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Overview

By default, VoipNow comes installed with an English language English language pack. This language pack is used to localize the interface, if the user has no other language setup. 

VoipNow also allows you to add new language packs to suit your requirements. To read more on the components of a language pack, you may visit the VoipNow Localization Guide.

To manage language packs, go to to Unified Communications Communications in the side menu and click on the the Language Packs iconunder the the Assets area area. The Language Packs Management page page allows you to:

• view all the language packs currently available in the system
• upload a new language pack
• enable/disable an existing language pack
• remove unused language packs

Add a new language pack

You may add language packs corresponding to earlier product versions, but you cannot use them in the interface.

To add a new language pack:

1. Click the the Add Language Pack icon icon under the Tools area.
2. Set the Path the Path to the language pack file location text file location text box or use the Browse button the Browse button to manually locate the file and upload it.  The The language file is only accepted in in .tar.gz formatgz format.
3. Click Click OK  to to confirm your settings and add the new language pack to the system. To To go back to the previous page without adding it, click click Cancel.

The system supports IETF supports IETF compliant language packs.  This This is useful in differentiating language packs for the same core language, which is spoken in different regions.  Localize Localize your package by giving it the name of the IETF code code (e.g. en-US, en-UK, en-CA fr-FR, fr-CA).

Enable or disable a language pack

The The Available Language Packs table allows you to enable or disable a specific language pack with a simple click on the the S  (Status) icon.  This icon shows the status of the language pack:   for for enabled,   for disabled for disabled.  The The default language file is displayed in  bold  bold characters.

Once you have disabled a language pack, you can no longer use it. You need to press the the Disabled icon icon to put it back in use.

Remove a language pack

You cannot remove the language pack in use. The English language pack cannot be removed and therefore VoipNow automatically disables its corresponding checkbox.

To remove a language pack:

1. Select the language pack from the the Available Languages table table and click click Remove selected.
2. To finalize the removal, review the list, select the the Confirm removal checkbox checkbox and click click OK.  To To return to the previous page without deleting the pack, click click Cancel.

Once you have removed a language pack, you can no longer use it. Since it cannot be restored, you need to add the language pack again.