Language Translation Features
Even if you don’t set up other editing languages, Office applications typically do have the ability to translate at least a few languages, usually Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. These features can be helpful when you need to write or have received a limited amount of text in another language and you need a translation.
Translate text
You can select text and translate it in several of the Office applications. Here are the methods you can use to start the translation in various Office 2007 applications:
In Word or Outlook, select the text to translate, right-click, and then click Translate. If a submenu with languages appears, click the desired language.
In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, click the Review tab on the Ribbon and then click Translate.
In Publisher, OneNote, and Visio, choose Tools
Research, and in the Research pane, open the All Reference Books list and click Translation.
Translations appear in the Research pane, shown in Figure C-5.
Figure C-5. Oui, oui, Office can translate to French.
Translation ScreenTip
If you want a fast way to see translations on the fly, Word and Outlook offer translation ScreenTips such as the one shown in Figure C-6. When this feature is enabled, you can point to a word with the mouse (the word can be selected ...
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