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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
Re: Language
Please see here in the FAQ: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... l#language
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
Re: Language
The link is not really helpful if you cannot read the language and don't know where to click. A bit more detailed explanation would be appreciated. My Audacity version is in simplified Chinese and I can absolutely not read that. I do not even know why that is, as I am not living in China either! My Windows is the traditional Chinese version of 7. So if the manual could tell me where I could find "Preferences", such as click on the second tab from left and the 5th from above, etc. that would be more helpful. Thank you.
Re: Language
PS: I have used Audacity on my old computer (Windows XP) and when I downloaded Audacity several years ago, the program asked for the installation language. So when I asked for English, not only the download but also the program was in English. Why is that not the case anymore? Why does the program language change but not even to the language of the Windows version? If I wanted to have a Chinese version, I'd download it from a Chinese web-site, not from an English one. So can't you add a question for the program language as well or just assume that when I choose English as the download language, that I would also like the program to be in that language?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Re: Language
That would be a very bad idea as you would then have an unofficial version of Audacity that may well be loaded with adware or worse.xuanxuan wrote:If I wanted to have a Chinese version, I'd download it from a Chinese web-site
Audacity defaults to the system language.xuanxuan wrote:Why does the program language change but not even to the language of the Windows version?
Which is why it says:xuanxuan wrote:The link is not really helpful if you cannot read the language and don't know where to click.
If Audacity is running in an unfamiliar language, please see this page in the Manual.
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
Re: Language
Yeeah, sorry, I didn't read until the end. Got too angry when I read 'go to preferences'steve wrote:That would be a very bad idea as you would then have an unofficial version of Audacity that may well be loaded with adware or worse.xuanxuan wrote:If I wanted to have a Chinese version, I'd download it from a Chinese web-site
Don't know about that, but what do people do who can't read English then?
Audacity defaults to the system language.xuanxuan wrote:Why does the program language change but not even to the language of the Windows version?
But my system language is not simplified Chinese!
Which is why it says:xuanxuan wrote:The link is not really helpful if you cannot read the language and don't know where to click.If Audacity is running in an unfamiliar language, please see this page in the Manual.
