John Kaufmann wrote:
How is the interface (menus, etc.) language changed?
A post by Brigitte Mees (Texte en format "paysage") poses a simple
question, but answering with some assurance about her menus requires a
view of OO's French [possibly Belgian French if that matters] menus.
I went to Options | Tools | Languages and tried changing "Locale
setting" and "Default language for documents" to "French (Belgium)",
with "User interface" remaining at "Default" (the only other choice
being "English (USA)" - but the menus, and all of the user interface,
remain in USA English.
Next attempt: went to the OO Downloads page
<http://download.openoffice.org/other.html> looking for some kind of
language packs, but again nothing: just complete package downloads in
different languages. I'm sure the executable code does not change
from language to language; just the user interface. Is there a simple
way to make that change on an installed package?
John
See the discussion at
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=69
The thing I think could be improved is the advice on where to find
localised versions of OOo - the discussion suggests you find mirror
sites. In fact you can get to the right place directly from the main
(English) OOo web site:
* go to www.openoffice.org
* click the "I want to download OpenOffice.org" button
* click the "more platforms, ..." link
* choose your language and platform
Alternatively, if you know the right URL for the language's main site
e.g. www.fr.openoffice.org for French, the the Download (Télécharger)
button takes you directly to the French version for your platform.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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