Identifying Language in Word 2010

Jack21
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Identifying Language in Word 2010

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Hi, can anyone help?

I have an add-in that loads in Word. What I need to know is how to identify the default language the user has set. Is anyone aware of how to do this? I have looked at Word.WdLanguageID and also InputLanguage but no joy.

Thanks in advance
Jack

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HansV
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Re: Identifying Language in Word 2010

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Does NormalTemplate.LanguageID return the information that you want?
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Re: Identifying Language in Word 2010

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Thanks Hans but I've now found exactly what I was looking for:

Application.CurrentInputLanguage.Culture.DisplayName

I should have mentioned, I'm developing in VB.net

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Jack

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Glad you found it.
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