With multiple languages and keyboards/Input Method Editors (IMEs) installed on your computer, you can compose documents that contain more than one language. Any recipients of multilingual documents must also have the same languages installed on their computers to read or edit the documents.
Add Language Support
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To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure.
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To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate icon.
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Go to Control Panel.
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Click on Regional Options.
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On the General tab, under Language settings for the system, select the check box next to the language group(s) you want to install. To find out which language group your language belongs to, see Windows 2000: Locale IDs & Language Groups
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Click on "Apply" button. To complete the installation of language groups, you must insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM or have access to the system files from the network. Once the languages are installed, Windows 2000 prompts you to restart the computer.
In the Add Input Locale dialog box, click the input locale and keyboard layout or Input Method Editor (IME) you want to add.
Click OK to exit. On the Input Locales page, click OK again to close Regional Options.
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You should now see a language indicator (marked "EN" in the illustration below) in the System Tray (located at bottom right hand corner of the desktop by default)
NOTE: You can switch between different input methods by pressing the left Alt + Shift keys or the right Alt + Shift keys
This setting enables programs that do not support Unicode to display menus and dialog boxes in their native language by installing the necessary code pages and fonts. However, programs designed for other languages may not display text correctly.
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To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure.
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Only non-Unicode programs are affected by this setting. The language you select for this option does not change the menus and dialog boxes of Windows or other Unicode programs.
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Go to Control Panel.
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Click on Regional Options.
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On the General tab, click on the "Set Default..." button.
The "Select System Locale" dialog should appear:
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From the drop-down list, select the language that your program needs, and click OK:
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Click OK on the General page. Follow the on-screen instructions. You will be prompted to reboot the system. Click Yes to complete the change.
