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Reference

Here you can find information about keyboards, languages, locales, codepages, and other necessary information to enable international features of Windows XP/2000, as well as presentations, glossary of terms used in globalization, and product release notes.

Reference Materials

Code Pages

See the code charts for code pages supported by Windows

Glossary

Find the meaning for the terms used in software globalization/World-Readiness, and access Microsoft localization glossary.

Keyboard Layouts

Want to know where the Letter "Z" is on the French keyboard? What does an Arabic keyboard look like? Find out.

Links

Links to other globalization resources on the Internet

Locales and Languages/Windows Setup Information

Want to know the date format in Argentina? The calendar used in Korea? How to set up your Windows XP or Windows 2000 with international features? Find out here.

Localized Microsoft Operating Systems

Find out the languages to which Microsoft Operating Systems have been localized since MS-DOS 5.0.

Presentations

An archive of presentations related to software globalization and localization that were hosted by Microsoft representatives.

Three-Letter Acronyms for Languages

List of three letter acronyms (TLA) that the Windows XP "GetLocaleInfo" API returns when called with the LCType, LOCALE_SABBREVLANGNAME.

Windows MUI/LIP Knowledge Center

A hub page to find answers to your questions about Windows Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Version, and Windows XP Professional Language Interface Pack (LIP)


Release Notes

Service Pack Release Notes for Windows Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Version

Find out what you need to know before installing the Service Pack for your Windows MUI system.

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