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title: Globalize apps
description: This topic presents a list of topics related to globalizing Windows Forms applications.
ms.date: "06/08/2018"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "Windows Forms, globalization"
  - "localization [Windows Forms]"
  - "globalization [Windows Forms]"
  - "world-ready applications"
  - "global applications [Windows Forms], creating Windows Forms"
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# Globalizing Windows Forms applications

*Globalization* is the process of designing and developing a software product that functions for multiple cultures.

## In this section

[International Fonts in Windows Forms and Controls](international-fonts-in-windows-forms-and-controls.md)  
Explains when and how to select fonts for display of international characters on Windows Forms.

[Bi-Directional Support for Windows Forms Applications](bi-directional-support-for-windows-forms-applications.md)  
Explains how to create Windows-based applications that support bi-directional (right-to-left) languages.

[Display of Asian Characters with the ImeMode Property](display-of-asian-characters-with-the-imemode-property.md)  
Introduces the `ImeMode` property, which is used to control the type of input a Windows Form or control accepts.

## Related sections

- [Globalizing and localizing .NET applications](/dotnet/standard/globalization-localization/index)

- [Walkthrough: Downloading Satellite Assemblies on Demand with the ClickOnce Deployment API Using the Designer](/visualstudio/deployment/walkthrough-downloading-satellite-assemblies-on-demand-with-the-clickonce-deployment-api-using-the-designer)

- [Localizing ClickOnce Applications](/visualstudio/deployment/localizing-clickonce-applications)

- [Walkthrough: Downloading Satellite Assemblies on Demand with the ClickOnce Deployment API](/visualstudio/deployment/walkthrough-downloading-satellite-assemblies-on-demand-with-the-clickonce-deployment-api)

- [How to: Set the Culture and UI Culture for Windows Forms Globalization](/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2010/b28bx3bh(v=vs.100))

- [How to: Create Mirrored Windows Forms and Controls](/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2010/xwbz5ws0(v=vs.100))

- [How to: Support Localization on Windows Forms Using AutoSize and the TableLayoutPanel Control](/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2010/1zkt8b33(v=vs.100))

- [Walkthrough: Localizing Windows Forms](/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2010/y99d1cd3(v=vs.100))

- [Walkthrough: Creating a Layout That Adjusts Proportion for Localization](/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2010/7k9fa71y(v=vs.100))