Typing in Other Languages

  *In order to install Asian languages you will need your original Windows XP install cd. 

Enabling most languages:

• Click on the Start button
• Click on the Control Panel
• Double click the Regional and Language Settings
• This will open a new window with three tabs.  Click on the tab that says Languages. 
• Click the Details button (if you are installing an East Asian or right-to-left language, see below).
• Click the Add button on the right side of the window.
• Select your language from the Input Language dropdown menu.
• Make sure that they Keyboard layout/IME box is checked. 
• Click OK.
• Under Preferences, click the Language Bar option.
• Make sure that the Show the Language bar on the desktop and the Show additional Language bar icons in the taskbar boxes are checked. 
• Click Apply.
• Click OK.
• In your taskbar along the bottom of your screen, you should see a new small icon that says EN in white letters. 
• Click on the icon and select the language you would like to type in. 

To install East Asian or right-to-left languages:

• Check the box for the option you prefer under Supplemental Language Support
• Click OK to the pop up window
• Click OK in the Regional and Language window.