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_Application.DefaultSaveFormat Property

Returns or sets the default format that will appear in the Save as type box in the Save As dialog box (File menu).

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property DefaultSaveFormat As String
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As _Application
Dim value As String

value = instance.DefaultSaveFormat

instance.DefaultSaveFormat = value
string DefaultSaveFormat { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String

Remarks

Corresponds to the Save Word files as box on the Save tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu).

The string used with this property is the file converter class name. The class names for internal Microsoft Word formats are listed in the following table.

Word format

File converter class name

Word Document

""

Document Template

"Dot"

Text Only

"Text"

Text Only with Line Breaks

"CRText"

MS-DOS Text

"8Text"

MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks

"8CRText"

Rich Text Format

"Rtf"

Unicode Text

"Unicode"

Use the ClassName property with a FileConverter object to determine the class name of an external file converter.

See Also

Reference

_Application Interface

_Application Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace