Additional locale settings

You set the default locale for a study in the Central Designer application.

The Microsoft Windows operating system also provides the following language-related options.

Operating system language-related options

Option location	Purpose
Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Regional Options tab > Standards and formats section	Controls the formatting conventions for numeric data, including dates, times, numbers, and currencies. Note: If you do not set the default locale for a study in the Central Designer application, this setting is used as the default locale for a study. If you modify the regional setting, you must close and reopen the Central Designer application to use the new locale.
Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages tab > Language used in menus and dialogs	Controls the language of text in menus and dialog boxes. The option appears only if you have one or more Multiple User Interface (MUI) packs installed. The Central Designer user interface supports only English.
Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages tab > Details button > Default input language	Controls the language that you use to type information on the computer. For example, if the default locale for a study is set to French (France), all study metadata is saved as French metadata. Even if the input language is English (United States) and you type information in the English language, the information is saved as information entered for the French locale.

Option location

Purpose

Control Panel >
Regional and Language Options >
Regional Options tab >
Standards and formats section

Controls the formatting conventions for numeric data, including dates, times, numbers, and currencies.

Note: If you do not set the default locale for a study in the Central Designer application, this setting is used as the default locale for a study. If you modify the regional setting, you must close and reopen the Central Designer application to use the new locale.

Control Panel >
Regional and Language Options >
Languages tab >
Language used in menus and dialogs

Controls the language of text in menus and dialog boxes. The option appears only if you have one or more Multiple User Interface (MUI) packs installed.

The Central Designer user interface supports only English.

Control Panel >
Regional and Language Options >
Languages tab >
Details button >
Default input language

Controls the language that you use to type information on the computer.

For example, if the default locale for a study is set to French (France), all study metadata is saved as French metadata. Even if the input language is English (United States) and you type information in the English language, the information is saved as information entered for the French locale.