
I see no option to add another display language.Įarlier versions of Office had downloadable Language packs but I can't find one for Office 2016, not even in the volume license downloads. Nothing appears in the "Other Display Languages". Under the "Office Display Language" is English for both. The very last sentence on this Options page is says, "View display languages installed for each Microsoft Office program. Under "Choose Display and Help Languages" the default is "Match Microsoft Windows," which suggests to me that all Word menus should be in Spanish, just like Chrome and Windows are doing. In Word Options > Language the editing language is set to default to Spanish (Mexico). All Start menu text is in Spanish and even Chrome displays everything in Spanish.īut when I run Word 2016 all of its menus are in English. I have configured the default language in a Windows 10 Pro user profile to Spanish (Mexico). (Note that I am referring to the Display language, not the keyboard language.) How do you change Word 2016's Display language? Sign out and then sign back in to finish.Īnd here is some more info -> Add Language Packs to Windows.

If the language can become your Windows display language, you'll see Will be display language after next sign-in appear under the language. Tap or click Set as primary to move the language to the top of the list.Tap or click the language that you want to set as your display language.To change your Windows display language (that's the language you see most often in Windows and apps), first add a language, download and install the language pack, and then follow these steps. If you want to make this your display language, see the next section "Change your Windows display language". The download process might take a while, depending on your PC and the size of the language pack. Tap or click a language that says Language pack available underneath, and then tap or click Options.Tap or click Time and language, and then tap or click Region and language.(If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.) Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.You'll need to download the language pack if you want to make a language your Windows display language (that's the language you see most often in Windows and apps). Spoiler Download and install language packs Language packs are no longer available after you upgrade to Windows 8.1Īnd, sort of the same here -> Add a language or keyboard


Windows 8.1 update changed the language, can't change back
