Changing Language Doen't Work (PPT 2002)

[Michael Wilcox]

I'm doing a presentation in Spanish and I'm trying to change the language to
Spanish (Spain - Modern Sort) but it's not working. I open the Tools >
Language..., choose Spanish (Spain - Modern Sort), and click OK, but the
language remains unchanged. I'm using PowerPoint 2002. Can this be helped?

 

[Michael Koerner]

Go to Control Panel | Regional Settings | and change your language preference
there.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


I'm doing a presentation in Spanish and I'm trying to change the language to
Spanish (Spain - Modern Sort) but it's not working. I open the Tools >
Language..., choose Spanish (Spain - Modern Sort), and click OK, but the
language remains unchanged. I'm using PowerPoint 2002. Can this be helped?

 

[Echo S]

PPT picks up its language settings in Tools/Language from your keyboard.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;245819&Product=ppt

But you can change the language ID of the individual textboxes.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;245468&Product=ppt
has sample code to do this.

And
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...soft.public.powerpoint&as_scoring=d&lr=&hl=en
has info on the various language IDs.

(Hey, Steve, can we FAQify this stuff? I'll write something up for you.)

 

[Michael Wilcox]

Go to Control Panel | Regional Settings | and change your language preference
there.

I don't want my entire computer changed, just this one presentation.
The process I tried works in Word and will only change the language
for that one document, but it doesn't seem to work in PowerPoint.

 

[Michael Koerner]

The help file in 2002 has all the steps to take for working in a different
language. Just insert Language and/or keyboard in the keyword index window.
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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

Go to Control Panel | Regional Settings | and change your language preference
there.

I don't want my entire computer changed, just this one presentation.
The process I tried works in Word and will only change the language
for that one document, but it doesn't seem to work in PowerPoint.

 

[Michael Wilcox]

The help file in 2002 has all the steps to take for working in a
different language. Just insert Language and/or keyboard in the
keyword index window.

So, according to that, I have to change the language for every text box in
my presentation?

 

[Michael Koerner]

I assume so. I have never had the opportunity to work with different languages.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

The help file in 2002 has all the steps to take for working in a
different language. Just insert Language and/or keyboard in the
keyword index window.

So, according to that, I have to change the language for every text box in
my presentation?

 

[Echo S]

So, according to that, I have to change the language for every text box in
my presentation?

Yes. I posted a link to a MSKB article for you earlier this afternoon
with code to do this.