Working in a Different Part of the World

If you’re working in, or producing documents for use in, a region or country other than the one for which your computer was configured, you can change the default region and have Windows Vista adjust the numbering format, the type of currency, and the time-and-date schemes used by your programs. If you’re working in a different language, you can switch the layout of your keyboard to conform to that language.

Change the Default Region

  1. Click the Start button, type region in the Search box of the Start menu, and click Regional And Language Options to display the Regional And Language Options dialog box.

  2. On the ...

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