Language Geographic area Language tag (ll-cc) LCID

Arabic Saudi Arabia ar-sa 1025

Bulgarian Bulgaria bg-bg 1026

Chinese (Simplified) People's Republic of China zh-cn 2052

Chinese Taiwanese zh-tw 1028

Croatian Croatia hr-hr 1050

Czech Czech Republic cs-cz 1029

Danish Denmark da-dk 1030

Dutch Netherlands nl-nl 1043

English United States en-us 1033

Estonian Estonia et-ee 1061

Finnish Finland fi-fi 1035

French France fr-fr 1036

German Germany de-de 1031

Greek Greece el-gr 1032

Hebrew Israel he-il 1037

Hindi India hi-in 1081

Hungarian Hungary hu-hu 1038

Italian Italy it-it 1040

Japanese Japan ja-jp 1041

Kazakh Kazakhstan kk-kh 1087

Korean Korea ko-kr 1042

Latvian Latvia lv-lv 1062

Lithuanian Lithuania lt-lt 1063

Norwegian (Bokml) Norway nb-no 1044

Polish Poland pl-pl 1045

Portuguese Brazil pt-br 1046

Portuguese Portugal pt-pt 2070

Romanian Romania ro-ro 1048

Russian Russia ru-ru 1049

Serbian (Latin) Serbia sr-sp-latn 2074

Slovak Slovakia sk-sk 1051

Slovenian Slovenia sl-si 1060

Spanish Spain es-es 3082

Swedish Sweden sv-se 1053

Thai Thailand th-th 1054

Turkish Turkey tr-tr 1055

Ukrainian Ukrainian uk-ua 1058

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Key Decisions

Gather organizations language requirements.

Evaluate language packs, companion languages and proofing tools.

Tasks

Which language version of Microsoft Office 2010 will your organization

require?

Do you need a language pack?

List of language requirements

Outputs

Setup changes prior to Office 2010

Setup architecture overview for Office 2010

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Key Decisions

Tasks

Outputs

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Key Decisions

Tasks

Outputs

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After validation, is solution ready for rollout?

Configure Setup for languages by using Config.xml.

Customize Setup for languages by using the Office Customization Tool

OCT.

Configure Setup for proofing tools by using the proofing tools Config.xml.

Test solution.

Deploy solution.

Configured Config.xml files

Customization .msp file

Office 2010 with appropriate languages and/or proofing tools

installed

Customize language setup and settings for Office 2010

Language identifiers and OptionState Id values in Office 2010

Which languages do you want to deploy?

Will different groups require different languages?

Are proofing tools needed?

Language customizations needed?

Gather language and distribution requirements.

Identify deployment solution.

Gather customization requirements.

List of languages needed by user groups

List of any proofing tools needed

Configuration and customization plan

Distribution plan

Plan for multilanguage deployment of Office 2010

Companion proofing languages for Office 2010

Language support for Office 2010The most basic installation of an Office 2010 product consists of the core

package plus one language.

Office 2010 Multi-Language Pack

Microsoft Office 2010 Multi-Language Pack

Office 2010 Language Pack

Language (for example English) Companion proofing languages (for example English,

French, Spanish)

Language pack options for Office 2010

Multilanguage deployment flow chart

The following table lists the companion languages that are included with each of the language packs in Office

2010.

The following diagram identifies which deployment solution is appropriate for a given scenario.

Companion languages

Adding more languages is as simple as copying additional language packs

to the network installation point. Setup combines the language-neutral core

package with the language-specific packages in a seamless installation

process.

Same language thats on users operating

system?

Users only need one language?

Let Office default to operating system language or use

Config.xml to specify language to install.

Use Config.xml to specify the language to

install.

Need dialog boxes in multiple

languages?

1. Copy the Language Pack or Multi-Language Pack to the

installation share. 2. Use Config.xml to specify

the languages to install.3. Run Setup.exe.

Install additional language pack or for Office 2010 Proofing Tools Kit:1. Use the Office 2010 Proofing Tools Config.xml to specify the

languages to install.2. Install the Office 2010 Proofing

Tools Kit.

Start

More than one language

available?

Run Setup.exe.

Companion languages include language

needed?

Need to edit in languages without UI?

Done

Done

Done

No

No

YesYes Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Config.xml file for language packsSetup uses the Config.xml file that resides in the core product folder for the product that

you are installing. You can use the /config Setup command-line option to specify the

location of the Config.xml file. For example:

\\server\share\setup.exe /config \\server\share\ProPlus.WW\config.xml

Microsoft Office 2010 offers localized versions in all the

languages listed in the following table. Folders for the

language-specific components are identified by the

language tag shown in the table. The Windows operating system uses locale identifiers (LCIDs) to identify languages

in the Windows registry.

Language identifiers

Config.xml file for Office Proofing Tools KitTo customize an installation of the Office 2010 Proofing Tools Kit, modify the Config.xml

file in the ProofKit.WW folder. For each set of proofing tools that you do not want to install,

set the State attribute to Absent.

38 Office 2010 Language Packs

Primary

language

Companion proofing languages

Arabic Arabic, English, French

Brazilian Brazilian, English, Spanish

Bulgarian Bulgarian, English, German, Russian

Chinese

(Simplified)

Chinese (Simplified), English

Chinese

(Traditional)

Chinese (Traditional), English

Croatian Croatian, English, German, Serbian, Italian

Czech Czech, English, German, Slovak

Danish Danish, English, German, Swedish

Dutch Dutch, English, French, German

English English, French, Spanish

Estonian Estonian, English, German, Russian, Finnish

Finnish Finish, English, Swedish, German, Russian

French French, English, German, Dutch, Arabic,

Spanish

German German, English, French, Italian

Greek Greek, English, French, German

Hebrew Hebrew, English, French, Arabic, Russian

Hindi Hindi, English, Tamil, Telegu, Marathi,

Kannada, Guajarati Punjabi, Urdu

Hungarian Hungarian, English, German

Italian Italian, English, French, German

Japanese Japanese, English

Primary

language

Companion proofing languages

Kazakh Kazakh, English

Korean Korean, English

Latvian Latvian, English, German, Russian

Lithuanian Lithuanian, English, German, Russian, Polish

Norwegian

(Bk)

Norwegian (Bk), English, German, Norwegian (Ny)

Polish Polish, English, German

Portuguese Portuguese, English, French, Spanish

Romanian Romanian, English, French

Russian Russian, English, Ukrainian, German

Serbian

(Latin)

Serbian (Latin), English, German, French, Croatian

Slovak Slovak, English, Czech, Hungarian, German

Slovenian Slovenian, English, German, Italian, Croatian

Spanish Spanish, English, French, Basque, Catalan,

Galician, Brazilian

Swedish Swedish, English, Finnish, German

Thai Thai, English, French

Turkish Turkish, English, French, German

Ukrainian Ukrainian, English, Russian, German

Option What is it? When do you need it? Where do you get it? Resources

Multi-language pack The Office 2010 Multi-Language Pack contains all of the language packs for the Office 2010.

Use the Office 2010 Multi-Language Pack

when you have to deploy multiple languages to organization.

The Office 2010 Multi-Language Pack

is available through Microsoft Volume Licensing programs.

Customize language setup and settings for

Office 2010 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=151863)

Language pack Microsoft Office 2010 Language Packs have the files to install an individual language plus the associated companion proofing languages.

For a list of companion languages, see Companion proofing languages (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=151864).

Use this option if your users need both the user interface and/or the companion proofing tools for the language.

All Office 2010 Language Packs are included with the Office 2010 Multi-Language Pack. These are available

through Microsoft Volume Licensing programs.

Customize language setup and settings for Office 2010 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=151863)

Companion proofing languages

(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=151864)

Proofing tools Microsoft Office 2010 Proofing Tool Kit for allow users to edit documents in more than 50 languages. Depending on

the language, these editing tools might include spelling and grammar checkers, thesauruses, and hyphenators. Proofing tools might also include language-specific editing features such as Language AutoDetect, AutoSummarize, and Intelligent AutoCorrect.

The Office Proofing Tools Kit 2010 contains all proofing tools for all languages. Office 2010 Language Packs include proofing tools for companion languages. For example, when you deploy the English version of an

Office product, users receive Proofing Tools for both Spanish and French in addition to English.

Depending on the number of user interface languages you want to deploy and the included companion languages, single language packs might provide all of the Proofing Tools you need.

Use this option if a few language packs with the included companion proofing languages

cannot provide all the language support needed for users in an organization that need to edit Office files in languages they do not have installed.

For a list of companion languages, see Companion proofing languages (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=151864).

The Office 2010 Proofing Tools Kit is available with the Office 2010 Multi-Language Pack.

Proofing tools for individual languages

are also included in the Office 2010 Language Packs.

Plan for multi-language deployment (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=151865)

Customize language setup and settings for

Office 2010 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=151863)

Companion proofing languages (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=151864)

Office Language

Interface Pack (LIP)

The Office Language Interface Pack (LIP) provides a

limited translated version of the Office interface. User assistance or help (F1) is not translated into the LIP language: It will always remain in the language of your original Office installation.

In most cases, the Office LIP contains a spelling checker for the language. Once you install the LIP you can switch the language from your base language version of Office to the language of the LIP you installed through Microsoft Office Language settings.

Use this option if the language you need is

not available in the Office 2010 Multi-Language Pack or an Office 2010 Language Pack.

The Office LIPs for Office 2010 are

available on the Microsoft Download Center. For a list of available Office LIPs, see Office Language Interface Pack (LIP) downloads (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=208404).

Office Language Interface Pack (LIP) Blog

(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=151867)

What is the difference between an Office language Interface pack (LIP) and an Office Language Pack? (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=151866)

Microsoft Office 2010 Language Support

Microsoft Office 2010

Language neutral core product Language Companion proofing languages

Language settings in the Office Customization Tool You use the Office Customization Tool (OCT) to create a Setup customization file (.msp file)

that Setup applies during the installation. Settings specified in the OCT are the default

settings. Users can modify the settings after the installation.

Configuring the default language settings in the OCT is useful if these settings need to be

different than the language specified by the computer's Windows user locale setting.

To run the OCT, type setup.exe /admin at the command prompt.

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