Globalization and Localization Issues for Solutions Created with Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System

Microsoft Corporation

October 2003

Applies to:
    Microsoft® Visual Studio® Tools for the Microsoft Office System
    Microsoft Office System
    Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003

Summary: This page contains up-to-date information on globalization and localization issues that you should consider when creating Microsoft Office solutions using Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System. (2 printed pages)

• Creating Office Solutions for Use in Multiple Countries/Regions
  Presents issues to consider when creating Microsoft Office solutions that will be deployed to end users who use different Windows regional settings.

• Planning World-Ready Applications
  Provides background information on programming for an international audience.
• Introduction to International Applications in Visual Basic and Visual C#
  Introduces the concepts related to developing software for an international market using Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET or Microsoft Visual C#® .NET.
• Globalization and Localization Issues
  Explores the many issues that arise when globalizing and localizing applications, such as formatting and string-related issues.
• Testing for Globalization and Localization
  Outlines how to test applications for world-readiness.
• Effects of Customizing Language Settings on Office Applications
  Provides information about how language settings affect Office applications, how Office applications use language settings, and where the language settings are stored.
• Office 2003 MUI Pack Languages and Corresponding Locale Identifiers
  Lists Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Pack languages and corresponding locale identifiers.