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For the last few days, I've been getting strange languages in the captions on IE's window tabs. Instead of "Word for Developers Forum" I'll see Chinese, Russian, Spanish, French or Portuguese for the Word "Forum". The behavior also hasn't been consistent on all the tabs open in one instance of IE, some have been in English, others in what ever the "language of the day" is.

This didn't bother me so much, but what happened today does:

When I click the "Frequently asked questions - Forum Help" link the FAQ page is in Portuguese. And no matter what I do, I can't get it to display in English (or any other language).

Cindy Meister, VSTO/Word MVP, my blog

Monday, February 4, 2013 5:55 PM

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hi Cindy

I think this is the same issue as posted by me here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/reportabug/thread/285b9acb-a579-4842-9ab3-2bab5a6f0587

(yes it is the same bug - pasting those characters to online translators results always in the word "Forum").

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- Edited by Daniel_Steiner Monday, February 4, 2013 7:01 PM
- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, February 5, 2013 7:51 AM
- Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:22 PM
Monday, February 4, 2013 6:41 PM

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This is a known issue that the forums team is working on.

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Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

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- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, February 5, 2013 7:52 AM
- Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:22 PM
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hi Cindy

I think this is the same issue as posted by me here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/reportabug/thread/285b9acb-a579-4842-9ab3-2bab5a6f0587

(yes it is the same bug - pasting those characters to online translators results always in the word "Forum").

Please use Mark as Answer if my post solved your problem and use Vote As Helpful if a post was useful.
- Edited by Daniel_Steiner Monday, February 4, 2013 7:01 PM
- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, February 5, 2013 7:51 AM
- Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:22 PM
Monday, February 4, 2013 6:41 PM

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This is a known issue that the forums team is working on.

Thanks!
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

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- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, February 5, 2013 7:52 AM
- Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:22 PM
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Hi Ed / Daniel

Yes, this sounds like it. I did do a search yesterday, before posting, but I searched on "Language" rather than "characters", so nothing turned up. And with a ton of SPAM on the first page, there wasn't much to see when I did a visual skim.

Personally, I'd rather it were Russian than Portuguese, as it appears to have settled down to... <sigh>

Edit: I see "you" have moved the FAQ to the TechNet Wicki since I posted, so I guess my request had some effect :-)

Cindy Meister, VSTO/Word MVP, my blog
- Edited by Cindy Meister MVP Tuesday, February 5, 2013 8:00 AM additional remark
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 7:59 AM

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