Display help in

Sets the default language of online Help.

Supported on: At least Windows Vista
Display help in


  1. (same as menus and dialog boxes)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value0
  2. Afrikaans
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1078
  3. Albanian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1052
  4. Arabic
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1025
  5. Armenian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1067
  6. Assamese
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1101
  7. Basque
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1069
  8. Bengali
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1093
  9. Bosnian (Cyrillic)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value8218
  10. Bosnian (Latin)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value5146
  11. Bulgarian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1026
  12. Catalan
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1027
  13. Chinese (Simplified)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value2052
  14. Chinese (Traditional)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1028
  15. Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value3076
  16. Croatian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1050
  17. Czech
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1029
  18. Danish
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1030
  19. Dutch
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1043
  20. English
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1033
  21. Estonian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1061
  22. Finnish
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1035
  23. French
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1036
  24. Galician
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1110
  25. German
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1031
  26. Greek
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1032
  27. Gujarati
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1095
  28. Hebrew
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1037
  29. Hindi
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1081
  30. Hungarian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1038
  31. Icelandic
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1039
  32. Indonesian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1057
  33. Inuktitut
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1117
  34. Irish
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value2108
  35. isiXhosa
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1076
  36. isiZulu
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1077
  37. Italian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1040
  38. Japanese
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1041
  39. Kannada
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1099
  40. Kazakh
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1087
  41. Kiswahili
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1089
  42. Konkani
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1111
  43. Korean
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1042
  44. Lao
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1108
  45. Latvian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1062
  46. Lithuanian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1063
  47. Luxembourgish
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1134
  48. Malay (Malaysia)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1086
  49. Malayalam
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1100
  50. Maltese
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1082
  51. Marathi
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1102
  52. Macedonian (FYROM)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1071
  53. Nepali
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1121
  54. Norwegian (Bokmal)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1044
  55. Oriya
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1096
  56. Pashto
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1123
  57. Persian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1065
  58. Polish
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1045
  59. Portuguese (Brazil)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1046
  60. Portuguese (Portugal)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value2070
  61. Punjabi
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1094
  62. Romanian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1048
  63. Russian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1049
  64. Serbian (Cyrillic)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value7194
  65. Serbian (Latin)
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value6170
  66. Slovak
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1051
  67. Slovenian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1060
  68. Spanish
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value3082
  69. Swedish
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1053
  70. Tamil
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1097
  71. Telugu
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1098
  72. Thai
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1054
  73. Turkish
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1055
  74. Ukrainian
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1058
  75. Urdu
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1056
  76. Vietnamese
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\LanguageResources
    Value NameHelpLanguage
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1066

In addition to configuring this setting, consider enabling

the same language in the 'Enabled Editing Languages'

policy node.


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