Add Ukrainian language to Windows XP. How to add or remove a language to Windows XP, enable right-to-left writing and hieroglyphs
Usually in the majority Windows builds There are only two languages - Russian and English. Naturally, this will not be enough for everyone. It’s good that the developers have provided for the installation additional languages which is easy to do. In this article I will show you how to add a language to Windows XP. If you need to solve this issue on Windows 7, then read.
The only difficulty that may arise is the absence of any specific letters on the keyboard. For example, in Cyrillic Ukrainian or Latin German there are letters that are usually not written on the keyboard, although the main alphabet is composed of Cyrillic and Latin letters, which are in Russian and English. However, these specific letters definitely exist, but you will have to select them at random if you do not know exactly where they are located. It is not difficult. But first you need to add a language to your computer.
Enabling an additional language
In order to add a language on Windows XP, you need to click “Start” and select “Control Panel”. Then you need to click on “Region and Language”. (Assumes enabled classic look display in the Control Panel).
Adding an additional language
Select the “Languages” tab and click the “More details” button. The Languages and Services window opens text input" Here we see a list of already added languages in Windows XP. To add another one, you need to click on “Add”. In the “Input language” list, you need to select the required one and click on “Ok”. The selected language should appear in the list of installed ones. Then click “Ok” in all open windows, and then new language will appear in the language bar near the clock at the bottom. It will be possible to switch using standard layout shift+alt keys.
Adding an additional language
In order to add languages with Latin or critical letters to Windows XP, there is no need to install additional components.
Additional features
In Windows XP, you can add a language that consists of more than just Latin or Cyrillic letters. Those written from right to left and in hieroglyphs are also available. In order to enable them, you need to check the appropriate boxes in the “Regional and Language Options” window.
Adding additional language capabilities
To add right-to-left or hieroglyphic languages to Windows XP, additional components are required and must be installed from the disk containing operating system. To install these components, you need to insert the disk into the drive, check the required boxes (from left to right or hieroglyphs) and click “Ok”. The installation will begin and then the languages will be available.
Disabling unnecessary languages
By the way, in the “Languages and Text Input Services” window you can not only add a language to Windows XP, but also remove an extra one, if any. This can be done in the same list window installed languages, you just need to click “Delete”, highlighting the desired item first. After this, you need to click “Ok” in all open windows.
By default, when you install any operating system, be it XP, Vista or Windows 7, you will have only two languages in the language bar. These are Russian (RU) and English (EN). But if you need to add another language, it won’t be that difficult.
Let's say that we need to add the Ukrainian language to the language panel. To do this, follow the following instructions in order.
Step 1 . Go to the Start menu and select Control Panel. In the window that opens, click on the linklanguage and regional standards.
Step 2 . In the new window, go to the tab. In the block Keyboards and other input languagesclick on the buttonChange keyboard...
Step 3. In a new window Text input languages and servicesgo to the tab General and in section Installed Services click the Add button.
Step 4. In the window Adding an input languagedrag the slider to the Ukrainian language. Next to the wordUkrainian (Ukraine)Click on + and expand the list. In the parameter Keyboard check the box next to it Ukrainian . To continue click on the button OK .
Step 5. In chapter Installed Services, the Ukrainian language appeared. To apply all the settings made, click on the button Apply and then Ok.
(If you want to delete a language, then to do this you will need to select it and press the button in the right menu Delete) .
We are all accustomed to seeing on the operating system taskbar Windows language panel with which you can easily select one of the languages: Russian or English. But sometimes you need to expand this list and create a document, for example, in Ukrainian or German. Even having standard keyboard, this is very easy to implement.
The list of additional languages that Windows supports is truly enormous. As an example, we will try to add to the language bar Ukrainian language. To do this, click right click mouse on the language bar and select “Options”.
A window with language settings will open. The Installed Services section lists all the languages that appear in the language bar of the operating system. This is where we need to add a new language by clicking the “Add” button.
In the Input Language list, select desired language. In our example, this is “Ukrainian”. The keyboard layout corresponding to the specified language will automatically appear in the lower field. All you have to do is click the “OK” button to apply the settings.
In the “Languages and text input services” window, add to the list installed services Ukrainian language will be added. Here you must also click the “OK” button for the changes to take effect.
Now, by clicking on the language bar, you can choose one of three languages. You can expand this list by adding here required amount languages supported by the operating system.
We dealt with one problem. But our keyboard remains the same, so it’s difficult to guess where the necessary letters are located. Decide this problem can be done quite easily.
Open Notepad via “Start” – “Programs” – “Accessories”, and select the desired language in the language bar. Take turns pressing the letter keys on your keyboard. This way you will find out which letters of the selected language are hidden behind which keys.
In the screenshot above in the first line we selected Ukrainian layout keyboard, in the second case - German. For regular use, of course, it’s not very convenient, but for creating a couple of documents in a language that is not your keyboard’s native one, it’s quite suitable.
Only two languages are available: Russian and English. For most users this is quite enough. But, if you need to enter text in another language (for example, Ukrainian), then you need to add this language to the language bar. Fortunately, this is quite easy to do. Now we will tell you step by step how to add a language to the language bar.
And go to the "Clock, Language and Region" section.
After this, the “Regional and Language Options” window will open in front of you. Here you need to go to the “Languages and Keyboards” tab and click on the “Change Keyboard” button.
After this, a small window will appear to add languages to the language bar. Here you need to mark the languages that you want to add and click on the “OK” button.
Other settings for the language bar and input languages
In addition to adding a language to the language bar, you can make other settings in the Languages and Text Input Services window. For example, you can change the default input language. To do this, select the desired language in the drop-down list at the top of the window.
You can also change the order of languages in the language bar. To do this, you need to select one of the languages and change its position using the “up” and “down” buttons.
If you go to the “Language Bar” tab, you will see settings that relate directly to the language bar itself. Here you can hide the language bar, pin it to the taskbar, or allow it to be located anywhere on the screen. Here you can also turn on the transparency of the language bar and enable the display of additional icons.
On last tab, which is called “Keyboard switching”, you can change the logic of the mode Caps Lock, and also change the key combination responsible for switching input languages.
As we see, Language bar has many various settings, which allows you to configure work with input languages in a way that is convenient for each specific user.
