Microsoft Word Templates in Foreign Language

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Microsoft Word Templates in Foreign Language

I just bought Microsoft Office 2008 for my Macbook (with Leopard) and I was looking at the Project Gallery templates and if I open up any of the templates for Microsoft Word, all of the words are in different languages and I cannot even look at the template and get ideas of what to use them for. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know how to change everything to English? Also, I downloaded a demo of extra stationary for Mail, and again, all of the templates are in a different language. If anyone could help, that would be great, thanks.

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Apr 11, 2008 5:49 PM

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Apr 11, 2008 6:17 PM in response to phishybowl7

Since Office is not an Apple product, you should post your question on Microsoft's own forums for their Mac products as they would be geared more toward your issue than an Apple forum:

http://www.officeformac.com/productforums

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etresoft

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Apr 14, 2008 3:55 AM in response to phishybowl7

That isn't a foreign language. It is "desktop publishing nonsense". It is just filler text to show you what real text might look like. It always starts with "Lorem Ipsum" or something like that. They have been using this text for many, many years. It is kind of Microsoft's way of subtly telling people that Word is now good enough to use for desktop publishing. If you double-click on that text, it will go away and you can type your own text in there.

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etresoft

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Apr 14, 2008 4:02 AM in response to Templeton Peck

Templeton,
Geez! Yes, Office is not a Mac product. We get it already! Does that mean we should always send people to some other web site instead of answering a question that, in fact, is not specific to Microsoft Word at all?

You know, sometimes I check your posting history and go right behind you and answer easy, non-Apple questions that you refuse to discuss. They are still Mac users. Can't we cut them some slack?

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Apr 14, 2008 12:37 PM in response to etresoft

Would you go to a Microsoft forum for help with Apple's iWork application? Or what about going to the Adobe forums for help with Quark Xpres? I don't think so.

Help them if you want. I'm simply pointing out there are other resources on the web that would be more focused on the issues they're facing and software they're using, and where their questions have more of a chance of already being asked and answered.

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