Turn on East Asian language features in Office for Mac

1. Open any Microsoft 365 for Mac application. For example, Word.

2. Click the Word menu, or the menu for the Microsoft 365 application you opened, and then select Preferences.

3. Under Authoring and Proofing Tools, click East Asian Languages.

4. Select Japanese, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese.

   

   You'll be prompted to restart the Microsoft 365 application to apply the change.

5. Open the Microsoft 365 application that you want to use an East Asian language in, and open a worksheet, document, or presentation.

   All of the East Asian language fonts and tools are available for use in the application.

See Also

Change the language of Microsoft Office

Proofing tools that are available for each language