Delivering a better computing experience for Māori Language Speakers

New Zealanders are now able to use Office 2003 and Windows XP in Māori.

Microsoft New Zealand in partnership with the Māori Language Commission (Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori) and Waikato University's School of Māori and Pacific Development have developed Māori Language Interface Packs for Windows XP and Office 2003.

The Language Interface Packs enable your organisation to install a reo Māori layer on top of an existing installation of Microsoft Windows XP and standard Microsoft Office applications - including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

They are free to download and they enable Māori language speakers to work more easily in their preferred language whether at home, in business or education. You can request a CD copy of the Language Interface Pack by calling 0800 800 004. There is a postage and packaging cost of $15.

	Download your free interface pack for Office 2003
	Download your free interface pack for Windows XP

Te whakarato wheako mahi rorohiko pai ake mō ngā Kaikōrero Māori

Ka taea e ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa te whakamahi i te Office 2003 me te Windows XP i roto i te reo Māori.

Kua whanaketia e Microsoft New Zealand, i te taha o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori me Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao o te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, ētahi Pōkai Atanga Reo (PAR) Māori mō Windows XP me Office 2003.

Mā ngā Pōkai Atanga Reo e taea e tō whakahaere te whakauru i tētahi whakapaparanga reo Māori i runga i ngā whakatakotoranga Microsoft Windows XP me ngā momo taupānga Microsoft Office - tae noa ki a Word, Excel, Outlook me PowerPoint.

Kāore he utu ki te tikiake, ā, ka māmā noa iho mā ngā kaikōrero Māori ki te mahi i ā rātou mahi i roto i te reo e hiahia ana rātou, ahakoa kei te kāinga, kei te mahi, kei te whai mātauranga rānei. Ka taea te tono kape kōpaepae o ngā LIP mā te.

	Tikiake tō pōkai atanga utukore mō Office 2003
	Tikiake tō pōkai atanga mō Windows XP

Other Info:

The Language Interface Pack (LIP) will enable customers to install a local language version as a "skin" on top of an existing installation of Microsoft Office 2003. The LIP provides users with the opportunity to work with a product in the language of their choice and they localise approximately eighty five per cent of the user experience. In some cases, due to the fact that they are built on core products of a different language, not all user elements can be localised. In other cases due to the different grammatical structures of both languages, there may be an occasional phrase which appears incorrectly or which doesn’t reflect an actual meaning in Maori; this is something we hope to address in future versions of our products. We would welcome your feedback and any good news stories on the LIP via email to Anne Taylor

Full install/uninstall instructions can be found on the download pages for each LIP and in the readme files that accompany the install, please take the time to understand these before installation. Some high level guidance is also provided below.

• Prerequisite platform is Office 2003

• Install the Office LIP from here.

  • You need to navigate to Start | All Programs | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office Tools | Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings and choose to Display Office in ‘Maori’ to see the Applications appearing in Maori.

Instructions for Uninstalling the Maori Interface Pack for Windows

1. Click Timata (Start)
2. Click Paewhiri Mana (Control Panel)
3. Double click Tapirhia, Tangohia (Add and Remove Programs)
4. Click to select Pokai Atanga Reo a Windows, and then click Tango
5. Click Ae (Yes) to confirm removal of the software.
6. Click Yes to restart computer and complete uninstallation.

Hot-switching:

The Office 2003 LIP provides support for ‘hot-switching’, this can be configured through Start | All Programs | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office Tools | Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings. The Office 2003 LIP will work with any edition of Office 2003, the applications that are localised are: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Technical support is provided under the standard Microsoft Terms of Use. Microsoft Support can be contacted on 0800 800 004, and then option 2 for technical support.