Windsurfer:
Thanks for the information. Not sure how to use it

I don't have
dual languages installed unless by undiscovered accident (!) Also am
not familiar with any task bar enabling indicator. I have trouble
finding any appropriate reference in the help files.. You can tell I'm
not a power user. I'm using Office 2000.
Can you give me some pointers - keywords or help headings - to the
part of the help files where you found the quoted paragraph?
My impression is that my problem started with an accidental right-left
more-or-less-simultaneous mouse click while selecting either "New
database query" or more likely at the next step clicking "Excel files"
in the "Choose data source" box; when the next dialog box appeared in
French (but my spreadsheet and its menus remain in English.)
Alexander
]On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:51:39 -0800, windsurferLA <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:
>EXCEL HELP SAYS
>· "When the Enable indicator on taskbar check box is selected and you
>have two or more languages installed, an indicator that represents the
>default language appears on the Windows taskbar. To switch between
>languages quickly, click the indicator, and then click the language you
>want to use.
>· You can also use shortcut keys to switch between languages while you
>type. Select one of the Switch languages
> options on the Language tab to set the shortcut keys."
>
>Do you have multiple languages enabled?