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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000021" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>To define languages</Title>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You must define the languages to be used by each company by
		  using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0146m000" role="session">Languages (tcmcs0146m000)</GUIRef> session. For each language you specify:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>A language code</ListItem>
         <ListItem>A description (French,
		  Spanish, . . . )</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The language number of
		  the corresponding system language</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>You can use the same
		system language for more than one language that you define.</Paragraph>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You have an English LN system and you have installed and set up French as a second system
		  language. LN assigns the language number 4 to French.</Paragraph>
      </ExampleSection>
      <Paragraph>To use French for some
		of your business partners in Canada, in France, and in Switzerland, you can
		define the following languages:</Paragraph>
      <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
         <THEAD noTR="1">
            <TR no="1" isLast="true">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Language</TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Description</TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">System language</TD>
            </TR>
         </THEAD>
         <TBODY noTR="3">
            <TR no="1" isLast="false">
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CAN</TD>
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Canadian</TD>
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4 (French)</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="2" isLast="false">
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">FRN</TD>
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">French</TD>
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4 (French)</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="3" isLast="true">
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">SW2</TD>
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Swiss (Fr)</TD>
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4 (French)</TD>
            </TR>
         </TBODY>
      </TABLE>
      <Paragraph>If you acquire a
		Canadian French version of LN at a later date, you can replace French with
		Canadian French. Change your definition of Canadian in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0146m000" role="session">Languages (tcmcs0146m000)</GUIRef> session and instead of 4, select the language number
		that LN assigns to Canadian French.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000018" role="manual">To use languages</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000019" role="manual">To define system languages</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000020" role="manual">To print external documents in other languages</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000022" role="manual">To select languages for specific use</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>