Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 176

10 | Running Maya in Japanese How do I > Run Maya with a Japanese user interface Related topics ™ "Run Maya with a Japanese user interface" on page 176 ™ "Run Maya in English within a Japanese environment" on page 177 ™ "Prepare Maya files containing Japanese text" on page 178 How do I Run Maya with a Japanese user interface Basics 176 The Maya user interface automatically appears in Japanese when launched within a Japanese operating system environment. If you wish to run Maya with a Japanese UI on a system that is enabled to run in multiple languages, you must set the operating system preferences for that operating system. The steps for doing this differ depending on the operating system: To run Maya in Japanese on a qualified Japanese Windows operating system 1 From the Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel, and double-click the Regional and Language Options. 2 In the Regional Options window, click the Advanced tab and set the Language for non-Unicode programs setting to Japanese. 3 Click OK. The Windows operating system will indicate it needs to be restarted for the changes to take effect. 4 Once Windows restarts, you can launch Maya and the Maya user interface will appear in Japanese. To run Maya in Japanese on a Mac OS X operating system 1 From the Apple menu, select System Preferences. 2 In the Personal section of the System Preferences, click the International icon. 3 In the Languages list, click-drag the text titled Japanese upwards so it appears at the top of the list. The next time you launch Maya, the user interface will appear as Japanese. Note If you want to run the English language user interface of Maya when operating on Mac OS X, you can click-drag the text titled English that appears in the list of languages up to the top of the Languages list. The next time Maya is launched; the English language user interface will appear.