Language Translation Features
Even if you don’t set up other editing languages, Office applications typically do have the ability to translate at least a few languages, usually Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. These features can be helpful when you need to write or have received a limited amount of text in another language and you need a translation.
Translate text
You can select text and translate it in several of the Office applications. Here are the methods you can use to start the translation in various Office 2007 applications:
In Word or Outlook, select the text to translate, right-click, and then click Translate. If a submenu with languages appears, click the desired language.
In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, click the Review tab on the Ribbon and then click Translate.
In Publisher, OneNote, and Visio, choose Tools
Research, and in the Research pane, open the All Reference Books list and click Translation.
Translations appear in the Research pane, shown in Figure C-5.
Figure C-5. Oui, oui, Office can translate to French.
Translation ScreenTip
If you want a fast way to see translations on the fly, Word and Outlook offer translation ScreenTips such as the one shown in Figure C-6. When this feature is enabled, you can point to a word with the mouse (the word can be selected or not), and the Translation ScreenTip appears.
To turn on the Translation ScreenTip in Word, click the Review tab on the Ribbon, click the Translation ScreenTip button in the Proofing group, and then click the desired translation language in the menu that appears. In Outlook, click the Message tab on the Ribbon in a message window and then click the bottom half of the Spelling button in the Proofing Group. Point to the Translation ScreenTip choice on the menu that appears and then click the desired language.
Note that clicking the Turn Off Translation ScreenTip on the Translation ScreenTip menu in either application turns the ScreenTips back off.