Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Configuration Manual page 209

Menu commands in the WinCC Explorer
● "Options > Languages" menu:
This is where you set the language for the user interfaces.
● "Computer > Properties > Parameters" menu:
This is where you set the language for runtime. You can also set the language for printing
out the project documentation in WinCC in this field.
Menu command in the Graphics Designer
● "View > Language" menu:
You first have to select the language for displaying pictures in runtime before configuring
the pictures.
Menu command in alarm logging
● "View > Language" menu:
– Display of message texts in the selected language
– The message texts need to be compiled in the text library
Language settings for Runtime
● Button for language selection:
You can set the current display language for runtime here. To do this, you need to configure
all switchable parts to the respective language.
Note
WinCC is always opened from the Simatic Manager in the language which is set there. Only
if WinCC is not opened from the Simatic Manager will the language correspond to the one set
before the program was last exited.
Additional information
Further instructions and information on language settings can be found in the document "
Configuring texts and languages in SIMATIC PCS 7
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Compendium Part A - Configuration Guidelines (V8.2)
Configuration Manual, 08/2016, A5E38166869-AA
Configuring OS functions
10.1 Project settings
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