# DocLangID Element

Indicates the default language for the document.

## Syntax

    <DocLangID>
        [Unit]
        [F]
        [Err]>
    </DocLangID>

## Attributes

Unit

Optional string. Represents a unit of measure. The default is NUM. For details about NUM, see Units of measure.

F

Optional string. Represents the element's formula. This attribute can contain one of the following strings: "someFormula" if the formula exists locally, "No Formula" if the formula is locally deleted or blocked, or "Inh" if the formula is inherited.

If the attribute is not present, the element's formula is a simple constant. For example, <element>5</element>.

Err

Optional string. Indicates that the formula evaluates to an error. The value of Err is the current value (an error message string); the value of the element is the last valid value.

## Element properties

Property | Value
--- | ---
Name | DocLangID
Minimum Occurrences | 0
Maximum Occurrences | 1

## Element information

Parent elements

DocProps

Child elements

None

## Remarks

The document language is based on the language defined in Microsoft Office Language Settings (on the Start menu, select All Programs, and then select Microsoft Office Tools).

If you want to change the language for a document, instead of editing this element directly, it is best to change this value in the Properties dialog box (File menu) or by using Automation, using the Language property of the Document object.

The following table contains a list of languages and their corresponding LCIDs.

Language | LCID
--- | ---
Afrikaans | 1078
Albanian | 1052
Amharic | 1118
Arabic | 1025
Armenian | 1067
Assamese | 1101
Azeri (Cyrillic) | 2092
Azeri (Latin) | 1068
Basque | 1069
Belarusian | 1059
Bengali | 1093
Bulgarian | 1026
Catalan | 1027
Cherokee | 1116
Chinese (Simplified) | 2052
Chinese (Traditional) | 1028
Croatian | 1050
Czech | 1029
Danish | 1030
Dhivehi | 1125
Dutch | 1043
Edo | 1126
English (Australian) | 3081
English (Canadian) | 4105
English ( U.K.) | 2057
English (U.S.) |
Estonian | 1061
Faeroese | 1080
Farsi | 1065
Filipino | 1124
Finnish | 1035
French | 1036
French (Canadian) | 3084
Frisian | 1122
Fulfulde | 1127
Galician | 1110
Georgian | 1079
German | 1031
German (Austrian) | 3079
German (Swiss) | 2055
Greek | 1032
Gujarati | 1095
Hausa | 1128
Hawaiian | 1141
Hebrew | 1037
Hindi | 1081
Hungarian | 1038
Ibibio | 1129
Icelandic | 1039
Igbo | 1136
Indonesian | 1057
Inuktitut | 1117
Italian | 1040
Japanese | 1041
Kannada | 1099
Kanuri | 1137
Kashmiri | 2144
Kashmiri (Arabic) | 1120
Kazakh | 1087
Kyrgyz | 1088
Konkani | 1111
Korean | 1042
Latin | 1142
Latvian | 1062
Lithuanian | 1063
FYRO Macedonian | 1071
Malay | 1086
Malayalam | 1100
Maltese | 1082
Manipuri | 1112
Marathi | 1102
Mongolian | 1104
Nepali | 1121
Norwegian Bokmal | 1044
Norwegian Nynorsk | 2068
Oriya | 1096
Oromo | 1138
Pashto | 1123
Polish | 1045
Portuguese (Brazil) | 1046
Portuguese (Portugal) | 2070
Punjabi | 1094
Romanian | 1048
Russian | 1049
Sanskrit | 1103
Serbian (Cyrillic) | 3098
Serbian (Latin) | 2074
Sindhi | 1113
Sinhalese | 1115
Slovak | 1051
Slovenian | 1060
Somali | 1143
Spanish | 3082
Swahili | 1089
Swedish | 1053
Syriac | 1114
Tajik | 1064
Tamazight (Berber/Arabic) | 1119
Tamazight (Latin) | 2143
Tamil | 1097
Tatar | 1092
Telugu | 1098
Thai | 1054
Tigrigna (Ethiopia) | 1139
Tigrigna (Eritrea) | 2163
Turkish | 1055
Turkmen | 1090
Ukrainian | 1058
Urdu | 1056
Uzbek (Cyrillic) | 2115
Uzbek (Latin) | 1091
Vietnamese | 1066
Yi | 1144
Yiddish | 1085
Yoruba | 1130

The DocLangID element is relevant only when contained in a DocumentSheet element. It is ignored when contained in a StyleSheet, Shape, or PageSheet element.

## See also

DocLangID cell

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