Change program language

[Z***@adobeforums.com]

I have bought the English version of my Creative Suite 3, because I prefer English though my main language is Danish (Denmark). When I use Photoshop and Illustrator it's not a problem, but it really is in InDesign. There is so many terms i know only on Danish...

Can I convert my InDesign from English to Danish??

//ZUZ3L

[P***@adobeforums.com]

You can change the dictionary to Danish in the Character panel, but as far as I know you can't change the menu or other interface items without buying a localized version for your language, but I've never tried, so I could be wrong, and if I am hopefully one of our other non-English users will correct me.

[K***@adobeforums.com]

Aren't there language options during install, making this a matter of reinstalling and selecting Danish??

k

[j***@adobeforums.com]

Ken, that's just the language the disclaimer is shown in.

Localized versions are available for most languages, but they do cost more (sometimes a lot); and upgrades lag behind as well. At least that does make some sense.

From experience, Adobe doesn't really like users switching languages when upgrading. Last round of upgrades, their office over here (Holland) made it into a huge problem. In the end it appeared we at the office had yet another version in the language we wanted, and we could upgrade that. This was the major upgrade from CS2 to CS3 -- I doubt you can switch for free from CS3 English to CS3 Danish. But you can always ask your local Adobe store.

BTW -- the switch we made was the other way around: from localized (Dutch) to international (English). Main reason was that a lot of perfectly understandable terms were forcebly translated into non-standard parlance. It might be different in Denmark; perhaps it just shows a lot of our Dutch graphics lingo is derived from English terms.

[K***@adobeforums.com]

"that's just the language the disclaimer is shown in."

Ah, yes. I've never looked further than that. I alays change the default US English to proper English, but I see colour
is still spelt color in the menus, so I should have realised the language change doesn't affect the programme.

k

[P***@adobeforums.com]

I alays change the default US English to proper English




When will you learn to drive on the "proper" side of the road? :)

[K***@adobeforums.com]

Well while we may be in the minority worldwide (see
http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm#leftdriving) it does make it easier to import
Japanese cars.

k

[P***@adobeforums.com]

I've been buying Hondas and Toyotas since the 70's and they've all been properly built (and for that matter most of them are built in the USA). I think they need a special assembly line for you guys. :)

[K***@adobeforums.com]

They certainly do have special assembly lines - both companies have plants in Britain - and they make the cars with the
wheel on the same side as they are made in Japan.

k

[P***@adobeforums.com]

It's all done with mirrors.

[K***@adobeforums.com]

Like using the licence plate MXM808 in commercials. I guess that's so they can flip the driver over for use in another
country, but then they film the car in a high street with a lot of sign-written shop fronts.

I think I've reduced to wittering now.

k

[D***@adobeforums.com]

I have the German version of CS2 installed but would like to view the Indesign Menus in English.

Can I change this to English?

[j***@adobeforums.com]

No. Adobe can, by sending you the English version -- but it's highly unlikely they will do so for free.

For more information, please read this entire thread (well, you can stop at the English/American jokes).

[Nein. Adobe kann es, mit dem vollstandlichen Englischer Version. Aber sehr warscheinlich nicht umsonst. --How's my German coming along? ;-) ]

[G***@adobeforums.com]

jongware, Du bist der Mann!

Sounds almost native :)

[Scott Falkner]

Well while we may be in the minority worldwide (see URL <http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm#leftdriving
That's a very wrong website.

About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that
do are mostly old British colonies. This strange quirk perplexes the rest
of the world; but there is a perfectly good reason.




[Edit: I was wrong about China, seems they drive on the right. I estimate about 1/3 drive on the left.]

Wrong #1. Most of asia, including China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, and Malaysia (about 50% of the world's population) drive on the left.

Since he was sitting on the left, he naturally wanted everybody to pass
on the left so he could look down and make sure he kept clear of the oncoming
wagon’s wheels. Therefore he kept to the right side of the road.




Wrong #2. The driver passing is the one who knows that a pass is about to take place and has the greater responsibility to ensure the pass is safe.

A recent excavation of an old Roman quarry in England shows that driving on the left has been the norm for almost 2,000 years at least. The ramp into the quarry was wide enough to allow two carts, so one would ascend while another was going down. The shallower ruts of the descending empty cart are on the left.

[K***@adobeforums.com]

Apart from the historical conjecture Scott, you seem to be agreeing 100 per cent with what that site says. The tables
show 34% of the world driving on the left including all the countries you mention. But yes, the commentary is less
generous about the percentage in its approximation.

k

[P***@adobeforums.com]

Neither being in the majority, nor the minority, by itself, can make one correct. Statistics are meaningless in this, and it's gone waaaaay too far. I was simply trading insults with a friend (I think). :)

[K***@adobeforums.com]

I like to get on with everybody. I drive in the middle.

k

[P***@adobeforums.com]

Thanks, Ken.

I really needed a good laugh to start my day.