Preferences Dialog

Preferences Dialog: International

Fields

Display Language (menus, labels, etc)

The language options currently supported by Family Historian for the menus, labels, messages, etc, within the program, are

  • English - United Kingdom
  • English - United States
How to Display Language Names Do you want a German language pack to be listed as 'German' or as 'Deutsch'?  If your prefer 'German', choose 'Default'.  If you prefer 'Deutsch', choose 'Untranslated'.
Current Project Language Read only.  Shows the current project language.  The project language is the language used for the project content.  This is specified in the Header record for the project, using the 'Language' field.  To access the header record, click on 'Special Records' on the View menu, and choose 'Header Record'.
Default Output Language This is the default language to be used for reports, diagrams, etc.  It is also the language that will be displayed in the 'Sentence' fields, in the Facts tab of the Property Box, and on the Witnesses Window.  If you choose 'Default', this means that the default position is that output will not be translated.  Regardless of what you choose as the default output language, you will always be able to override this for any given report or diagram.  So if a given diagram is not producing the language output were expecting, check the 'Language' tab within the options for that report or diagram.

If there are no options available in the list, apart from 'Default', this means that you have no installed language packs.  To install a language pack, click on 'Language Packs' on the Tools menu, and then choose 'Import'.  You can import language packs directly from the Family Historian plugin store (which holds language packs as well as plugins).   If there are language packs listed, but not the one you want, again you should check the Family Historian plugin store.  If you still cannot find the language pack you want, consider writing it yourself!  All the tools you need are built into Family Historian.  Advice is available, if needed, from other Family Historian users (see the Community section of the Family Historian website for pointers).
Status Bar Language Pane Read only.  Shows how information about the current project language and the default output language, will be displayed in the status bar language pane, with most workspace windows.  When the active workspace is a Diagram Window, a Report Window or a Book Window however, the status bar pane will not necessarily match the values shown here.  This is because with those workspace windows, it is possible to override the default output language, and specify a different output language.