Working in two languages simultaneously

Question

As a translator, I work in the various applications of the Office suite in one language - generally US English - and then look up words in another language on the web - usually German or French. 

Up to Windows 7, I was able to set the languages separately. I set Word or Powerpoint or Excel to English, then switched to the browser and set that to German or French. I used the same language bar icon at the bottom to do this.

Now I have one setting that applies to everything I'm doing, so when I try to type the other languages with accents or different symbols, I have to constantly switch to that language and then switch back to English in the Office applications. 

I am trying to find out if this feature is no longer available, or whether there is a way to set 2 languages at the same time. 

Switching is very tedious and costs me time I don't really have.

Thanks

ElliCom

Answer 1

There is not. The old system of one language per app caused MASSIVE confusion in multilingual countries. It was annoying for the users, and those supporting them.

Windows 8 sets one language for the user at a time, and the keyboard shortcut to quickly switch between languages is Windows key+Space.

Thank you. But this  is a massive inconvenience for me... and really annoying. The old systems was great and made my work a lot faster.

Answer 2

There is not. The old system of one language per app caused MASSIVE confusion in multilingual countries. It was annoying for the users, and those supporting them.

Windows 8 sets one language for the user at a time, and the keyboard shortcut to quickly switch between languages is Windows key+Space.

Answer 3

I understand. I know in my country, this change has massively reduced support tickets about accidentally switching keyboard languages.