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National Language Support

iOfficeV4 provides National Language Support (NLS), which allows users to:

  • Use User Interface in native language (Currently English, German , Japanese and Traditional Chinese UI are available)
  • Store and retrieve data and files in native language
  • Use date and time in local formats
  • Use monetary and numeric in local formats
  • Sort data in dictionary order
  • Send and receive e-mail messages in many character code sets
Using iOfficeV4's NLS
What is iOfficeV4's NLS

iOfficeV4 has no built-in assumptions or dependencies on language specific or cultural specific conventions. Although the user interface is English, iOfficeV4 NLS supports non-English speaking countries and regions.
Installing and Using iOfficeV4's NLS

To use iOfficeV4's NLS, you need to install NLS Pack for your language and region.
Some Technical Issues

iOfficeV4's NLS is implemented with the use of locale functions in operation systems.

What is iOfficeV4's NLS

iOfficeV4's NLS features include
  • Language Support

  • Date and Time Formatting

  • Monetary and Numeric Formatting

  • Sorting Data in Dictionary Order

  • Character Classifications

  • Character Code Set Support

Language Support

iOfficeV4 allows users to store and browse data and files in native language. iOfficeV4 supports most contemporary languages.

Date and Time Formatting

Date and time formatting are different in each country, e.g. 12/25/2002 in USA, 25.12.2002 in Germany, and 2002/12/25 in Japan. Time formatting 2:00 PM instead of 14:00 is widely used in USA. iOfficeV4 supports various date and time formatting.

Monetary and Numeric Formatting

Currency symbol, radix symbols and thousands separators can be represented in local format.

Sorting Data in Dictionary Order

iOfficeV4 sorts data by use of local dictionary order. for example, German " ä" is listed just after "a", not at the end of a list.

Character Classifications

In Address Book, accented characters are classified into non-accented characters. e.g. German " ä" is classified into "a".

Character Code Set Support

iOfficeV4 supports major character code sets including double-byte character sets.


Installing and Using iOfficeV4's NLS

In default, iOfficeV4 supports US-English/USA. To use iOfficeV4 in your region and language, you need to install iOfficeV4's NLS Pack.

iOfficeV4's NLS Packs are available for the following regions and languages. We will release more NLS. Stay tuned...

You can download NLS Packs from the Download page.

North America

Country/Region Language Supported User Interface NLS Name Note
Canada Canadian English English en_CA  
Canada Canadian French English fr_CA@en  
USA English English en  
USA English English en_US@24h 24H Time Format
USA Japanese Japanese ja_US  
USA Japanese English ja_US@en  

Latin America

Country/Region Language Supported User Interface NLS Name Note
Argentina Spanish English es_AR@en  
Brazil Portuguese English pt_BR@en  
Mexico Spanish English es_MX@en  

West Europe

Country/Region Language Supported User Interface NLS Name Note
Austria German English de_AT@en  
Belgium Belgian French English fr_BE@en  
Belgium Belgian Dutch English nl_BE@en  
France French English fr_FR@en  
Germany German German de_DE
Help is written in English
Germany German English de_DE@en  
Germany Japanese Japanese ja_DE  
Ireland English English en_IE  
Italy Italian English it_IT@en  
Luxembourg German English de_DE@en  
Netherlands Dutch English nl_NL@en  
Portugal Portuguese English pt_PT@en  
Spain Spanish English es_ES@en  
Spain Catalan English ca_ES@en  
Switzerland Swiss German English de_CH@en  
Switzerland Swiss Italian English it_CH@en  
Switzerland Swiss French English fr_CH@en  
United Kingdom English English en_GB  
United Kingdom Japanese Japanese ja_GB  

North Europe

Country/Region Language Supported User Interface NLS Name Note
Denmark Danish English da_DK@en  
Finland Finnish English fi_FI@en  
Iceland Icelandic English is_IS@en  
Norway Norwegian Bokmal English no_NO@en  
Sweden Swedish English sv_SE@ymd-en YMD Date Format
Sweden Swedish English sv_SE@en  

Asia

Country/Region Language Supported User Interface NLS Name Note
China Simplified Chinese English zh_CN@en  
Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Traditional Chinese zh_HK
Hong Kong Traditional Chinese English zh_HK@en  
Hong Kong English English en_HK  
Hong Kong Japanese Japanese ja_HK  
Japan Japanese Japanese ja_JP  
Japan Japanese English ja_JP@en  
Singapore English English en_SG  
Singapore Simplified Chinese English zh_SG@en  
Singapore Japanese Japanese ja_SG  
Singapore Japanese English ja_SG@en  
Taiwan Traditional Chinese Traditional Chinese zh_TW
Taiwan Traditional Chinese English zh_TW@en  
Taiwan Japanese Japanese ja_TW  

Oceania

Country/Region Language Supported User Interface NLS Name Note
Australia Australian English English en_AU  
New zealand NZ English English en_NZ  

You can download NLS Packs from the Download page.

To install NLS Pack, read the installation guide below.

Installing iOfficeV4's NLS Pack


Some Technical Issues

Since iOfficeV4's NLS is implemented with the use of locale functions of operation systems, which regions and languages can be supported depends on your server's operating system.

To check supported regions and language in your server:

In Windows OS

Open Region and Language Setting in Control Panel. You will see the list of regions and languages available in the computer.

In Linux OS

Start telnet tool and connect to the server.

Once the telnet connection established, switch to the root user.

>su

>Password:*****

Enter a password for the root user

Use locale command to check the supported regions and languages.

>locale -a

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