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I worked with a German version of VBA for a little while. MS soon gave up on this but it was a really weird experience.

• croisillon 7y ago
  having learned Excel functions in English and having to use them at work in German makes me always nervous
  • dreix 7y ago
    I'm never able to get a function to work as I don't even know their equivalents in German.
    • semi-extrinsic 7y ago
      Now with Sharepoint and Excel Online, we've discovered that function names follow the base language of the Workspace that the sheet is stored in. It's essentially rendered Excel Online useless.
• cm2187 7y ago
  I thought VBA was always in english (syntax & APIs). Only excel formulas are displayed translated in the regular Excel UI.
  • maxxxxx 7y ago
    that was years ago. I don't remember when. It also didn't last long.
  • deleted 7y ago
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  • kalleboo 7y ago
    So I just so happen to have a PowerBook 540c here with a Swedish install of Office 4.2.1, and had to check my memory, since I remember it being localized. VBA on this machine has English keywords (Sub/Dim/If/While), but Swedish application APIs (search in Word is Sök for instance). Screenshot of one of the sample macros: https://i.imgur.com/vDWQcWk.png https://i.imgur.com/vDWQcWk.png