15.1.2 Specifying the default output language and code page

If you plan to produce Word output in a language other than US English, you can specify the following for several languages:

Language or locale identifier

Code page.

Language or locale identifier

To specify a language or locale identifier for print RTF output:

[Defaults]
; Language is the decimal Unicode language, or hexadecimal locale
; identifier, for the RTF default language, overriding the type in 
; the source doc if given.
Language = 0x409

The default language is US English (Language=1033 or Language=0x409). If you specify a value for Language, that value overrides any language specification in your DITA document.

You can use the following decimal Unicode values:

US English

1033 (default)

UK English

2057

Oz English

3081

German

1031

DITA2Go supports the following hexadecimal locales (always include the 0x):

US English

0x409 (default)

Greek

0x408

Russian

0x419

Turkish

0x41F

Czech (for CE)

0x405

Japanese

0x411

Traditional. Chinese

0x404

Simple Chinese

0x804

Korean

0x412

Code page

To specify the Windows ANSI code page to use:

[Defaults]
; CodePage is the Windows ANSI code page number
CodePage = 1252

The value of CodePage is the Windows ANSI code page number, one of the following:

English

1252 (default)

Greek

1253

Russian

1251

Turkish

1254

Czech

1250

Japanese

932

Traditional Chinese

950

Simple Chinese

936

Korean

949

To specify whether to include a space after Unicode characters:

[Defaults]
; SpaceAfterUnicode = No (default, good for Cyrillic and Greek),
; or Yes (best for Asian languages)
SpaceAfterUnicode=No

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Sibling Topics:

15.1.1 Specifying output file extension

15.1.3 Constraining the number of bookmarks in Word

15.1.4 Including or excluding contents and index

15.1.5 Producing PDF automatically via Word

15.1.6 Launching Word from the DITA2Go Project Manager

15.1.7 Importing a Word template