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== Switch language view ==
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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual]] > [[Getting started]] > Choose language
  
<div class="headerBar">Switch language view</div>
 
  
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[[Image:mainMenu.png|500px|right|thumb|The language menu is in the top left-hand corner of the page; the current language is underlined]]
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When installing ICA-AtoM, the <span class="role">system administrator</span> selects the default source language in which all interface elements (buttons, field labels, screen titles and headers) and content (descriptions) appear. Any user can change the language view to one of ICA-AtoM's other supported languages.
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Any user can change the [[Glossary#Current language|current language]] to one of ICA-AtoM's [[Glossary#Supported language|supported languages]] by clicking on a language in the [[Glossary#Language menu|language menu]]. ICA-AtoM switches the [[Glossary#User interface|user interface]] to the preferred language; if a translation of the [[Glossary#Database content|database content]] into the preferred language exists, ICA-AtoM switches to the translation; if no translated version exists, ICA-AtoM displays the description in its original source version.
  
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The language selection menu in the Trillium theme is located in the upper right-hand side of the screen. It is a drop-down menu.
  
1. Select the preferred language from the <span class="menu">LanguageMenu</span>.
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*Note that the language currently displayed does not appear in the <span class="menu">LanguageMenu</span>.
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Support for Eastern language characters (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.) is not installed by default in Microsoft Windows previous to Windows Vista. To install Eastern language character support in older Windows versions, please visit:
  
2. ICA-AtoM switches the interface to the preferred language.
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* [http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/user/2kintlsupp.mspx Windows 2000]
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* [http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/user/xpintlsupp.mspx#E4 Windows XP and Server 2003]
  
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3. If a translation of the database content into the preferred language exists, ICA-AtoM switches to the translation; if no translated version exists, ICA-AtoM displays the description in its original source version.
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See also in this manual [[add/remove languages]] for how to remove and restore languages and [[translate]] for how to translate in ICA-AtoM.
  
  
4. Currently ICA-AtoM (v0.5) supports the following languages:
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*English
 
*French
 
*Spanish
 
*Dutch
 
 
 
 
 
See also in this Manual:
 
 
 
*[[Administer ICA-AtoM | Administer ICA-AtoM > Specify default language]] for how to configure the default language.
 
 
 
*[[Translate ICA-AtoM]] for how to translate ICA-AtoM (user interface and content).
 
 
 
*[[Translate ICA-AtoM#Add new languages | Translate ICA-AtoM > Add new languages]] for how to add new languages to ICA-AtoM.
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 16:59, 5 September 2012

Please note that ICA-AtoM is no longer actively supported by Artefactual Systems.
Visit https://www.accesstomemory.org for information about AtoM, the currently supported version.

Main Page > User manual > Getting started > Choose language


The language menu is in the top left-hand corner of the page; the current language is underlined

Any user can change the current language to one of ICA-AtoM's supported languages by clicking on a language in the language menu. ICA-AtoM switches the user interface to the preferred language; if a translation of the database content into the preferred language exists, ICA-AtoM switches to the translation; if no translated version exists, ICA-AtoM displays the description in its original source version.

The language selection menu in the Trillium theme is located in the upper right-hand side of the screen. It is a drop-down menu.

Support for Eastern language characters (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.) is not installed by default in Microsoft Windows previous to Windows Vista. To install Eastern language character support in older Windows versions, please visit:

See also in this manual add/remove languages for how to remove and restore languages and translate for how to translate in ICA-AtoM.