Effects of Customizing Language Settings on Office Applications

Applications in the Microsoft Office System have six main elements that are affected by language settings.

  • Installation language Default language for Office applications and documents.

  • User interface language Language used to display menus and dialog boxes.

  • Help language Language used in Help.

  • Enabled languages Functionality required to edit documents in various languages.

  • SKU language (localized language) Default language version of Office purchased by the end user.

  • System locale Base language the operating system was installed to use.

Each of these six language elements serves various functions—how each application responds to user input, how files are formatted for display on the ...

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