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Introduction to Settings in the System Module
Access Groups
Active Users
Auto Actions
Backup Settings
Bank Holidays
Base Currency
Base Currency Rates
Cloud Security
Company Date and Numeric Format
Company Info
Configuration
Conversions - Master, Conversions - Accounts and VAT Codes
Conversions - Master, Conversions - Activity Types
Conversions - Master, Conversions - Contact Classifications
Conversions - Master, Conversions - Contacts
Conversions - Master, Conversions - Currency Codes
Conversions - Master, Conversions - Items
Conversions - Master, Conversions - Locations
Conversions - Master
Conversions - Master, Conversions - Suppliers
Conversions - Master, Conversions - Tags/Objects
Conversions - Master, Conversions - Users
Countries
Countries Regions
Currency Round Off
Days and Months
Departments
Discount Options
Display Groups
Exchange Rates Settings
Form Settings
Global Locking
Global Warnings on UnOKed Records
Internet Enablers
Journaling
KPIs
Languages
Locking
Locking Exceptions
Nature of Business
Number Series Defaults
Opened Record History
Optional Features
Password Security
Printers
Remote Backups
Reporting Periods
Round Off
Sales Groups
Single Functions
Special Days
Styles
Sub-ledger Control Accounts
Task Manager Access
User Warnings on UnOKed Records
Values in Text
   - Header and Card 1
   - Card 2
   - Including Amounts in Words in Forms
   - Fields that use the Values in Text setting
VAT Reg. Number Masks
Weeks

Tutorials for Standard Accounts

Languages

This page describes the Languages setting in the System module.

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Use the Languages setting to create a list of the various Languages that you use in your business You will be able to use this list as a look-up table from elsewhere in the system.

To open the Languages setting, first ensure you are in the System module. Then, if you are using Windows or macOS, click the [Settings] button in the Navigation Centre or use the Ctrl-S/⌘-S keyboard shortcuts and then double-click 'Languages' in the 'Settings' list. If you are using iOS or Android, select 'Settings' from the Tools menu (with 'wrench' icon) and tap 'Languages'. The 'Languages: Inspect' window opens, listing the Languages that you have already entered:

To enter a new Language, simply enter a Language Code and Name on the first blank line and, when finished, click the [Save] button (Windows/macOS) or tap √ (iOS/Android) to save the changes and close the window. To close the window without saving changes, click the close box (Windows/macOS) or tap < (iOS/Android).

It is recommended that you enter Languages in alphabetical order, as shown in the illustration. If you need to insert a row to maintain this order, click on the row number where the insertion is to be made and press the Return key (Windows/macOS) or long tap on the row number and select 'Insert Row' (iOS/Android). When you come to choose a Language using the 'Paste Special' function, the Languages will be listed in the same order that you have used here.

Having listed Languages in this setting as described above, you will be able to assign them to Customers or Suppliers. When you print forms, this will ensure the correct Form Templates are used: e.g. French invoice forms to French Customers, Finnish documents for Finnish Customers etc. This assumes you have designed Form Templates in the various Languages, and that you have specified when each Form Template is to be printed. Please refer to the 'Defining Forms' section on this page for details.

You can also enter translations of Item Names, Payment Terms, Delivery Terms, etc. in the relevant records. These will be used in printed documentation, depending on the Language of the Customer or Supplier. When you enter Quotations, Orders and Invoices, the correct translations of the Item Names will also be shown on screen.

The Languages setting is fully user-definable, allowing you to enter the Languages that you need and to use your own Language Codes. Languages are also used in Person and Global User records to ensure that the interface will be displayed in the correct Language for each user. When you specify a Language in a Person or Global User record, you will not refer to the Languages setting but instead choose a Language from a 'Paste Special' list that consists of a set of built-in codes. This is because you must enter a language code that will be recognised within the Standard ERP application so that the correct interface can be displayed. You may find it convenient to use these internal codes in your Languages setting and indeed this is recommended. For example, if you will use the Days and Months setting to store various translations of day and month names, you will identify each record in that setting by Language Code as entered here in the Languages setting. When a month name is printed on a form, it will be in the translation for the Language in the record being printed (also a Language Code as entered here in the Languages setting). But, if no Language is specified there, the printed month name will be the translation for the Language of the current user (an internal code). The internal codes are:

ARBArabic
CHIChinese
CROCroatian
CZECzech
DANDanish
AUS English (Australia)
BWEEnglish (Botswana)
CANEnglish (Canada)
SZEEnglish (Eswatini)
INDEnglish (India)
KEEEnglish (Kenya)
NZEEnglish (New Zealand)
PHEEnglish (Philippines)
SGPEnglish (Singapore)
SAFEnglish (South Africa)
ENGEnglish (UK)
USAEnglish (US)
ZWEEnglish (Zimbabwe)
ESTEstonian
FARFarsi
FINFinnish
FRAFrench
FRCFrench (Canada)
GERGerman
HEBHebrew
HUNHungarian
ICEIcelandic
ICEIcelandic
ITAItalian
LATLatvian
LITLithuanian
MYSMalaysian
NORNorwegian
POLPolish
PORPortuguese
AGOPortuguese (Angola)
BRAPortuguese (Brazil)
MOZPortuguese (Mozambique)
ROMRomanian
RUSRussian
SERSerbian
SLO Slovenian
SVKSlovak
ESPSpanish
ARGSpanish (Argentina)
BOLSpanish (Bolivia)
CHLSpanish (Chile)
COLSpanish (Colombia)
CRISpanish (Costa Rica)
SLVSpanish (El Salvador)
GTMSpanish (Guatemala)
HNDSpanish (Honduras)
MEXSpanish (Mexico)
NICSpanish (Nicaragua)
PANSpanish (Panama)
PYSSpanish (Paraguay)
URSSpanish (Uruguay)
USSSpanish (US)
SWESwedish, Finnish-Swedish
UKRUkrainian
TKRTurkish
VIEVietnamese
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