1) Switching between the pre-selected languages (English, Chinese, Japanese)
The Library's Electronic Information Center (EIC) Workstations have the following input languages pre-selected when a user logs onto a computer: English (United States), Chinese (People's Republic of China), Chinese (Taiwan) and Japanese. English will appear as the currently selected default language at logon time. To find out which language is the currently selected default language, please refer to the language icon (two-letter acronym on the taskbar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen).
To change the current language to one of the other three pre-selected languages, click on the language icon. A window will pop up with the pre-selected languages in it. Move the mouse pointer over the desired language, and left-click:
NOTE: when you switch to a different language, your newly selected language will be tied to the application that was "on top" of all the other applications you may have been running at the time you switched languages. In other words, if the last open application you used before switching from English to Japanese was Microsoft Word, Japanese will be the language you will type in if you go back to using Word. However, if you open up Internet Explorer, your language will still be English so if you wish to type in Japanese in Internet Explorer, you will need to follow the instructions given above.
2) Adding a different input language
If you need to type in a language that is not one of the
pre-selected default languages (see above for a list of default languages), you
can add that language by following these steps:
a) Go to Start Menu->Settings->Control Panel->Regional and Language
Options. "The Regional and Language Options" window will
appear
b) Click the Languages tab and then click Details; you will now have the following two windows on your screen:
In the Text Services and Input Languages window, click the Add button. The Add Input Language window will appear from where you can select your desired language by clicking the drop down arrow. You can also choose a particular keyboard layout for your language (if there is more than one layout available).
In the picture below, Russian is added to the list of the default input languages.
Click OK in the "Add Input Languages" window, click OK in the "Text Services and Input Languages" window, and then click OK in the "Regional and Language Options" window.
Note To use a newly added input language for typing (Russian in this example), you will need to switch from the current default language to the newly added language. This can be achieved by clicking the language icon located on the taskbar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. A small popup window will open with the currently selected language checked with a tick. To change the current language to your desired language, move the mouse pointer over the target language, and left-click.
Notice that the taskbar language icon will now display the abbreviation corresponding to your desired language (e.g., “RU” for Russian).
The Language Bar
To expedite and simplify the process of switching between different languages, you can use the Language bar. The Language bar is a window similar to the taskbar, but can be moved around the screen and always remains on top of all other open applications. Therefore, it can easily be accessed at any time. To open the language bar, click the language icon located on the taskbar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. A small popup window will open up, similar to the one shown above. Move your mouse over the line that reads: “Show the Language bar”, and left-click.
To switch between the available languages, you can click the language currently displayed on the language bar and choose one of the other currently installed languages by moving the mouse pointer over the desired language and left-clicking:
