input language local or global?

While setting up the new machine (my first working machine on Windows 10, before I was always working on Windows 7) I noticed a strange "feature": when I change the input language, it stays changed for all windows in contrast to Windows 7, where the setting applied to the current windows only.

If that's not clear enough, let me give an example: suppose I am working with Word and also writing an email in Firefox. I want to write the email in English, but the Word document is in say French. While Word is active, I can switch the input language to French (either using the language bar or Alt-Shift). Now, I go to Firefox. Previously in Windows 7 the input language would automatically switch to whatever it was in Firefox before, English in this example. But Windows 10 now does not do that. I switch to Firefox and then I have to manually switch to English, which is annoying.

Anyone knows how to change that?

spunk said:

If you want to just translate a Word Document, or Excel you can use the Translate feature https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/....%20See%20More

I'm sorry, I know you want to help, but your post has nothing to do with my question.

No, it doesn't. In fact, I don't want to use the Translate feature in word and was about to ask in the Office branch of the Forums about how to turn that thing off (whenever I open a document in a different language, word offers to translate it and there seems no obvious way to stop that nonsense).

What I want is to be able to type in one language in one window and at the same time in another language in another window without having to switch input settings while switching between said windows. I only used Word as an example. Can be two instances of Firefox or any other pair of windows.

Anyways, I found the solution, so posting a screenshot here for anyone who might have the same question.



Thanks for the help!