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It started back in September 2001 when Microsoft Latvia launched the first Latvian version of MS Word 2002. Then two years later MS Excel, MS Powerpoint and MS Outlook in fresh 2003 versions joined the suite and got the Latvian treatment as well. The latest version of the most popular office software for Windows, MS Office 2007, released just before Jāņi this year, has now gone all the way and includes Latvian versions of Word 2007, Excel 2007, Powerpoint 2007, Outlook 2007, Access 2007, MS Publisher 2007, MS InfoPath 2007 and MS Groove 2007.

Click on any of the images below to view the main menus in MS Word 2007.

    

    

Click on any of the images below to view the main menus in MS Excel 2007.

    

    

Click on any of the images below to view the main menus in MS Outlook 2007.

    

  

Click on any of the images below to view the main menus in MS Access 2007.

    

  

Click on any of the images below to view the main menus in MS Powerpoint 2007.

    

    

Click on any of the images below to view the main menus in MS Publisher 2007.

    

In terms of proofing tools, MS Office 2007 includes only the Latvian spellchecker and hyphenator modules, both of which have also been licensed from Tilde. If this is not enough and you need the multiple language dictionaries (Latvian-English, Latvian-German, Latvian-Russian, Latvian-Latvian), thesaurus, grammar-checking and a bunch of additional fonts for the Baltic languages as well, you’ll definitely want to look at the separate add-on package called Birojs 2005.

The Latvian version of MS Office 2007 is available for purchase only in Latvia and is at the same price as the regular English version. For those who already have invested in the English version of Office 2007 and want to give the Latvian interface a go, then for around USD 25 you can download the Microsoft Office 2007 Language Pack for Latvian. Similar packages are also available for Estonian and Lithuanian.

Released in December 2003 this major upgrade of MS Office introduces for the first time Latvian versions (menus, dialogs, help) of MS Excel 2003, MS Powerpoint 2003 and MS Outlook 2003. The less popular applications MS Access 2003 and MS Publisher 2003 missed out on a Latvian version and remain with the English user interface.

Click on the image below to view the Latvian version of MS Word 2003:

Latvian version of MS Excel 2003:

Latvian version of MS Outlook 2003:

Latvian version of MS Powerpoint 2003:

It is pleasing to see that Microsoft Latvia has consulted with both Latvian localisers and used local translation resources to provide an interface that it is quite easy to understand. Estonian and Lithuanian versions of MS Office 2003 are also available.

Although MS Office 2007 is starting to appear on store shelves it won’t be until mid-year before we see the Latvian version.