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== Switch language view ==
 
== Switch language view ==
  
<div class="headerBar">Switch language view</div>
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[[Image:um2-5Before.png|500px|right|thumb|Screen in English]]
  
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When installing ICA-AtoM, the [[Glossary#System administrator|system administrator]] 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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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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1. The current language appears in the [[Glossary#Language menu|Language menu]] underlined.
  
1. Select the preferred language from the <span class="menu">LanguageMenu</span>.
 
  
*Note that the language currently displayed does not appear in the <span class="menu">LanguageMenu</span>.
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2. Select the preferred language from the [[Glossary#Language menu|Language menu]].
  
  
2. ICA-AtoM switches the interface to the preferred language.
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3. ICA-AtoM switches the interface to the preferred language.
  
  
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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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. Currently ICA-AtoM (v0.5) supports the following languages:
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5. Currently ICA-AtoM (v0.6) supports the following languages:
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*Dutch
 
*English
 
*English
 
*French
 
*French
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*Portuguese
 
*Spanish
 
*Spanish
*Dutch
 
  
  
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*[[Administer ICA-AtoM | Administer ICA-AtoM > Specify default language]] for how to configure the default language.
 
*[[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).
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*[[Translate content / ]] 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.
 
*[[Translate ICA-AtoM#Add new languages | Translate ICA-AtoM > Add new languages]] for how to add new languages to ICA-AtoM.

Revision as of 16:21, 28 May 2008

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

Screen in English
Screen in French: interface and content switches

When installing ICA-AtoM, the system administrator 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.


1. The current language appears in the Language menu underlined.


2. Select the preferred language from the Language menu.


3. ICA-AtoM switches the 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 (v0.6) supports the following languages:

  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish


See also in this Manual:


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