CRM 2011 - Implementing a new Language Pack in CRM 2011

CRM 2011 is give us an option to set the default language. By default it will be English.

 

When a new organization is getting created, we have set the base language for the organization which cannot be changed later.

 

Once the organization is created still we can change the UI Language and Help Language. This can be done using the following steps,

1. Download the language pack for the respective language from the MSDN site. It can be downloaded here. Select the language you need and click on the download button.
2. Once the file is downloaded extract the same by double clicking into a single folder.
3. Now click on the executable extracted and run the same. The new language pack will be installed to the Dynamics CRM folder --> Language packs folder. If we navigates to the same folder we can see that the a new language pack is available there.
4. Now log in to CRM application and navigate to the Settings --> Administration --> Languages.
5. Here we will get all the list of language packs installed. Check the respective language and click on the apply button. This will enable the language for the application and the same can be used for our customization. Also note that if we want to disable a particular language come to this same place and uncheck the respective language and click on the Apply button.
6. Now the language is enabled for the organization and the same is available for us to use in our customization activity. For that click on the "File" tab on our left hand top corner of the screen neat to the Home.
7. Select the "Options" from the list.
8. Navigate to the "Languages" tab which comes last in the pop up window.
9. Select the UI Language and Help Language to the respective one which we need to change. Click on "OK". Its not mandatory to change both the UI and Help languages. Its up to us to customize according to our needs.

Point to be noted here is if the language is different from base language customization options will be disabled, as the same can be done only in the base language.

 

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