Configuring language-related settings
Languages and their variations (such as es_MX
for Mexican Spanish) also provide locale settings, such as date and number formats.
They come with appropriate defaults, so as long as the user is using the correct language, the locale settings should be the correct ones.
However, you might still want to modify a language's settings. For example, you might prefer to have the user interface in the default English but want to change the American default date and number formats to match your requirements.
Getting ready
We will need to have developer mode activated. If it's not already activated, activate it as shown in the Activating the Odoo developer tools recipe from Chapter 1, Installing the Odoo Development Environment.
How to do it...
To modify a language's locale settings, follow these steps:
- To check the installed languages and their configurations, select the Settings | Translations | Languages menu option...