Class Research (PowerPoint VBA)

Provides access to the research service feature of Microsoft PowerPoint. To use a Research class variable it first needs to be instantiated, for example

Dim rsr as Research
Set rsr = ActivePresentation.Research

IsResearchService

Indicates whether the GUID specified in the ServiceID parameter corresponds to a currently configured research service.

IsResearchService (ServiceID)

ServiceID: A GUID that identifies the research service.

Dim strServiceID As String: strServiceID = 
Dim booIsResearchService As Boolean
booIsResearchService = ActivePresentation.Research.IsResearchService(ServiceID:=strServiceID)

Query

Specifies a research query.

Query (ServiceID, QueryString, QueryLanguage, UseSelection, LaunchQuery)

Dim strServiceID As String: strServiceID = 
ActivePresentation.Research.Query ServiceID:=strServiceID

Arguments

The following argument is required

ServiceID (String) - Specifies a GUID that identifies the research service.

Optional arguments

The following arguments are optional

QueryString (String) - Specifies the query string.

QueryLanguage (String) - Specifies the query language of the query string.

UseSelection (Boolean) - True to use the current selection as the query string. This overrides the QueryString parameter if set. Default value is False.

LaunchQuery (Boolean) - True launches the query. False displays the Research task pane scoped to search the specified research service.

SetLanguagePair

Sets the languages for the translation service.

SetLanguagePair (Language1, Language2)

Dim strLanguage1 As String: strLanguage1 = 
Dim strLanguage2 As String: strLanguage2 = 
ActivePresentation.Research.SetLanguagePair Language1:=strLanguage1, Language2:=strLanguage2

Arguments

The following arguments are required:

Language1 (String) - Specifies the language to translate from.

Language2 (String) - Specifies the language to translate to.