How to switch Fireworks 8 languages on Windows 2000 and XP Fireworks 8 uses the same single application for the user interface for all languages. On Windows 2000 and Windows XP, Fireworks supports English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese languages.
When Fireworks 8 is installed, it detects the language setting from the Operating System. To see which language is set on your system, choose Start: Settings: Control Panel: Regional and Language Options.
If a MUI kit is installed, Fireworks 8 uses its language. MUI kits are most commonly used in large corporations. For more information on Multi-Language User Interface, see the Microsoft website.
If a MUI kit is not used on the system, the Fireworks 8 installer checks the Control Panel Settings>Regional and Language Options, and displays the language selected in the Formats dropdown list. If a language not supported by Fireworks is selected, the application user interface will display in English. and Traditional Chinese to display properly.
Supplemental language support files must be installed for Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
Windows XP users can switch the language displayed in the Fireworks 8 user interface by the three methods:
1) | Quit Fireworks. Set the language by creating and/or editing the "Fireworks 8 Language.txt" file located within each user's Documents and Settings folder. Notepad can be used to create a new file if one does not already exist. C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Macromedia\Fireworks 8\Fireworks 8 Language.txt. The text-only file can contain the language name of one language, which is the language the user interface will display. The language name must match the folder name of any language folder installed with Fireworks 8 at C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Fireworks 8\. If the language is not properly typed to match the folder name, Fireworks 8 will not launch. Valid language names are: English French German Italian Spanish Japanese Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese The following sample shows the content of an example Fireworks 8 Language.txt file. |
2) | Quit Fireworks. Delete this file if it exists: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Macromedia\Fireworks 8\Fireworks 8 Language.txt. Select the language using MUI. |
3) | Quit Fireworks. Delete this file if it exists: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Macromedia\Fireworks 8\Fireworks 8 Language.txt. Select the language by selecting it in the Formats list in the Regional and Language Options Control Panel (this works only if MUI is not installed). |