangulHanjaConversionDictionaries
CharacterUnitFirstLineIndent Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
CharacterUnitLeftIndent Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
CharacterUnitRightIndent Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
CharacterWidth Range
CharsLine PageSetup
CheckHangulEndings Options
ColorIndexBi Font
CombineCharacters Range
ConvertHighAnsiToFarEast Options
CorrectHangulAndAlphabet AutoCorrect
CorrectHangulEndings Find
CursorMovement Options
DiacriticColor Font
DiacriticColorVal Options
DisableCharacterSpaceGrid Font, Range
DisableLineHeightGrid Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
DisplayGridLines Options
DisplayLeftScrollBar Window
DisplayRightRuler Window
DocumentViewDirection Options
DoNotEmbedSystemFonts Document
DoubleQuote PageNumbers
EmphasisMark Font, Range
EnableHangulHanjaRecentOrdering Options
FarEastLineBreakControl Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
FarEastLineBreakLanguage Document, Template
FarEastLineBreakLevel Document, Template
Filter Index
FitTextWidth Range, Selection
FlowDirection TextColumns
GridOriginFromMargin Document
GridSpaceBetweenHorizontalLines Document
GridSpaceBetweenVerticalLines Document
GutterPos PageSetup
GutterStyle PageSetup
HalfWidthPunctuationOnTopOfLine Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
HangingPunctuation Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
HangulAndAlphabetAutoAdd AutoCorrect
HangulAndAlphabetExceptions AutoCorrect
HangulHanjaDictionaries Application, Global
HangulHanjaFastConversion Options
HebrewMode Options
HorizontalInVertical Range
IMEAutomaticControl Options
IMEMode Window
InlineConversion Options
ItalicBi Font, Range
JustificationMode Document, Template
Kana Range
KerningByAlgorithm Document, Template
LayoutMode PageSetup
LinesPage PageSetup
LineUnitAfter Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
LineUnitBefore Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
MatchAlefHamza Find
MatchByte Find
MatchControl Find
MatchDiacritics Find
MatchFuzzy Find
MatchFuzzyAY Options
MatchFuzzyBV Options
MatchFuzzyByte Options
MatchFuzzyCase Options
MatchFuzzyDash Options
MatchFuzzyDZ Options
MatchFuzzyHF Options
MatchFuzzyHiragana Options
MatchFuzzyIterationMark Options
MatchFuzzyKanji Options
MatchFuzzyKiKu Options
MatchFuzzyOldKana Options
MatchFuzzyProlongedSoundMark Options
MatchFuzzyPunctuation Options
MatchFuzzySmallKana Options
MatchFuzzySpace Options
MatchFuzzyTC Options
MatchFuzzyZJ Options
MatchKashida Find
MonthNames Options
MultipleWordConversionsMode Options
NameBi Font
NoLineBreakAfter Document, Template
NoLineBreakBefore Document, Template
PrintEvenPagesInAscendingOrder Options
PrintOddPagesInAscendingOrder Options
ReadingOrder Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
RecipientNamefromLeft Envelope
RecipientNamefromTop Envelope
RecipientPostalfromLeft Envelope
RecipientPostalfromTop Envelope
SectionDirection PageSetup
SenderNamefromLeft Envelope
SenderNamefromTop Envelope
SenderPostalfromLeft Envelope
SenderPostalfromTop Envelope
ShowControlCharacters Options
ShowDiacritics Options
ShowOptionalBreaks View
SizeBi Font
SortBy Index
StrictFinalYaa Options
StrictInitialAlefHamza Options
TableDirection Rows, Table
TwoLinesInOne Range
TwoPagesOnOne PageSetup
UseCharacterUnit Options
UseDiffDiacColor Options
UseGermanSpellingReform Options
Vertical Envelope and MailingLabel
VisualSelection Options

Language-Specific Methods

Methods that are available only in Asian or right-to-left languages are listed in the following table.

Method Object
BoldRun Selection
CheckConsistency Document
ClearAllFuzzyOptions Find
ConvertHangulAndHanja Range
ConvertVietDoc Document
IndentCharWidth Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
IndentFirstLineCharWidth Paragraph, ParagraphFormat, Paragraphs
ItalicRun Selection
KeyboardBidi Application
KeyboardLatin Application
LtrPara Selection
LtrRun Selection
ModifyEnclosure Range
PhoneticGuide Range
RtlPara Selection
RtlRun Selection
SetAllFuzzyOptions Find
TCSCConverter Range
ToggleKeyboard Application

Language-Specific Arguments

Methods that are available in all languages, but that have one or more language-specific arguments, are listed in the following table.

Method Object
Execute Find
InsertDateTime Range, Selection
InsertSymbol Range, Selection
PrintOut Application, Document, Window
Sort Column, Range, Selection, Table

Note   In order to  enable the language-specific features in Microsoft Word, 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 Microsoft Windows 95 has right-to-left support. For more information, see Learn about requirements for right-to-left or Asian languages.