Microsoft KB Archive/268616

= OL2000: How to Enable Japanese Menus for Outlook 2000 on Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 268616

Article Last Modified on 5/20/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q268616



SUMMARY
This article describes how to display Japanese menus by using the English-language version of Outlook 2000 on Windows 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
To display Japanese menus in Outlook, use the Japanese component of the Microsoft Office 2000 Multi Language Pack and Windows 2000.

NOTE: To display Japanese menus, Outlook requires a Japanese capable operating system. Windows 2000 is currently the only Microsoft operating system to support multiple languages. Outlook cannot display Japanese menus on the English-language versions of Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 operating system.

To use Japanese menus in Outlook, Windows 2000 install the Japanese language support files and set Japanese as the default language for the operating system. The following steps in this section describe how to install the Japanese language support files and set Japanese as the default language.

How to Enable Japanese Support In Windows 2000
 On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click the Regional Options icon. In the Regional Options dialog box, click to select the Japanese check box. Click the Set default button. In the Select System Local dialog box, click Japanese, and then click OK. Click Apply in the Regional Options dialog box. Click Yes when you receive the following prompt:

Required files are already installed on your hard disk. Setup can use these existing files, or Setup can recopy them from your original Windows CD-ROM or from a network share.

Would you like to skip the file copying and use the existing files? (If you click No, you will be prompted to insert your Windows CD-ROM or to supply an alternate location where the needed files may be found.)

</li> Click Yes when you receive the prompt to restart your computer.</li></ol>

How to Install the Japanese Component of the Office 2000 Language Pack
<ol> Log on as the administrator or as a user with administrative privileges.</li> Insert the Office 2000 Multi-Language Pack CD-ROM 2 into your CD-ROM drive.</li> Click Start, and then click Run.</li> In the Open box, type x:/setup.exe where &quot;x&quot; (without quotation marks) is the drive letter of the CD-ROM. This starts the Multi Language Pack Disk 2 Setup Wizard.</li> Enter the appropriate information in the User Name box, the Initials box, and the Organization box, and then click Next.</li> Accept the End User License Agreement, and then click Next.</li> Select the location to install the Language Pack, and then click Next.

NOTE: The install location should be the same as that of Office 2000.</li> Click to select the check box beside the appropriate components from the Installation Tree, and then click Run From My Computer. To install all of the Japanese components click the box beside Microsoft Office (Japanese), and then click Run All From My Computer.

NOTE:The check box beside each component turns white to indicate which components will be installed.

To prevent a component from installing, click to select the check box beside the component, and then click Not Available. The Setup Wizard indicates that the components will not be installed by marking the check box beside each component with a red &quot;X&quot; (without quotation marks).</li> Click the Microsoft Office (Korean) check box, and then click Not Available to prevent the Korean Language Pack from installing. The Setup wizard indicates that the components will not be installed by marking the check box beside each Microsoft Office (Korean) component with a red &quot;X&quot; (without quotation marks).</li> Click Install Now.</li> After the Office 2000 Multi-Language Pack installation is complete, you may be prompted to choose the language for the Office 2000 menus.

If you are not prompted, to choose the language, go to the Start menu, point to Programs, then point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office Language Settings.</li> On the Enabled Languages tab, click to select the Japanese check box.</li> On the User Interface tab, click Japanese from the Display menus and dialog boxes in box.</li> Click Same as Menus and Dialogs from the Display Help In box.</li> <li>Click Apply.</li> <li>Click OK when you receive the following prompt:

The language settings have been updated and will take effect the next tome you start your Office applications.

</li> <li>Click OK in the Microsoft Office Language Settings dialog box.</li> <li>The next time you start the Office 2000 application, the menus will be changed to Japanese.</li></ol>

How to Switch Between Menu Languages
IMPORTANT NOTE: While the Microsoft Office Language Settings interface allows you to switch between menu languages, it is not recommended that users switch between menu languages on a continual basis. Switching between menu languages on a continual basis can cause instability in Office 2000, as each change requires a reinstall of certain components. <ol> <li>Close all Office applications.</li> <li>On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office Language Settings.</li> <li>On the Enabled Languages tab, click to select the language you want to use.</li> <li>On the User Interface tab, click to select the language you want to use from the Display menus and dialog boxes in check box.</li> <li>Click Same as Menus and Dialogs from the Display Help In dialog box.</li> <li>Click Apply.</li> <li>In the Microsoft Office Language Settings dialog box, click English, and then click OK.</li> <li>Click OK when you receive the following prompt:

The language settings have been updated and will take effect the next tome you start your Office applications.

</li> <li>Click OK in the Microsoft Office Language Settings dialog box.</li> <li>The next time you start Office 2000 application, the menus will be changed to the language that you selected.</li></ol>

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