Using Multiple Languages

International Microsoft Office users can change the language that appears on their screens by changing the default language settings. Users around the world can enter, display, and edit text in all supported languages, including European languages, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hebrew, and Arabic, just to name a few. You'll probably be able to use Office programs in your native language. If the text in your document is written in more than one language, you can automatically detect languages or designate the language of selected text so the spelling checker uses the right dictionary.

Add a Language to Office Programs

Click Start on the taskbar, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings.

Click to select the languages you want to use.

Click Add.

Click OK, and then click Yes to quit and restart Office.

Did You Know?

There is a Multilingual AutoCorrect . Office supports an AutoCorrect list for each language. For example, the English AutoCorrect list capitalizes all cases of the single letter "i;" in Swedish however, "i" is a preposition and is not capitalized.

You can check your keyboard layout . After you enable editing for another language, such as Hebrew, Cyrillic, or Greek, you might need to install the correct keyboard layout so you can enter characters for that language. In the Control Panel, double-click the Regional And Language icon, click the Language tab, and then click Details to check your keyboard.

Detect Languages Automatically

Click the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Set Language.

Select the Detect Language Automatically check box.

If you want, select the Do Not Check Spelling Or Grammar check box to skip other language words while checking spelling and grammar.

Click OK.

Mark Text as a Language

Select the text you want to mark.

Click the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Set Language.

Click the language you want to assign to the selected text.

Click OK.