Re: Using languages other than English

From: Mr Bill (MrBill_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:17:01 -0800

ohanks Mr. Johnson for your quick reply. Hpwever I have a followup question.
 Do I need to purchase Spanish versions of the XP OS and applications such as
Office or do my current English versions have any multilingual capabilities?

Thanks,

Mr Bill

"Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote:

>
> "Mr Bill" <Mr Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C3A1951F-5061-4C6C-A12A-5FABEA0730D0@microsoft.com...
> | I just purchased several new computers for my employees and I now want
> some
> | of them to be in Spanish. I did not purchase anything relating to spanish
> at
> | the time. Should I go back to Dell and buy Spanish (Mexico) software
> | versions? Or can I get this capability some other way.
> |
> | Help!
>
> While it's possible to establish some options for languages other than
> English (see Control Panel > Regional Options) the only way to change the
> operating system to another language is to install a new copy of the OS in
> the desired language. The same applies for applications, in general.
>
>
>

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