Language-Specific Properties and Methods (PowerPoint)
The Microsoft Office PowerPoint 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.
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
To enable the language-specific features in Microsoft Office 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 Microsoft Windows 95 has right-to-left support.