How to change the installation language of Office 2013

Anonymous
2013-02-02T23:38:44+00:00

Hi,

I bought the boxed version of Office 2013 Home and Business English edition at a local store.

I come home, open the box and there's no disc (!??)

I go to office.com/setup as per instructions, enter my key and then forced to created a microsoft account.

While creating the microsoft account, I chose by mistake Canada - French.

At the installation page, I realize that the selected language is French and that I cannot change it.

I go over all th My Account options to find the language setting in order to change it but no hope.

I figure that if I download the media maybe I will get the option of choosing my language... guess what.

I burn the image, pop the disc in and its only in French with no choice of choosing English!!!

Please Help I bought an English version, I want the English version!

Thanks,

Please note: this is not about the input language but the installation language (GUI)

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-09-16T21:15:17+00:00

    Ive just done same thing. Office 2013 installation and somehow ended up in French not English. This is a farce! Cant believe the clever clogs at MS cant sort something to make it easier to change or at least, given the agro it seems to cause make it difficult to set the wrong language by mistake in the first place.  Not very happy with MS!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-10T14:09:44+00:00

    Hi Malek

     

    Searching for answers and came across your posts, have you had a resolution to this issue as yet?  As my partner has commited the same 'OFFENCE' as I told her, really didn't think it would be such a pain in the rear to change back.  She contacted MS and they have stepped her through a process to change the language, (in the majority) to English however, all popup info messages are still appearing in Estonian as apposed to English.

     

    Any further info much welcome and appreciated.

     

    Regards

    Mark

    Sadly, the only resolution to this problem was to uninstall office in French and reinstall it in English with a new product key supplied by the microsoft "help desk"...

    The engineering dept at Microsoft is well aware of this problem and has no solution for it other than this simple and akward fix.

    Thanks all for trying to help.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-09-10T12:54:47+00:00

    Hi Malek

    Searching for answers and came across your posts, have you had a resolution to this issue as yet?  As my partner has commited the same 'OFFENCE' as I told her, really didn't think it would be such a pain in the rear to change back.  She contacted MS and they have stepped her through a process to change the language, (in the majority) to English however, all popup info messages are still appearing in Estonian as apposed to English.

    Any further info much welcome and appreciated.

    Regards

    Mark

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-08-06T22:18:08+00:00

    Thank you for attempting to help. We were finally able to resolve the problem with the help of Advanced Technical Support.  They provided us with a code that allowed us to download/install in English.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-08-05T12:58:24+00:00

    Hi,

    Thank you for replying.

    The  below mentioned link applies to Office 2013 program as well.

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/change-the-language-of-office-365-home-premium-HA104030885.aspx

    What is the browser in use?

    If it is internet explorer, try resetting the internet explorer settings and check it helps.

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737

    Note: The Reset Internet Explorer Settings feature might reset security settings or privacy settings that you added to the list of Trusted Sites. The Reset Internet Explorer Settings feature might also reset parental control settings. We recommend that you note these sites before you use the Reset Internet Explorer Settings feature.

    If the above step fails, try with a different browser and check if it helps in resolving the issue.

    You may also start an ‘InPrivate browser session’ as mentioned in the article below and check if it helps in getting to the right option to install Office:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2811180

    Let us know the result. If you need further assistance, I will be glad to assist you.

    Thank you.

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