Changing the language of a MS Office product?

J

Jonam Ekstrøm

Hello,
No. You want it in German you /buy/ it in German.

and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for the
identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone moves e.g. from
Germany to the US and must use an English version now (instead of his German
version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example
 
J

Jonam Ekstrøm

Hello,
No. You want it in German you /buy/ it in German.

and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for the
identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone moves e.g. from
Germany to the US and must use an English version now (instead of his German
version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example
 
J

Jonam Ekstrøm

Hello,
No. You want it in German you /buy/ it in German.

and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for the
identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone moves e.g. from
Germany to the US and must use an English version now (instead of his German
version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example
 
J

Jonam Ekstrøm

Hello,
No. You want it in German you /buy/ it in German.

and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for the
identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone moves e.g. from
Germany to the US and must use an English version now (instead of his German
version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example
 
J

Jonam Ekstrøm

Hello,
No. You want it in German you /buy/ it in German.

and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for the
identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone moves e.g. from
Germany to the US and must use an English version now (instead of his German
version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example
 
J

Jonam Ekstrøm

Hello,
No. You want it in German you /buy/ it in German.

and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for the
identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone moves e.g. from
Germany to the US and must use an English version now (instead of his German
version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example
 
J

Jonam Ekstrøm

Hello,
No. You want it in German you /buy/ it in German.

and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for the
identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone moves e.g. from
Germany to the US and must use an English version now (instead of his German
version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example
 
J

Jonam Ekstrøm

Hello,
No. You want it in German you /buy/ it in German.

and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for the
identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone moves e.g. from
Germany to the US and must use an English version now (instead of his German
version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example
 
M

Miss Perspicacia Tick

Jonam said:
Hello,


and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for
the identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone
moves e.g. from Germany to the US and must use an English version now
(instead of his German version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example

You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?
 
M

Miss Perspicacia Tick

Jonam said:
Hello,


and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for
the identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone
moves e.g. from Germany to the US and must use an English version now
(instead of his German version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example

You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?
 
M

Miss Perspicacia Tick

Jonam said:
Hello,


and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for
the identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone
moves e.g. from Germany to the US and must use an English version now
(instead of his German version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example

You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?
 
M

Miss Perspicacia Tick

Jonam said:
Hello,


and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for
the identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone
moves e.g. from Germany to the US and must use an English version now
(instead of his German version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example

You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?
 
M

Miss Perspicacia Tick

Jonam said:
Hello,


and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for
the identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone
moves e.g. from Germany to the US and must use an English version now
(instead of his German version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example

You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?
 
M

Miss Perspicacia Tick

Jonam said:
Hello,


and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for
the identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone
moves e.g. from Germany to the US and must use an English version now
(instead of his German version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example

You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?
 
M

Miss Perspicacia Tick

Jonam said:
Hello,


and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for
the identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone
moves e.g. from Germany to the US and must use an English version now
(instead of his German version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example

You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?
 
M

Miss Perspicacia Tick

Jonam said:
Hello,


and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for
the identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone
moves e.g. from Germany to the US and must use an English version now
(instead of his German version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example

You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?
 
M

Miss Perspicacia Tick

Jonam said:
Hello,


and - if you already own the product in one language - pay twice for
the identical (apart from the language) product? What if someone
moves e.g. from Germany to the US and must use an English version now
(instead of his German version) for several reasons?

I'll be better off heeding Milly's advice to ask Microsoft directly.

Jonam

p.s. "German <-> English" is just an example

You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?
 
J

Jonam Ekstrøm

Hello,
You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?

again: there are cases where you don't know that before. Sorry for repeating
myself, but: What if I live in Germany and will move to the United States?
There's some reasons for using an English version in this case. A good
program should be multi-lingual, by the way. This doesn't mean that Office
is bad. However, a multi-lingual user interface is standard for a good
application. I don't see why I should pay another $300 for exactly the same
product, just to get something that should be available by default: a MUI.

Regards Jonam
 
J

Jonam Ekstrøm

Hello,
You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?

again: there are cases where you don't know that before. Sorry for repeating
myself, but: What if I live in Germany and will move to the United States?
There's some reasons for using an English version in this case. A good
program should be multi-lingual, by the way. This doesn't mean that Office
is bad. However, a multi-lingual user interface is standard for a good
application. I don't see why I should pay another $300 for exactly the same
product, just to get something that should be available by default: a MUI.

Regards Jonam
 
J

Jonam Ekstrøm

Hello,
You can ask them, but that's what you'll be told. You should have thought
about the language you wanted before you purchased, now shouldn't you...?

again: there are cases where you don't know that before. Sorry for repeating
myself, but: What if I live in Germany and will move to the United States?
There's some reasons for using an English version in this case. A good
program should be multi-lingual, by the way. This doesn't mean that Office
is bad. However, a multi-lingual user interface is standard for a good
application. I don't see why I should pay another $300 for exactly the same
product, just to get something that should be available by default: a MUI.

Regards Jonam
 

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