Microsoft 365: Changing the language of the user interface

You can choose the language of the user interface (menus and dialog boxes) of Office software. The default is the language of the Windows operating system.

  • From the Windows Start menu, select Microsoft Office Tools > Office Language Preferences.
    • Select the language of the user interface from the list (1).
    • Use the button Move up (2), to move it to the top of the list.
    • Select the language used for spellchecking and suggested corrections in (3), and move it to the top of the list as above.
    • Add a Language (4) allows you to add new languages to the list.
    • Click OK (5).
    • Re-start Office by clicking OK.

    Give feedback

    The instructions site of the University of Helsinki's IT Helpdesk helps you with IT-related issues related to your work. Let us know how we can improve our instructions. We greatly appreciate your feedback!

    How would you improve these instructions?
    Back to top