1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textsharedguidelanguage_selectxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Selecting the Document Language</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/shared/guide/language_select.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3083278"><bookmark_value>languages; selecting for text</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>documents; languages</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>characters; language selection</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>character styles;language selection</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>text; language selection</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>paragraph styles; languages</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>drawings; languages</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>defaults;languages</bookmark_value> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>spellcheck; default languages</bookmark_value> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>dictionaries, see also languages</bookmark_value> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "applying;" and changed "languages;"</comment> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3083278" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="language_select"><link href="text/shared/guide/language_select.xhp" name="Selecting the Document Language">Selecting the Document Language</link> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150040" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="2">The language you select for your document determines the dictionary used for spellcheck, thesaurus and hyphenation, the decimal and thousands delimiter used and the default currency format.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="unordered"> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153093" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="3">The language you select applies to the whole document.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152578" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="4">Within the document, you can apply a separate language to any paragraph style. This has priority over the language of the whole document.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152886" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="5">You can assign a language to selected pieces of text in a paragraph, either by direct formatting or with a character style. This assignment has priority over the paragraph style and document language.</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146121" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="6">Selecting a language for the whole document</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3083443" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="7">Choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline></emph>. Go to <link href="text/shared/optionen/01140000.xhp" name="Language Settings - Languages"><emph>Language Settings - Languages</emph></link>.</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149664" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="8">Under <emph>Default languages for documents</emph>, select the document language for all newly created documents. If you mark <emph>For the current document only</emph>, your choice will only apply to the current document. Close the dialog with <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152938" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Selecting a language for a Paragraph Style</paragraph> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150872" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="10">Place the cursor in the paragraph whose paragraph style you want to edit.</paragraph> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145367" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="11">Open the context menu and select <emph>Edit Paragraph Style</emph>. This opens the <emph>Paragraph Style</emph> dialog.</paragraph> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166413" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="12">Select the <emph>Font</emph> tab.</paragraph> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156283" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="13">Select the <emph>Language</emph> and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154942" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="14">All paragraphs formatted with the current paragraph style will have the selected language.</paragraph> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145801" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="15">Applying a language directly to selected text</paragraph> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148455" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="16">Select the text to which you want to apply a language.</paragraph> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159348" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="17">Choose <emph>Format - Character</emph>. This opens the <emph>Character</emph> dialog.</paragraph> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155600" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="18">Select the <emph>Font</emph> tab.</paragraph> 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 97*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 98*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154510" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="19">Select the <emph>Language</emph> and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 99*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 100*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 101*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154164" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="20">In <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Calc, choose <emph>Format - Cells</emph> and proceed accordingly.</paragraph> 102*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154272" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 103*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="21">Selecting a language for a Character Style</paragraph> 104*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 105*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 106*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145649" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="22">Open the Styles and Formatting window and click on the <emph>Character Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph> 107*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 108*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 109*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146792" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="23">Click on the name of the character style to which you want to apply a different language.</paragraph> 110*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 111*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 112*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150753" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="24">Then open the context menu in the Styles and Formatting window and select <emph>Modify</emph>. This opens the <emph>Character Style</emph> dialog.</paragraph> 113*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 114*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 115*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150321" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="25">Select the <emph>Font</emph> tab.</paragraph> 116*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 117*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 118*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154756" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="26">Select the <emph>Language</emph> and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 119*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155766" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="27">Now you can apply the character style to your selected text.</paragraph> 120*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 121*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list><comment>UFI: see i76182</comment> 122*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id8703268" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Adding More Text Languages</paragraph> 123*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 124*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 125*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7919248" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">Dictionaries are supplied and installed as extensions. Choose <item type="menuitem">Tools - Language - More Dictionaries Online</item> to open the dictionaries page in your default web browser.</paragraph> 126*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 127*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 128*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5174108" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select a dictionary in the list of descriptions. Click the heading in a dictionary description that you want to get.</paragraph> 129*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 130*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 131*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2897427" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the next page, click the Get It icon to download the dictionary extension. Note the folder name to which your browser downloads the file. Download additional dictionaries as you like.</paragraph> 132*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 133*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 134*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3906979" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In %PRODUCTNAME, choose <item type="menuitem">Tools - Extension Manager</item> and click Add to install the downloaded extensions.</paragraph> 135*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 136*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 137*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0220200911174493" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">After you installed the extensions, you should close %PRODUCTNAME (including the Quickstarter), and restart.</paragraph> 138*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 139*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 140*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9100924" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Setting UI Language</paragraph> 141*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2761314" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">A standard installation of %PRODUCTNAME software will give you a user interface (UI) of your chosen language.</paragraph> 142*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3912778" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">Most users download the American English version, which gives you English menu commands and English application help. If you want another language for the menus (and for the application help, if available in that language), change the UI language as follows.</paragraph> 143*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 144*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 145*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3163853" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - Language Settings - Languages</item>.</paragraph> 146*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 147*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 148*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id121158" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select another UI language in the "User interface" listbox.</paragraph> 149*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 150*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 151*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3806878" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click OK and restart the %PRODUCTNAME software.</paragraph> 152*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 153*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 154*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id130619" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">If the listbox doesn't list the language that you want, see "Adding More UI Languages".</paragraph> 155*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 156*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 157*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9999694" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Adding More UI Languages</paragraph> 158*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 159*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 160*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2216559" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Open your Web browser and enter <link href="https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Download_OpenOffice.org_LanguagePacks">https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Download_OpenOffice.org_LanguagePacks</link></paragraph> 161*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 162*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 163*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7869502" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">Select and download the correct language pack for your version of %PRODUCTNAME software.</paragraph> 164*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 165*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 166*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9852900" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">Close %PRODUCTNAME software (also close the Quickstarter, if you enabled it).</paragraph> 167*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 168*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 169*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3791924" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Install the language pack. Either double-click the exe file, or unpack the tar.gz file according to standard practice on your platform.</paragraph> 170*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 171*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 172*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 173*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150043" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="28"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01140000.xhp" name="Language Settings - Languages">Language Settings - Languages</link></paragraph> 174*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152483" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="29"><link href="text/shared/01/05020100.xhp" name="Format - Character - Font">Format - Character - Font</link></paragraph> 175*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 176*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>