On 10/06/2009 04:37 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > 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.
Or: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html Additional Resources * Dictionaries * Localizations * Templates * Extensions Click on 'Localizations' http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html and following the links: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Languages for detailed information. Then again, there is always: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ [Documentation in Other Languages] http://fr.openoffice.org/Documentation/Index.html or entering 'language packs' in the first documentation search bar which yields this: <http://documentation.openoffice.org/searchresults.html?cx=008361175193398611882%3A4ksrp-acl3c&cof=FORID%3A11&q=language+packs&sa=Search> <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Adding_More_Languages> And somewhere in all that mess, you may eventually find: <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Download_OpenOffice.org_LanguagePacks> @John: you'll find that language packs are only as good as the volunteers that help to maintain them. OOo is an opensource project, so if you are able to assist/volunteer for any of the language projects I'm sure that your help will be greatly appreciated. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
