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<p>This task shows you how to:
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<div class="body taskbody"><p class="abstract">If this is your first time running Composer on this computer:



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<div class="p"><ul><li class="li step">In the <span class="keyword wintitle">Composer - Select Language</span> dialog box, select a language and click 
<span class="ph uicontrol">OK</span>.</li></ul></div>
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<div class="body taskbody"><p class="abstract">If you have already run Composer on this computer:</p>
<div class="p"><ul><li class="li step">In Windows, click 
 <span class="ph"><span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Start</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">SOLIDWORKS Composer</span></span> 
 <cite class="cite">version &gt;</cite> 
<span class="ph uicontrol">SOLIDWORKS Composer</span> <cite class="cite">version &gt;</cite></span> or double-click the 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Composer</span> shortcut on your desktop.</li></ul></div>
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