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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual]] > [[Getting started]] > Choose language
  
[[Image:um2-5Before.png|500px|right|thumb|Home screen in English]]
 
  
[[Image:um2-5After.png|500px|right|thumb|Home screen in French: interface and content switches]]
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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-2 | UM-2 Getting started]] > UM-2.5 Switch language view
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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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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.
  
When installing ICA-AtoM, the [[Administrator|system administrator]] selects the [[Default source language|default source language]] in which all [[User interface|interface]] elements ([[Button|buttons]], [[Field label|field labels]], [[Screen title|screen titles]]) and [[Database content|database content]] (descriptions) appear. Any user can change the [[Language view|language view]] to one of ICA-AtoM's other [[Supported language|supported languages]].
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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.
  
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1. The [[Current language|current language]] appears in the [[Language menu]] underlined.
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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. Select the [[Preferred language|preferred language]] from the [[Language menu]].
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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. ICA-AtoM switches the [[User interface|interface]] to the [[Preferred language|preferred language]].
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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. If a translation of the [[Database content|database content]] into the [[Preferred language|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 (v1.0 beta) supports the following languages:
 
*Dutch
 
*English
 
*French
 
*Portuguese
 
*Spanish
 
 
 
 
 
See also in this manual:
 
 
 
*[[UM-7.3|UM-7.3 Administer ICA-AtoM > Customize settings]] for how to configure the default language.
 
 
 
*[[UM-5.0|UM-5 Translate content/interface]] for how to translate in ICA-AtoM.
 

Latest revision as of 17:59, 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.