Do you use Smartsheet to work with a dispersed or remote team? You’re not alone - tens of thousands of our customers use Smartsheet to help make the world a little bit smaller when it comes to working with teams in different parts of the globe. Magnolia Bakery keeps their international expansion consistent from Dohar to Qatar, and Enterasys virtually oversees an international product team with Smartsheet. In fact, Smartsheet is used in over 160 countries! Whether you’re working with clients in different time zones or you work abroad yourself, here are some of our top pointers for using Smartsheet outside of the US.
#1 Language Settings
- Changing Your Language in Smartsheet: Smartsheet is available in 7 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian and Russian. Changing the language in your Personal Settings to one of these 7 will also translate the interface elements in the application into your selected language.
To change your language:
- Click Account > Personal Settings
- Change the value in the Language (Country) drop-down list
- Save
- Sign out by clicking Account > Sign Out
- Sign back in to see the changes updated in your sheet
- Finding Resources in Another Language: Our Help Center articles are translated into 7 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian and Russian.
You can change the language in the Smartsheet Help Center from the Choose Your Language drop-down list in the right panel.
For more translated resources like the Smartsheet overview video, product tour, a version of the Smartsheet website is now available in Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, German, and French.
#2 Changing the Format of Dates
One of the questions we frequently see from Smartsheet users outside of the US concerns date formatting. You can adjust this formatting by changing your personal language settings, simply follow the same steps listed above to change your language in Smartsheet.
For example, you can change the Language to English (United Kingdom) to have all dates that are listed in a date column display in dd/mm/yy format.
You can also change your time zone from here. The time zone your Smartsheet account is set to determines when you receive automated email notifications and reminders. Notifications and reminders are sent between midnight and 5AM in your time zone.
# 3 Formatting Numbers as Currency
You can format any number in your sheet into various international currencies using the $ icon in the left toolbar. We currently support symbols for the Dollar/Peso ($), Brazilian Real (R$), Euro (€), Pounds (£), New Shekel (₪), Rupee (Rs), Yen (¥), Ruble (pyб), and Zar (R).
#4 Payment Options
Smartsheet accepts payments through Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and JCB credit cards, as well as through PayPal, in the following currencies:
- US Dollar - USD
- Australian Dollar - AUD
- Canadian Dollar - CAD
- Euro - EUR
- British Pound - GBP
- Japanese Yen - JPY
#5 Use an International Keyboard
If you have the international keyboard enabled on your computer, you'll be able to type non-English characters into cells of your sheets. Text can also be entered right-to-left if the keyboard is set to Hebrew, or other languages where this is the standard.
Instructions for Windows users.
Til next week, dig in and explore!
- Support Team
