Word input language change?

how do i change the input language to something else besides english like to french or something? is there any way to do this?
2 GHz MacBook   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

how do i change the input language to something else
besides english like to french or something? is there
any way to do this?
In OS X, if you want to use a French keyboard layout, go to system preferences/international/input menu and check the box for French, plus the box for "show input menu in finder." Then select French in the "flag" menu at the top right of the finder and type away.
To see which key does what, use Keyboard Viewer, activated just like a keyboard layout.
However, you don't need to do this to type French, Spanish, German, etc., because the US keyboard layout can also do it. Here is a list of how to make accented letters:
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/diacritics.html

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