How to change to english on word

To set the default language:

1. Open an Office program, such as Word.
2. Click File > Options > Language.
3. In the Set the Office Language Preferences dialog box, under Choose Display and Help Languages, choose the language that you want to use, and then select Set as Default.

Can I convert language in Word?

Translate a whole file in Word
Select Review > Translate > Translate Document. Select your language to see the translation. Select Translate.

Why can’t I change the language in Microsoft Word?

Select File > Options. In the Word Options dialog box, select Language.Select Set as Default for both the Display Language and the Help Language lists. Select OK to save your changes.

How do I change word to English online?

To change the display language in Word, click ‘File’ on the ribbon and then ‘Options’. In the next dialogue box, select ‘Language’ in the sidebar on the left. The display language and help language are now displayed at the bottom of the dialogue box.

How do I translate a document into English?

Translate a document

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. In the top menu, click Tools. Translate document.
3. Enter a name for the translated document and select a language.
4. Click Translate.
5. A translated copy of your document will open in a new window. You can also see this copy in your Google Drive.

How do I use Microsoft Translator?

How to use Microsoft Translator when you are offline

1. Tap Microsoft Translator.
2. Tap keyboard.
3. Tap the from-language. This is the language on the left side of the arrow.
4. Tap the languages you would like to translate while offline.
5. Tap the checkmark icon.
6. Tap to enter text.
7. Type the text you would like to translate.

What is the shortcut to change language on word?

Keyboard shortcut: To switch between keyboard layouts, press Alt+Shift. icon is just an example; it shows that English is the language of the active keyboard layout.

How do you change language in Word?

To set the default language:

1. Open an Office program, such as Word.
2. Click File > Options > Language.
3. In the Set the Office Language Preferences dialog box, under Choose Display and Help Languages, choose the language that you want to use, and then select Set as Default.

Which language is world language?

English is the foremost—and by some accounts only—world language. Beyond that, there is no academic consensus about which languages qualify; Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish are other possible world languages. Some authors consider Latin to have formerly been a world language.

How do you find the language on word?

To see which language Word is using in your document, select Word’s “Review” tab, then click “Language.” On a Mac, you will immediately see which language is selected. You can select a different language and click “Default” to change the whole document to that language.

How do I translate a PDF document into English?

Google Translate PDF Files for Free

1. Access the Translate a Document tool.
2. Choose the language to translate from and to.
3. Click ‘Choose File’ and then click the blue ‘Translate’ button.
4. Let Google work its magic.
5. You will get a pop-up with the PDF file translated.

How do I translate a PDF into another language?

Q. How do I convert a PDF from one language to another language?

1. Go to Google Translate.
2. Select Documents.
3. Select Browse your computer to locate the document you want translated.
4. To choose the language you want to translate to, click the Down arrow.
5. Select Translate.

Can I translate my own documents?

The translator must include their certification along with their name, signature, address, and date of translation with the documents. It’s unethical to translate your own documents in these cases, too, even if you were a certified legal translator.

How do I install language Translator?

Download & use Google Translate

1. Step 1: Download the Google Translate app. To get started, download the Google Translate app for Android.
2. Step 2: Set up Google Translate. Tip: In version 6.10 and up, you can use a Dark theme in the Translate app.

How do I turn on Microsoft translator?

Go to Settings → Add-ins and tap on the ‘+’ button next to Translator to enable it. (Once enabled, it will appear across devices where your email account is set up, and where Translator is supported.)

How can I translate my computer language?

When you come across a page written in a language you don’t understand, you can use Chrome to translate the page.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. Go to a webpage written in another language.
3. At the top, click Translate.
4. Chrome will translate the webpage this one time.

How do I switch between keyboard languages in Windows 10?

Follow the steps:

1. Click/tap Change PC settings.
2. Click/tap on the Time and Language.
3. Click/tap on the Region and language.
4. Under “Languages” click/tap on the Add languages.
5. Choose your language.
6. Now you have two languages on your Keyboard.

Changing to UK English

1. Choose Language from the Tools menu, then choose Set Language from the submenu. Word displays the Language dialog box.
2. In the list of languages, select the one you want to use by default.
3. Click on the Default button. You are asked to confirm you action.
4. Close the Language dialog box.

How do I toggle between languages in Windows 10?

Switching Between Languages

1. Press Windows + I or move your mouse to the bottom left corner of the screen and click on the gear icon.
2. You can switch the input language two ways: Press Alt + Shift. Click on the language icon and then click on the language you would like to switch to to switch input languages.

What is the fastest language?

List of The 7 Fastest Spoken Languages in The World.

1. 1. Japanese: Japanese is the fastest recorded language.
2. Spanish: Spanish is right behind Japanese and is nearly as fast with a rate of 7.82 syllables per second.
3. French.
4. Italian.
5. English.
6. German.
7. Mandarin.

What is the hardest language to learn?

Mandarin
Mandarin
As mentioned before, Mandarin is unanimously considered the toughest language to master in the world! Spoken by over a billion people in the world, the language can be extremely difficult for people whose native languages use the Latin writing system.

The automatic spellchecker in Microsoft Word is far from perfect, but it can be useful for spotting mistakes in your written work. First, though, you’ll need to know how to change the language settings.

This is vital because even regional variations of English can differ in spelling, which means the automatic spellchecker will miss mistakes if the wrong settings are used. Luckily, changing the language in Microsoft Word is a quick and simple process.

Changing Language Settings

There are two main ways to set the language of a new document in Microsoft Word. The first is to use the “Review” tab on the main ribbon:

1. Go to the “Review” tab and find the “Language” section
2. Click on “Language” and select “Set Proofing Language…”
3. Choose the language required in your document from the new window and click “OK”

The second option is possibly even simpler:

1. Click on the language section of the blue bar at the bottom of your document (this will display the current language settings by default)
2. In the new window, select your chosen language and click “OK”

Either approach will ensure the spellchecker looks for spellings specific to your region. For American English, the correct option is “English (United States).” If you click “Set as Default,” the same settings will be applied to all new documents.

Applying a New Language to Existing Text

If you’re applying new language settings to an existing document rather than starting from scratch, you’ll need to select the text you want to modify first.

You can do this by selecting the passages you want to check and using the steps outlined above to pick a new proofing language. This also allows you to use different language settings in different parts of the same document, if required.

Alternatively, you can quickly select all of the text in a document using “Ctrl + A” (or “Cmd + A” on Mac computers), then apply a new language as described above.

Comments, Headers and Footnotes

For reasons beyond the comprehension of mortal minds, Microsoft treats the language options for comments, headers and footnotes as separate from the main text in your document.

If you’re using any of these features, you’ll need to check that the language settings are consistent with the rest of your document. You can do this either by selecting the relevant text and using the process described above, or by following these steps:

1. Go to “Styles” and right click the style you want to update (e.g., “Header”)
2. In the dropdown menu, click “Modify…” to open a new window
3. In this menu, click “Format” in the bottom left and select “Language”
4. Pick the language required and click “OK”

This will ensure consistency between different parts of the document in question, which is especially important if your paper includes extensive footnotes.

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Microsoft Office applications are one of the most popular for documentation purposes. Sometimes, you have multiple users using different native languages on the same computer. They may prepare documents or presentation or using Outlook. Although people type in English, many feel convenient to have the menu items displayed in their native language. Fortunately, Microsoft Office allows you to change display language for this purpose.

Remember, display language is the one you see all menu items and text display on your computer. However, Windows display language and Office language are different and work independently. This is a big advantage especially when you have purchased laptop in countries like China with Chinese Windows version (you cannot change Chinese to English).  

On other hand, there is also a disadvantage that you need to change the Office language manually for toggling.

How to Change Display Language in Microsoft Office?

The process has three steps, though you can ignore the second step if you have an existing Office language pack installed.

• Check available Office language packs
• Install additional language
• Change display and proofing language

You can check and update the display language using any of the Office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. The changes in one application will affect all Office applications installed on your computer. In this article, we will use Microsoft Word and explain how to change the language.

Step1 – Check Available Office Language Packs

• Launch Microsoft Word and open a blank document.
• Go to “File” menu and choose “Options”.
• Click on the “Language” tab to view available languages for your Office installation.
• Alternatively, go to “Review > Language” and select “Language Preferences…”.

The “Language” section contains three parts:

• Choose editing language – this is a language used for typing with keyboard and you have to add necessary keyboard input method in Windows for using the language in Office applications. In addition, you have to check the language has installation package for proofing spelling and grammar mistakes. Office allows you to add a new language in this section directly by selecting from the dropdown that shows “Add additional editing language”. However, it will just add the language to the list and show “Not Enabled” and “Not Installed”. You have to install Office language as explained in step2 and add input method in Windows. Choose the checkbox “Let me know when I should download addition proofing tools”, if you want Office to remind you when you process documents in different languages.
• Change display and help language – this is the display language we are explaining in this article. It will only affect the menu items and other relevant text display when you open Office applications. As you can see in the below screenshot, it is possible in Office to match the display language as Windows operating system language. In addition, you can make the display language as default for help language. This gives lot of flexibility in choosing the language for different display purposes.
• View all installed languages – list of available display languages for each Office application.

Check whether you have a required language pack installed and showing under all three sections. If you only want to change the display language, it is sufficient to have the language listed under “Choose Display and Help Languages” section. If you have a language pack installed then skip step 2 and move on to step 3.

Step2 – Install Office Language Pack

If you do not have the language listed, you have to download and install the required language. Again, we would like to remind you this is different from Windows display language.

• Open official Microsoft Office page for language accessory pack.
• Scroll down to “Install the language accessory pack” section.
• Select the Office version 2010, 2013, 2016 or New versions. The new versions include Office 2019 and Microsoft 365 (earlier Office 365).

• Select the language from the dropdown and check under “Description” column. It should show the pack details whether the language includes display, help and proofing language. Not all languages will have all the options, for example below is an example showing only display and proofing are available. The “Download Instructions” explains further details like read the documentation after installation.

• After choosing the language, click on “Download (64-bit)” link. This is for the computers with 64-bit processor. If you are not sure your processor type, check this article to find whether it is 32-bit or 64-bit. All modern desktops and laptops should use 64-bit processor as 32-bit is obsolete.
• It may take some time for the file to download. Depending upon the browser, you can either download the file or run directly.

• If you have downloaded the file, start the installation process by double clicking on the “OfficeSetup.exe” file from your downloads folder.

Step3 – Change Display Language

After successful installation of the language pack, launch any Office application and go to “File > Options > Language” section as explained in setp1.

• You should see the installed language under “Choose Display and Help Languages” section.

• Click on the language and click “Set as Default” button to make the language as default for your display or help.
• Alternatively, you can move the selected language up or down using the arrow buttons to change the priority. Office will use the priority from this list to decide which language to use for display and help. In the above screenshot example, Office will use Windows language as default then try German, English or Chinese. This is helpful when there I no sufficient help documents available in the default language.

Proofreading in Different Languages

We receive documents from authors located in different countries. Word will underline each word in red when you view the documents with different language setup. For example, entire document will be underlined when you open Russian language with English display. In some cases, you may also need to use a single word or phrase in different language without showing grammar error. There is a quick fix to avoid this by switching editing language or ignoring grammar check only on that document.

• Open you document and click on the language showing in the bottom status bar in Word.

• If you do not see the language in the status bar, go to “Review > Language” and select “Set Proofing Language…”. You will see a small pop-up window to switch the language for that document.

• You have options to ignore spelling / grammar check, detect language automatically or change the default language.

Final Words

We hope the above content helps you to understand how to change display, editing and proofing languages in Office applications. You can follow the same process for setting up right-to-left languages like Arabic in Word.