Using 2 versions of Mac Office 2004 (Japanese and English)..

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!

"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


On 8/3/07 11:42 PM, in article
1173426170.745068.300940 RemoveThis @c51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "bimotarich@mac.com"
<bimotarich RemoveThis @mac.com> wrote:

> 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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