In my previous article, I have shared Office 2010 language packs download links. The language packs are usually meant for professional and enterprise users and cost separately than the standard Microsoft Office installation. Home users and small businesses have not been left alone but Microsoft has also given options for home users and small businesses by providing Office 2010 Language Interface Packs also known as LIPs.
The main difference between the Microsoft Office Language packs and Language Interface packs is that while the language packs provide a lot more features, they have to be purchased separately while language interface packs are free of cost and are available for download freely. The Language interface packs have limited features but they are available in all 38 languages which Microsoft Office 2010 supports.
The Language Interface Packs (LIPs) as the name implies only change the display language of the Office programs while the help and support system still remains in English. And only a limited no. of proofing tools are included in LIPs. Most of the LIPs can change the ScreenTip language which makes it easier to get help about the buttons and features of Microsoft Office 2010.
Microsoft Office 2010 needs to be installed first in order to install the LIPs. To get individual information about each language interface pack, head on to Microsoft Office 2010 language interface packs page. You will need to select your required language in order to to get the download option for that language interface pack. Otherwise you can start downloading your required LIP using the table below. The language interface packs for Office 2003, Office 2007 and Office 2010 are given below:
| Language | Office 2003 | Office 2007 | Office 2010 |
| Afrikaans | Download | Download | Download |
| Albanian | Download | Download | Download |
| Amharic | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Armenian | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Assamese | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Azeri (Latin) | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Basque | Download | Download | Download |
| Bangla (Bangladesh) | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Bengali (India) | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Bosnian (Cyrillic) | Download | Download | Not Available |
| Bosnian (Latin) | Download | Download | Download |
| Catalan | Download | Download | Download |
| Dari | Not Available | Not Available | Download |
| Filipino | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Galician | Download | Download | Download |
| Georgian | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Gujarati | Download | Download | Download |
| Hausa | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Icelandic | Download | Download | Download |
| Igbo | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Indonesian | Download | Download | Download |
| Inuktitut (Latin) | Download | Download | Download |
| Irish | Download | Download | Download |
| isiXhosa | Not Available | Download | Download |
| isiZulu | Download | Download | Download |
| Kannada | Download | Download | Download |
| Kazakh | Download | Language Pack Available | Language Pack Available |
| Khmer | Not Available | Download | Download |
| KiSwahili | Download | Download | Download |
| Konkani | Download | Download | Download |
| Kyrgyz | Not Available | Download | Coming Soon |
| Lao | Not Available | Download | Not Available |
| Luxembourgish | Download | Download | Download |
| Macedonian (FYROM) | Download | Download | Download |
| Malay (Brunei Darussalam) | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Malay (Malaysia) | Download | Download | Download |
| Malayalam | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Maltese | Not Available | Not Available | Download |
| Māori | Download | Download | Download |
| Marathi | Download | Download | Download |
| Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Not Available | Not Available | Download |
| Nepali | Download | Download | Download |
| Norwegian (Nynorsk) | Download | Download | Download |
| Oriya | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Pashto | Download | Not Available | Not Available |
| Persian | Download | Download | Download |
| Punjabi | Download | Download | Downloadi |
| Quechua | Download | Download | Download |
| Romansh | Download | Not Available | Not Available |
| Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia) | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) | Not Available | Not Available | Download |
| Sesotho sa Leboa | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Setswana (South Africa) | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Sinhala | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Tamil | Download | Download | Download |
| Tatar | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Telugu | Download | Download | Download |
| Turkmen | Not Available | Not Available | Download |
| Urdu | Download | Download | Download |
| Uzbek | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Vietnamese | Not Available | Download | Download |
| Welsh | Download | Download | Download |
| Yoruba | Not Available | Download | Download |
When you click on the download link above, you will be taken to the Microsoft download page in the language which you have selected. You will need to select the appropriate file (32 bit or 64 bit) and then click on the download button in order to start downloading.
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