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You can add a display language or an authoring language. A display language determines the language Office uses in the UI - ribbon, buttons, dialog boxes, etc.

An authoring language influences text direction and layout for vertical, right-to-left, and mixed text. Authoring languages also include proofing tools such as dictionaries for spelling and grammar checking. The preferred authoring language appears at the top of the list in bold. You can change this by choosing the language you want and selecting Set as Preferred. Choose the desired language in the Add an authoring language dialog and then select Add.

A browser page opens where you can download the installation file. On the browser page, select Download and run the downloaded pack to complete installation. If Proofing available appears next to the language name, you can obtain a language pack with proofing tools for your language. If Proofing not available is next to the language name, then proofing tools are not available for that language.

If Proofing installed appears next to the language name, you're all set. To go online and get the language pack you need, select the Proofing available link. Both kinds of Office languages display and authoring have a preferred language that you can set independently. The preferred language appears in bold at the top of each language list. The order of the languages in the list is the order in which languages are used by Office.

Under Office display language , choose the language you want from the list and then select Set as Preferred. Under Office authoring languages and proofing , choose the language you want from the list and then select Set as Preferred.

You can use the Office language options to add a language or to choose the language in which the Help and ScreenTips display. The display and help languages can be set independently. For example, you could have everything match the language of your operating system, or you could use a combination of languages for your operating system, editing, display, and Help.

You can add a language to Office programs by adding an editing language. An editing language consists of the type direction and proofing tools for that language. The proofing tools include language-specific features, such as dictionaries for spelling and grammar checking. The default editing language appears at the top of the list in bold. You can change this by choosing the language you want and selecting Set as Default. In the Set the Office Language Preferences dialog box, under Choose Editing Languages , choose the editing language that you want to add from the Add additional editing languages list, and then select Add.

For a complete list of supported languages and locales, see Locale Identifier Constants and Strings. Except where noted, the following LIPs are available for Windows Starting with Windows 10, version , LIPs are distributed as. To learn how to add an. Add Language Packs to Windows. Windows Language Pack Default Values. Support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, We recommend you move to a Windows 11 PC to continue to receive security updates from Microsoft. Need more help?

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