Application.GetPhonetic Method

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Returns the Japanese phonetic text of the specified text string. This method is available to you only if you have selected or installed Japanese language support for Microsoft Office.

Syntax

expression.GetPhonetic(Text)

expression   A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Text Optional Variant Specifies the text to be converted to phonetic text. If you omit this argument, the next possible phonetic text string (if any) of the previously specified Text is returned. If there are no more possible phonetic text strings, an empty string is returned.

Return Value
String

Example

This example displays all of the possible phonetic text strings from the specified string.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  strPhoText = Application.GetPhonetic("junkojunko")
While strPhoText <> ""
    MsgBox strPhoText
    strPhoText = Application.GetPhonetic()
Wend

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