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Localization Settings

If you have Users all over the world, you can indicate the language and the date and time format each of your sites use. On the ControlPanel:

Click on the Options menu to expand it.
Click Configuration.
Click the General tab.
Scroll down if necessary to view the Localization section.

Select a default Long Date Format.
Select a default Short Date Format.
Select a default Time Format. This is either a 12 or 24 hour time format. What you set here determines how calendars display throughout LearnCenter.
Select the default Start of the Week.
Select a default Language.

In fields where "Inherited" is an option, the inherited value is now displayed. This means you do not have to sign in the root LearnCenter to see what the inherited value is set to.

If you have provided Users with the ability to set their own format, they can override this setting for their view only. See Making Custom and Standard Fields Accessible to Others for instructions on making these fields available for Users to edit. The only time a User's selection does not override the LearnCenter’s setting is when the setting to prevent Users from overriding the format is selected for that particular LearnCenter.

Administrators can set the default Localization settings per LearnCenter. Each sub LearnCenter can have a different setting than that of the root LearnCenter. Based on the level of the LearnCenter, the setting affects its sub LearnCenters if none is specified at the sub LearnCenter’s level.

If an Administrator changes the Localization settings for a LearnCenter, the LearnCenter displays the new format everywhere using the following rules:

If the User formats are not allowed, then the system shows the LearnCenter’s Localization settings, even if the User does or does not have a Date and Time Format specified in his profile.
If the User formats are allowed and the User has Localization settings specified in his or her profile, then the system shows the User's Date and Time Format.
If the User formats are allowed, but the User does not have a Localization settings specified in his or her profile, then the system shows the LearnCenter’s Date and Time Format.

Any changes you make will take affect the next time Users log in.

Select one of the following to indicate the default Name Display Order. This setting is used for the User First/Last Name dynamic object. What you set here can be overridden when you place the dynamic object on a page. Simply select a different option button in the dynamic object wizard.

First Name Last Name - to indicate you want the first name displayed first, followed by the last name. For example: John Smith.
Last Name First Name - to indicate you want the last name displayed first, followed by the first name. For example: Smith John.

Select one of the following for Name Delimiter. This setting is used for the User First/Last Name dynamic object. What you set here can be overridden when you place the dynamic object on a page. Simply make other selections in the Override system delimiter fields in the dynamic object wizard.

Default (space) - to indicate you want the names separated by a space. For example: John Smith.
Other (1 char) - to indicate you want the names separated by a character other than a space. For example: Smith, John or Smith/John. You can use any character from a Unicode character set as the delimiter. Type the character you want to use in the empty field next to this option.

Click Save.