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		<helpdocument version="1.0">
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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selecting the Document Language</title>
<filename>/text/shared/guide/language_select.xhp</filename>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3083278"><bookmark_value>languages; selecting for text</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>documents; languages</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>characters; language selection</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>character styles;language selection</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>text; language selection</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>paragraph styles; languages</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>drawings; languages</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>defaults;languages</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>spellcheck; default languages</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>dictionaries, see also languages</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "applying;" and changed "languages;"</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3083278" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150040" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153093" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">The language you select applies to the whole document.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152578" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152886" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146121" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="6">Selecting a language for the whole document</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3083443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Choose <emph>Tools - Options</emph>. Go to <link href="text/shared/optionen/01140000.xhp" name="Language Settings - Languages"><emph>Language Settings - Languages</emph></link>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152938" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Selecting a language for a Paragraph Style</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150872" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Place the cursor in the paragraph whose paragraph style you want to edit.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145367" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Open the context menu and select <emph>Edit Paragraph Style</emph>. This opens the <emph>Paragraph Style</emph> dialog.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3166413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Select the <emph>Font</emph> tab.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156283" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Select the <emph>Language</emph> and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154942" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">All paragraphs formatted with the current paragraph style will have the selected language.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145801" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="15">Applying a language directly to selected text</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148455" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Select the text to which you want to apply a language.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159348" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Choose <emph>Format - Character</emph>. This opens the <emph>Character</emph> dialog.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155600" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Select the <emph>Font</emph> tab.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154510" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Select the <emph>Language</emph> and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154164" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">In <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Calc, choose <emph>Format - Cells</emph> and proceed accordingly.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154272" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="21">Selecting a language for a Character Style</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145649" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Open the Styles and Formatting window and click on the <emph>Character Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3146792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Click on the name of the character style to which you want to apply a different language.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150753" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150321" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Select the <emph>Font</emph> tab.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154756" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Select the <emph>Language</emph> and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155766" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Now you can apply the character style to your selected text.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list><comment>UFI: see i76182</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id8703268" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Adding More Text Languages</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7919248" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">In OpenOffice.org software, you can choose <item type="menuitem">File - Wizards - Install new dictionaries</item> to open a Writer document which helps you to install more languages.<comment>this document is only available with OOo, not SO</comment></paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5174108" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The document contains pages in many different languages. Click your own language on the first page to see the following instructions in your own language.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2897427" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click the big button in the middle of the document page. This starts a macro to display more info and download the dictionary files.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3906979" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select to install the new files for the current user only or for all users (which requires write permission to the shared folder).</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3998535" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click Next.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6273995" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <item type="menuitem">Retrieve the list</item> button. After some short delay, you see a list of available Spelling dictionaries.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4401684" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the languages for Spelling and click Next.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7082430" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <item type="menuitem">Retrieve the list</item> and select languages for Hyphenation and for Thesaurus.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7718741" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">The macro downloads the files to the appropriate folder. After you click Finish, you must close OpenOffice.org software (including the Quickstarter), and restart.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id9100924" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Setting UI Language</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2761314" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A standard installation of OpenOffice.org software will give you a user interface (UI) of your chosen language.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3912778" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3163853" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Tools - Options - Language Settings - Languages</item>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id121158" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select another UI language in the "User interface" listbox.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3806878" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click OK and restart the OpenOffice.org software.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id130619" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If the listbox doesn't list the language that you want, see "Adding More UI Languages".</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id9999694" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Adding More UI Languages</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2216559" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open your Web browser and enter <link href="http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/">http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/</link></paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7869502" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Select and download the correct language pack for your version of OpenOffice.org software.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9852900" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Close OpenOffice.org software (also close the Quickstarter, if you enabled it).</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3791924" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
</listitem>
</list>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150043" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28"><link href="text/shared/optionen/01140000.xhp" name="Tools - Options - Language Settings - Languages">Tools - Options - Language Settings - Languages</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152483" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29"><link href="text/shared/01/05020100.xhp" name="Format - Character - Font">Format - Character - Font</link></paragraph>
</body>
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