#### 15.1.2 Specifying the default output language and code page

If you plan to produce Word output in a language other than US English, you can specify the following for several languages:

Language or locale identifier

Code page.

Language or locale identifier

To specify a language or locale identifier for print RTF output:

    [Defaults]
    ; Language is the decimal Unicode language, or hexadecimal locale
    ; identifier, for the RTF default language, overriding the type in
    ; the source doc if given.
    Language = 0x409

The default language is US English (Language=1033 or Language=0x409). If you specify a value for Language, that value overrides any language specification in your DITA document.

You can use the following decimal Unicode values:

US English | 1033 (default)
UK English | 2057
Oz English | 3081
German | 1031

DITA2Go supports the following hexadecimal locales (always include the 0x):

US English | 0x409 (default)
Greek | 0x408
Russian | 0x419
Turkish | 0x41F
Czech (for CE) | 0x405
Japanese | 0x411
Traditional. Chinese | 0x404
Simple Chinese | 0x804
Korean | 0x412

Code page

To specify the Windows ANSI code page to use:

    [Defaults]
    ; CodePage is the Windows ANSI code page number
    CodePage = 1252

The value of CodePage is the Windows ANSI code page number, one of the following:

English | 1252 (default)
Greek | 1253
Russian | 1251
Turkish | 1254
Czech | 1250
Japanese | 932
Traditional Chinese | 950
Simple Chinese | 936
Korean | 949

To specify whether to include a space after Unicode characters:

    [Defaults]
    ; SpaceAfterUnicode = No (default, good for Cyrillic and Greek),
    ; or Yes (best for Asian languages)
    SpaceAfterUnicode=No

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Parent Topic: 15.1 Setting up a print RTF project

Sibling Topics:

15.1.1 Specifying output file extension

15.1.3 Constraining the number of bookmarks in Word

15.1.4 Including or excluding contents and index for RTF output

15.1.5 Producing PDF automatically via Word

15.1.6 Launching Word from the DITA2Go Project Manager

15.1.7 Importing a Word template