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CHAPTER 4 SYSTEM PREFERENCES<br />

Figure 4-8. The Spaces tab of the Exposé & Spaces preference pane<br />

International<br />

The International preference pane controls the language and regional display settings of your<br />

computer. This preference pane has three tabs that control various settings: Language, Formats,<br />

and Input Menu.<br />

The Language tab (Figure 4-9) allows you to set your preferred display language. The<br />

column on the left lists the activated languages, and you can drag them in the order of your language<br />

preference. For example, if I switched the order of English and Japanese, so that Japanese<br />

would appear first, then Japanese would become the default language for my system and all<br />

applications. If, however, an application wasn’t localized in Japanese (i.e., didn’t contain Japanese<br />

translations), then the application would attempt to find my second choice (English in this<br />

case). For the system or any application, the first available language will be used.<br />

NOTE Localization is a term referring to adding language information for a specific region in<br />

the world. Saying that an application is localized for the Ukraine means that Ukrainian language<br />

data was added to the application and is available to those who wish to use it. This isn’t<br />

terribly difficult to do—in fact, if you encounter an application that lacks a localization that you<br />

favor, you may want to contact the developer about this. You could even easily help implement<br />

the proper localization if you so desire.

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