Languages

Defines the default languages for documents.

Language Of

Locale Setting

Specifies the locale setting of the country setting. This influences settings for numbering, currency and units of measure. The default entry applies to the locale setting that was selected for the operating system. A change in this field is immediately applicable. However, some formats that were formatted by default change only if the document is newly loaded. When you select Arabic or Hebrew as your Locale setting and restart StarOffice, the user interface will be mirrored to display from right to left. To set a mirrored user interface regardless of locale setting, set the environment variable SAL_RTL_ENABLED=1.

Default Currency

Specifies the default currency that is used for the currency format and the currency fields.

Advanced Language Support

Asian Languages

Activates Asian languages support. You can now modify the corresponding Asian language settings in StarOffice. If you want to write in Chinese, Japanese or Korean, you can activate the support for these languages in the user interface.

Complex Text Layout (CTL)

Activates complex text layout support. You can now modify the settings corresponding to complex text layout in StarOffice.

Default Languages for Documents

Specifies the languages for spellchecking, thesaurus and hyphenation.

Language for Spellcheck Function (Western)

Specifies the language used for the spellcheck function in western alphabets.

Language for Spellcheck Function (Asian)

Specifies the language used for the spellcheck function in Asian alphabets.

Language for Spellcheck Function (CTL)

Specifies the language for the complex text layout spellcheck.

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