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<span class="pageTitle">Switch language view</span>
 
<span class="pageTitle">Switch language view</span>
  
[[Image:um2-5Switch1.png|500px|right|thumb|Home page in English]]
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[[Image:UM-2.5.png|500px|right|thumb|Home page in English]]
  
[[Image:um2-5Switch2.png|500px|right|thumb|Home page in French: interface and content switches]]
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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual]] > [[UM-2 | UM-2 Getting started]] > UM-2.5 Switch language view
  
[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-2 | UM-2 Getting started]] > UM-2.5 Switch language view
 
  
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Any user can change the [[language view]] to one of ICA-AtoM's [[Supported language|supported languages]].
  
Any user can change the [[Language view|language view]] to one of ICA-AtoM's [[Supported language|supported languages]].
 
  
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1. The current language appears in the [[language menu]] in bold font.
  
1. The current language appears in the [[Language menu|language menu]] underlined.
 
  
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2. Select the preferred language from the [[language menu]].
  
2. Select the preferred language from the [[Language menu|language menu]].
 
  
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3. ICA-AtoM switches the [[user interface]] to the preferred language.
  
3. ICA-AtoM switches the [[User interface|user interface]] to the preferred language.
 
  
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4. 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.
  
4. If a translation of the [[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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5. Currently ICA-AtoM supports the following languages:
5. Currently ICA-AtoM (v1.0 beta) supports the following languages:
 
 
*Arabic
 
*Arabic
 
*Dutch
 
*Dutch
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See also in this manual [[UM-7.3|UM-7.3 Administer ICA-AtoM > Customize settings]] for how remove and restore languages and [[UM-5|UM-5 Translate content/interface]] for how to translate in ICA-AtoM.
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See also in this manual [[UM-7.4.5|UM-7.4.5 Administer ICA-AtoM > Customize settings > Add or remove a language]] for how to remove and restore languages and [[UM-5|UM-5 Translate content/interface]] for how to translate in ICA-AtoM.

Revision as of 07:43, 16 June 2009

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.

Switch language view

Home page in English

Main Page > User manual > UM-2 Getting started > UM-2.5 Switch language view


Any user can change the language view to one of ICA-AtoM's supported languages.


1. The current language appears in the language menu in bold font.


2. Select the preferred language from the language menu.


3. ICA-AtoM switches the user interface to the preferred language.


4. 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.


5. Currently ICA-AtoM supports the following languages:

  • Arabic
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Farsi
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Icelandic
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish


**Note: Support for Eastern language characters (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.) is not installed by default in Microsoft Windows version previous to Windows Vista.

To install Eastern language character support in older Windows versions, please visit:


See also in this manual UM-7.4.5 Administer ICA-AtoM > Customize settings > Add or remove a language for how to remove and restore languages and UM-5 Translate content/interface for how to translate in ICA-AtoM.