Install the language in which your document was composed - Windows XP

You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure.

To read a document composed in another language, you must have that language installed on your computer. Many languages are already installed with Windows XP. However, if you have a document that contains:

- A complex script or right-to-left language: Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, Indic, Thai, or Vietnamese
- An East Asian language: Chinese, Japanese, or Korean

Follow these steps to install the language you need:

1. Open Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.
2. On the Languages tab, under Supplemental language support, select the check box next to the language group
you want to install.

Notes

- To open Regional and Language Options, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Regional and Language Options.
- To complete the installation of language groups, Windows will restart the computer.
- With multiple languages installed on your computer, you can compose documents that contain more than one language. Recipients of these documents must have the same languages installed on their computer to read or edit the documents.

From: Help and Support Center Win XP