Language Settings
When running under Windows, OpenOffice by default uses the locale settings of the operating system. These settings can be overridden from the application by selecting the menu item "Tools | Options", then navigating to "Language Settings | Languages". Clicking "Help" on this page provides an explanation for each of the properties. These properties correspond to the following configuration settings:
UI language
In org.openoffice.Office.Linguistic/General
set UILocale to <LanguageID-CountryID>
Locale setting
In org.openoffice.Setup/L10N
set ooLocale to <LanguageID-CountryID>
Decimal separator key
In org.openoffice.Setup/L10N
set ooDecimalSeparatorAsLocale to True or False
Default currency
In org.openoffice.Setup/L10N
set ooSetupCurrency to <CurrencyID-LanguageID-CountryID>
Default document language - Western
In org.openoffice.Office.Linguistic/General
set DefaultLocale to <LanguageID-CountryID>
Default document language - Asian
In org.openoffice.Office.Linguistic/General
set DefaultLocale_CJK to <LanguageID-CountryID>
Default document language - CTL
In org.openoffice.Office.Linguistic/General
set DefaultLocale_CTL to <LanguageID-CountryID>
Enhanced Language Support - Enabled for Asian
In org.openoffice.Office.Common/I18N/CJK
set all values to True or False
Enhanced Language Support - Enabled for CTL
In org.openoffice.Office.Common/I18N/CTL
set all values to True or False
The following page contains a list of OpenOffice's supported LanguageID-CountryID and CurrencyID-LanguageID-CountryID codes.