The Maya user interface automatically appears in Japanese/Simplified Chinese when launched within a Japanese/Simplified Chinese operating system environment. If you wish to run Maya with a Japanese or Simplified Chinese UI on a system that is enabled to run in multiple languages, you must set the operating system preferences for that operating system. The steps for doing this differ depending on the operating system:

To run Maya in Japanese/Simplified Chinese on a Windows operating system (Windows XP)

1. From the Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel, and double-click the Regional and Language Options.
2. In the Regional and Language Options window, click the Advanced tab and set the Language for non-Unicode programs setting to Japanese or Chinese (PRC).
3. Click OK.

   The Windows operating system will indicate it needs to be restarted for the changes to take effect.

4. Once Windows restarts, you can launch Maya and the Maya user interface will appear in Japanese or Simplified Chinese, depending on your setting.

To run Maya in Japanese/Simplified Chinese on a Windows operating system (Windows 7)

1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel, and select the Clock, Language, and Region option; then select Region and Language.
2. From the Regional and Language window, click the Administrative tab and select Change system locale. Change the Current system locale setting to Japanese or Chinese (Simplified, PRC).
3. Click OK.

   The Windows operating system will indicate it needs to be restarted for the changes to take effect.

4. Once Windows restarts, you can launch Maya and the Maya user interface will appear in Japanese or Simplified Chinese, depending on your setting.

To run Maya in Japanese/Simplified Chinese on a Mac OS X operating system

1. From the Apple menu, select System Preferences.
2. In the Personal section of the System Preferences, click the Language and Text icon.
3. In the Languages list, click-drag the text titled Japanese or Simplified Chinese upwards so it appears at the top of the list.

   The next time you launch Maya, the user interface will appear as Japanese or Simplified Chinese, depending on your setting.

   Note

   If you want to run the English language user interface of Maya when operating on Mac OS X, you can click-drag the text titled English that appears in the list of languages up to the top of the Languages list. The next time Maya is launched; the English language user interface will appear.