Using 2 versions of Mac Office 2004 (Japanese and English). How do I set the default for which vers

[bimotarich]

I using 2 versions of Mac Office 2004 (Japanese and English). How do
I set the default for which version my machine uses to open office
files? It would of course be better if MS allowed users to switch
menu languages within the program just as Mac does with its OS and
associated software. But since that is not the case, I have had to
purchase install the English version of Office 2004 (at great expense
both monetarily and memory wise). When I open files already on my
computer it always opens them with the "default" version of Office
2004 which is in Japanese. I can't seem to find a way to change the
default settings so that it defaults to the English version. I tried
changing them in the Info window but to no avail. It at first seems
as if it has changed the setting but when you try to reopen the file
it is always back to the Japanese version (even if I tell it to change
all). It doesnt help that on the hard drive the two versions all have
the exact same labels so it is hard to tell which is which. Any help
would be much appreciated. A big DOMO ARIGATO in advance!

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

"Domo arigato gozaimishta..."

The "default" application is the one that was installed LAST. That's the
one the system preferences are all pointing at.

I suggest that you run Remove Office (twice, ensuring that you get out both
versions).

Then install Japanese.

Then install English.

Then apply the 11.3.3 update to both.

You *can* figure out which preferences these are and edit each to correct
them all, but there are more than a hundred of them and if you get one
wrong, you may not be able to start one or more programs. I would do a
"Remove" and "Reinstall".

Note: If you re-install without removing, the system will detect that you
are "already installed" and take no action at all.

Cheers

I using 2 versions of Mac Office 2004 (Japanese and English). How do
I set the default for which version my machine uses to open office
files? It would of course be better if MS allowed users to switch
menu languages within the program just as Mac does with its OS and
associated software. But since that is not the case, I have had to
purchase install the English version of Office 2004 (at great expense
both monetarily and memory wise). When I open files already on my
computer it always opens them with the "default" version of Office
2004 which is in Japanese. I can't seem to find a way to change the
default settings so that it defaults to the English version. I tried
changing them in the Info window but to no avail. It at first seems
as if it has changed the setting but when you try to reopen the file
it is always back to the Japanese version (even if I tell it to change
all). It doesnt help that on the hard drive the two versions all have
the exact same labels so it is hard to tell which is which. Any help
would be much appreciated. A big DOMO ARIGATO in advance!

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Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Diane Ross]

It doesnt help that on the hard drive the two versions all have
the exact same labels so it is hard to tell which is which. Any help
would be much appreciated. A big DOMO ARIGATO in advance!

Have you considered creating a new User in System Preferences and install
the Japanese version in the new user? Be sure to create an Application
folder in the User and not install in the root Application folder.

Use Fast User Switching to quickly go back and forth.

--
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