On 2004-10-05 6:31 -0900 (JST), Corentin Cras-Meneur wrote: > Let me go back to the original question: > >> I had been using E'rage X (US version), but I've just switched to E'rage >> 2004-Jpn. . . . I renamed all the >> files in my identity folder, using the Japanese equivalents. . . . > > Yeah, that's about the only way you can do that, . . . The risk of having Word or Entoruage crash on me for unknown > reasons made me conclude that it wasn't worth it. Thanks for the confirmation, even though it's disappointing. I've been using Office 2004-Jpn for three days since my unorthodox switchover and haven't noticed any problems so far, though I don't know what may be lurking in the background.
>> 1. Is there an easier way of accomplishing this sort of switch? . . . > Nope... If the applications were built as multilangual packages (like MSN > messenger is for isntance), all you'd have to do is switch the language of > the system in your user account. Unfortunately that's not the case. That would be nice, wouldn't it? The dates in my E'rage X-US calendar worked that way (i.e., they switched to Japanese when I changed the system language setting to Jpn), and it actually had quite good Japanese support (notably, special fields for inputting phonetic readings of names in address-book entries designated as "Japanese format"), but obviously the app as a whole was not built as a multilingual package, and apparently E'rage 2004 isn't either. >> 2. What if I later decide I want to switch from E'rage 2004-Jpn to E'rage >> 2004-US? Will I be able to access the Jpn identity info simply by switching >> the names of the Jpn files to their English equivalents? > > You probably could, but I suspect you'd have to rename several files in the > identity itself. It should be doable though. I *hope* that the developers > have not used different field attribute in the identity files themselves > between the two versions though :-( (that has been the case for pref files in > previous versions of Office). Hmm. I'm going to continue test-driving 2004-Jpn using my external HD, and unless I experience some major difficulties with it, I'll probably install it on my main system and then just stick with it. (I happen to have a choice between Office 2004-US and -Jpn because my college-student son has picked up a copy of the US academic version and will be sending it to me. I understand the student's parents are allowed to run it on one computer each.) Thanks for the help. Let's hope that Office 2007(?) will be multilingual! -- Jeremy Whipple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Setagaya-ku, Tokyo -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
