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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
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.