Deploying Office in a Multinational Setting

MultiLanguage Pack Extras

In addition to the features that are installed with the Microsoft Office 2000 MultiLanguage Pack Setup program, you can install other features from subfolders in the Extras folder on the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM. These MultiLanguage Pack extras are described in the following table.

You can install some of these features by running the Office Custom Installation Wizard and adding the feature’s Setup program to the Windows installer transform (MST file) for the MultiLanguage Pack. Other features, however, already use the installer in their own Setup programs. These features cannot be added to the MultiLanguage Pack transform; they must be deployed separately.

You can install other MultiLanguage Pack extras by copying the files from the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM to users’ hard disks and changing the related registry settings. In this case, you can add the files and registry entries to the MultiLanguage Pack transform by using the Custom Installation Wizard. Alternatively, you can create a batch file that copies the files and creates the registry settings and then add the batch file to the MultiLanguage Pack transform.

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Excel add-ins

The MultiLanguage Pack provides several localized Excel add-ins. Other than these localized add-ins, users cannot change the user interface language of Excel add-ins. You can load localized Excel add-ins on users’ computers as part of a custom deployment of the MultiLanguage Pack. Use the Custom Installation Wizard to add the necessary files to the MultiLanguage Pack transform.

To include localized Excel add-ins in the MultiLanguage Pack transform

1. Copy the folders in the Extras\XLAddins folder from the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM to the administrative installation point for the MultiLanguage Pack.
2. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
3. On the Add Files to the Installation panel, click Add.
4. In the Add Files to MST File dialog box, open the folder for the language you want from the administrative installation point, select the files that you want to install, and click Add.
5. In the File Destination Path dialog box, enter a path for the localized file in the Destination path on the user’s computer box. (This path is usually Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Library.)

Important   If you plan to install the localized Excel add-ins, do not install English add-ins. For each localized add-in you want to install, set the English equivalent to Not Available when you customize the Office installation. If English add-ins are already installed, remove them before installing the localized add-ins.

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Excel object library files

When Excel 2000 users open an Excel 95 or Excel 5.0 workbook that contains non-English macros, Excel 2000 must translate the macros to English in order to run them. To translate the macros, Excel 2000 users must have Excel object libraries installed.

If users are upgrading to Excel 2000 from a localized version of Excel 95 or Excel 5.0 and they run non-English macros, they must install object libraries for the localized language. If the Excel 95 or Excel 5.0 macro includes procedures written in more than one language, Excel 2000 users must install an object library for each language used in the macro.

Note   All Excel 97 macros are compiled in English, so Excel 2000 does not need to translate them.

Users can install the object libraries they need after they install Excel 2000, or you can install object libraries on users’ computers when you deploy the MultiLanguage Pack.

Distributing Excel object libraries

You can make the Excel object libraries and the object library installation program available to users so that they can install the object libraries they need.

To make object libraries available on a network share

1. Copy the contents of the Extras\95olbs folder from the appropriate MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM to a network share.

   If you want to use Excel object libraries from more than one MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM, copy the subfolders of the Extras\95olbs folder from each CD-ROM to the same network share.

2. At the root level of the folder on the network share, users run InstOLB.exe.
3. In the Object Library Installer dialog box, users select the languages for which they want to install object libraries.

Installing Excel object libraries

You can install Excel object libraries on users’ computers as part of a custom deployment of the MultiLanguage Pack. Use the Custom Installation Wizard to create a transform that instructs Setup to copy the files and create registry settings on users’ computers.

To add object library files to the MultiLanguage Pack transform

1. Copy the folders in the Extras\95olbs folder from the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM to the administrative installation point for the MultiLanguage Pack.
2. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
3. On the Add Files to the Installation panel, click Add.
4. For each language for which you want to deploy object libraries, open the appropriate folder, select the files Xl5en32.olb and Xl5x32.olb, where x is the language of the OLB file name, and then click Add.
5. In the File Destination Path dialog box, enter the path to the location of Excel.exe in the Destination path on the user’s computer box, and then click OK.

   The default location for Excel.exe is \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office.

6. On the Add Files to the Installation panel, click Add again.
7. For each language for which you added object library files, open the appropriate folder, select the files Vbaen32.olb and Vbax32.olb, where x is the language of the OLB file name, and click Add.
8. In the File Destination Path dialog box, enter <System> in the Destination path on the user’s computer box.

After you add the object library files to the transform, you add the corresponding registry settings in the Custom Installation Wizard.

To add object library registry settings to the MultiLanguage Pack transform

1. On the Add Registry Entries panel of the Custom Installation Wizard, click Add, enter the following values, and click OK:

   In the Root box, select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

   In the Data type box, select REG_SZ.

   In the Key box, enter \Software\Classes\TypeLib\{000204F3-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\1.0\n\win32, where n is the language of the subkey number.

   In the Value name box, enter Default.

   In the Value data box, enter System\VBAx32.olb, where System is the path to the user’s System folder.

2. On the Add Registry Entries panel, click Add again, enter the following values, and click OK:

   In the Root box, select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

   In the Data type box, select REG_SZ.

   In the Key box, enter \Software\Classes\TypeLib \{00020813-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\1.0\n\win32, where n is the language of subkey number.

   In the Value name box, enter Default.

   In the Value data box, enter ExcelFolder\XL5x32.olb, where ExcelFolder is the path to Excel.exe.

The alphabetical (x) and numeric (n) placeholders in the OLB file names and registry subkeys identify the language used in the macro, as described in the following table.

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Internet Explorer user interface languages

If users want to change the language of the user interface of Internet Explorer 5, they must have the appropriate language files installed. You can include these files in the MultiLanguage Pack transform.

Note   Users must have Internet Explorer 5 installed before they can install the language files for a different user interface language.

To add Internet Explorer user interface languages to the transform

1. Copy the folders in the Extras\Ie5 folder from the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM to the administrative installation point for the MultiLanguage Pack.
2. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
3. On the Add Installations and Run Programs panel, click Add.
4. In the Add/Modify Program Entry dialog box, click Browse.
5. For each language that you want, open the language folder from the administrative installation point, and then double-click the file name.exe file.

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Input Method Editors

Input Method Editors (IMEs) are software utilities that convert keystrokes to characters in an ideographic script. The MultiLanguage Pack includes IMEs for Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

For Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, you install either a locale-specific IME or a Global IME, depending on the language version of the user’s operating system. Install the locale-specific IME if the language of the IME matches the language of the user’s operating system; otherwise, install the appropriate Global IME. Global IMEs allow users to enter Asian text regardless of the language version of their operating system. (For Korean, only the Global IME is available.)

Note   Global Input Method Editors (Global IMEs) allow users running non-Asian versions of the Microsoft Windows® operating system to type Asian text in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook®, and Internet Explorer.

You can add the Setup programs for Global IMEs to the MultiLanguage Pack transform. However, the Setup program for locale-specific IMEs uses the Windows installer; these installations cannot be added to the MultiLanguage Pack transform.

Chinese Input Method Editors

If users who want to enter Chinese text are running a language version of the operating system that matches the language of the IME they want to use, they must install the locale-specific IME. Otherwise, they must install the Global IME.

To add the Setup program for a Chinese Global IME to the transform

1. For Simplified Chinese, copy the contents of the folder Extras\Ime\ChinSimp\Global from the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM to the administrative installation point for the MultiLanguage Pack.

   – or –

   For Traditional Chinese, copy the contents of the folder Extras\Ime\ChinTrad\Global to the administrative installation point.

2. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
3. On the Add Installations and Run Programs panel, click Add.
4. In the Add/Modify Program Entry dialog box, click Browse.
5. Go to the administrative installation point, and double-click msscaime.exe for the Simplified Chinese IME.

   – or –

   Double-click mstcaime.exe for the Traditional Chinese IME.

Users can install locale-specific Chinese IMEs from a network share. They can perform the installation manually, or you can incorporate the procedure either into a logon script or into a batch file that you distribute in e-mail to your users. The Setup program for the locale-specific Chinese IMEs are in the \ChinSimp\Regular folder (for Simplified Chinese) and the \ChinTrad\Regular folder (for Traditional Chinese).

Japanese Input Method Editors

If users who want to enter Japanese text are running a Korean, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese language version of the operating system, they must install the Japanese Global IME. You can add the installation of the Japanese Global IME to the MultiLanguage Pack transform.

To add the Setup program for the Japanese Global IME to the transform

1. Copy the folder Extras\Ime\Japanese\Global\Asianwin from the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM to the administrative installation point for the MultiLanguage Pack.
2. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
3. On the Add Installations and Run Programs panel, click Add.
4. In the Add/Modify Program Entry dialog box, click Browse.
5. Go to the administrative installation point, and double-click msjaime.exe.

If users who want to enter Japanese text are running a Japanese or non-Asian language version of the operating system, they must run a separate Setup program that installs the appropriate Japanese IME. This Setup program uses the Windows installer, so you cannot add the installation to the MultiLanguage Pack transform. However, you can create an administrative installation point so that users can install the Japanese IME from a network share.

To create an administrative installation point for Japanese IMEs

1. Create a share on a network server for the administrative installation point, with at least 40 megabytes (MB) available.
2. On a computer running Microsoft Windows 95/98 or Microsoft Windows NT with write access to the share, connect to the server share.
3. On the Start menu, click Run, and then click Browse.
4. Insert the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, and then open the Extras\Ime\Japanese\Regular folder, and click setup.exe.
5. On the command line following setup.exe, type /a.
6. When prompted for the installation location, enter the path to the administrative installation point.

Users can install the Japanese IME from the network share by running Setup.exe manually, or you can incorporate the procedure into a logon script or batch file distributed in e-mail. Because the installation uses the Windows installer, users must have Office 2000 installed before installing the Japanese IME.

Note   The user interface of the installation program for the Japanese IME is in English.

Korean Input Method Editor

If users who want to enter Korean text are running a non-Korean version of the operating system, they must install the Korean Global IME. You can add the installation of the Korean Global IME to the MultiLanguage Pack transform.

To add the Setup program for the Korean Global IME to the transform

1. Copy the contents of the folder Extras\Ime\Korean\Global from the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM to the administrative installation point for the MultiLanguage Pack.
2. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
3. On the Add Installations and Run Programs panel, click Add.
4. In the Add/Modify Program Entry dialog box, click Browse.
5. Go to the administrative installation point, and double-click mshaime.exe.

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Microsoft Jet 4.0 user interface language files

The Microsoft Jet 4.0 user interface files are dynamic-link library (DLL) files that are installed on top of a user’s existing installation of Access 2000. When users install one of these DLL files, they can change the Microsoft Jet 4.0 user interface language. Users must install the appropriate DLL file for the language they want to use.

You can install Microsoft Jet 4.0 user interface files on users’ computers as part of a custom deployment of the MultiLanguage Pack. Use the Custom Installation Wizard to add the necessary files to the MultiLanguage Pack transform.

To include Microsoft Jet 4.0 user interface files in the MultiLanguage Pack transform

1. Copy the folders in the Extras\Jet folder from the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM to the administrative installation point for the MultiLanguage Pack.
2. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
3. On the Add Files to the Installation panel, click Add.
4. In the Add Files to MST File dialog box, open the folder for the language you want from the administrative installation point, select Msjint40.dll and Mswstr10.dll, and click Add.
5. In the File Destination Path dialog box, enter <System> in the Destination path on the user’s computer box.

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Outlook At Work fax patch

If your users are running a non-English language version of Windows 95/98 and are using the Outlook At Work fax feature, they must install the localized patch file. You can add this file to the MultiLanguage Pack transform.

Note   If users are upgrading from Outlook 98, they don’t need to install the patch.

To add a localized Outlook At Work fax patch to the transform

1. Copy the folders in the Extras\AWFAXpat folder from the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM to the administrative installation point for the MultiLanguage Pack.
2. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
3. On the Add Installations and Run Programs panel, click Add.
4. In the Add/Modify Program Entry dialog box, click Browse.
5. Open the folder for the language you want from the administrative installation point, and then double-click Awfaxpch.exe.

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Outlook forms

If your organization uses 16-bit Electronic Forms Designer forms and your users are running non-English language versions of Windows 95/98 or Windows NT, you must deploy localized Visual Basic support files. These files allow users to open 16-bit forms that are supported by Microsoft Outlook and the Microsoft Exchange client. You can add these files to the MultiLanguage Pack transform.

Note   If users are upgrading from a previous version of Outlook, they don’t need to install the localized files.

To add localized files for the Electronic Forms Designer to the transform

1. Copy the folders in the Extras\EFDSupp folder from the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM to the administrative installation point for the MultiLanguage Pack.
2. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
3. On the Add Installations and Run Programs panel, click Add.
4. In the Add/Modify Program Entry dialog box, click Browse.
5. Open the folder for the language you want from the administrative installation point, and then double-click efd.exe.

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See also

You can use the Office Custom Installation Wizard to customize international installations of the MultiLanguage Pack. For more information, see Office Custom Installation Wizard.

The MultiLanguage Pack includes other features in addition to those in the Extras folder of the MultiLanguage Pack CD-ROM. For more information, see Features of the MultiLanguage Pack.