Microsoft KB Archive/240421

= Differences between MultiLanguage Pack and non-English Office 2000 =

Article ID: 240421

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2000 with MultiLanguage Pack

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This article was previously published under Q240421



SUMMARY
This article compares some of the features of Office 2000 with MultiLanguage Pack with features of non-English versions of Office 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
See the table below for more information.

 Office 2000 with MultiLanguage Pack (LPK)   Non-English Office 2000 -

Worldwide Executable                       Worldwide Executable

Language AutoDetect                        Language AutoDetect

All Proofing Tools                         Some Proofing Tools

Single Version:                            Multiple Versions: The MultiLanguage Pack Kit (LPK) is        There are many language- available only for the English             specific versions of Office version of Office 2000. 2000, such as French, German, and Japanese Office 2000.

Single Installation:                       Multiple Installations: With the use of the LPK,                   Multiple installations of   it is possible to install                   Office to the same partition many languages within a single             to have multiple languages Setup. is not supported. The supported method is to                                              install English Office, and then install additional languages with the Multi- Language User Interface.

Single Service Pack Installation           Multiple Service Pack Installations

Some components cannot switch User         Non-English components Interface/Help; for example, PhotoDraw and Publisher.

Centralized support:                       De-centralized support: Many of the features in the LPK            Non-English Office versions share common technologies, such as         ship with files that the Office Language Settings tool. may or may not work with other language-specific technologies, such as                                             Click and Type.

Tracking Components:                       Tracking Components: The fonts and templates that               With non-English versions, corporations need are                      there might be extra fonts, included and are easy                      templates, and so on  to track. that may be harder to track for a multinational company.

Roaming User Scenario                      Roaming User Scenario: with Windows 2000:                         Cannot use roaming users Roaming user profiles work                 across Windows 9x/Windows best with MultiLanguage version            NT 4.0 or mixed-language of Windows 2000 due to                     versions. technology features.

