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Peter Kirk

Hi there

I use a Danish version of Windows XP Pro. The problem I have is that all the
menus, graphical items, error messages etc, are in the Danish language - and
that means that if I want to ask about something in an English language
forum I never know what to call the thing I want to ask about.

Is there a website somewhere which gives translations of all the common
aspects of Windows?

For example, in the bottom left of the screen (just to the right of the
start button) is a "værktøjslinje" called "hurtig start". I assume this is
called a "tool line" called "quick start", but I'm not sure. I want to know
how I can get this "quick start" tool line to be longer, so more than just 3
icons plus a "more" arrow are shown.

Thanks,
Peter
 
Peter Kirk said:
I use a Danish version of Windows XP Pro. The problem I have is that all the
menus, graphical items, error messages etc, are in the Danish language - and
that means that if I want to ask about something in an English language
forum I never know what to call the thing I want to ask about.
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How about posting to
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dk.windowsxp?
 
Thorsten Matzner said:
How about posting to
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dk.windowsxp?
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Well ok, I have now done that - thanks for the obvious tip. However this
group (and quite a few Danish language groups) have quite a low throughput
and often it is better to use English language forums.

Thanks,
Peter
 
Well ok, I have now done that - thanks for the obvious tip. However this
group (and quite a few Danish language groups) have quite a low throughput
and often it is better to use English language forums.
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Besides, by posting here you improve the average level of English.
Folks who learned English as a second language often seem to write
it better than natives. :-)

Venlig hilsen,
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
 
Stan Brown said:
in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

Besides, by posting here you improve the average level of English.
Folks who learned English as a second language often seem to write
it better than natives. :-)
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Well, now you caught me out :-)
I'm actually not a native Dane, but I've been living here for 10 years or
so. I come from New Zealand originally, so I grew up speaking English....
 
Hi,

I just use google language tools for translating. For your specific problem,
rihgt-click the taskbar and click on "lock the taskbar" to uncheck it. Then
you can grab the divider bar for the quicklaunch and drag it out to the
desired length. Then relock the taskbar.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
I just use google language tools for translating. For your specific
problem, rihgt-click the taskbar and click on "lock the taskbar" to
uncheck it. Then you can grab the divider bar for the quicklaunch and drag
it out to the desired length. Then relock the taskbar.
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Thanks, it really was embarrassingly obvious.
 
Well, now you caught me out :-)
I'm actually not a native Dane, but I've been living here for 10 years or
so. I come from New Zealand originally, so I grew up speaking English....
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Probat regulam exceptio. :-)
 
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