On 11/7/07, ccornell - OpenOffice.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Dear sir > >> I just download the english version. however, just reading arround your > website, I found that the software is avaiable in Chinese too, please teach > how to change the english version to chinese version (use add-ons). Or I > need to re-download the chinese version? > >> Awaiting your reply > >> Best Regards > >> Pakying Chan > >> > > I don't know if there is a Chinese "language pack" that will convert > > from English to Chinese. Please see http://zh.openoffice.org/index.html > > > > It might be simpler to download the whole thing. > > For the Chinese version, you can also get the RedOffice3.0 version of > OpenOffice.org. This is OpenOffice.org, but with a totally redesigned > user interface designed by and for the Chinese market. > > You will find more information (in Chinese) here: > http://www.ch2000.com.cn/ > > The user interface redesign (shown at OOoCon2007 in Barcelona) for > RedOffice3.0 is really interesting. I cannot find any screencaps to > link to though. Basically, they have completely removed the traditional > menus, and given it in what I would best describe as a "task based" icon > driven user interface. The result is something that is much more > intuitive to the Chinese users, and more suitable to their style of > writing documents. It is quite brilliant, and I wish there was an > English version for the rest of us. > > C. > -- > Clayton Cornell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I downloaded the RedOffice to give it a try. It's weird that the program is compressed in rar instead of an open format. I had to terminate the installation because a dialogue popup saying it would update some files used by OpenOffice(I was doing some work in the Writer at the moment). I just don't know why it will alter some files used by OpenOffice(my current version is 2.2.0).
-- WANG, Xiaoyun Shanghai, China
