25 mai 2011

(#5) Getting started tips and tricks - On Word files

Tip #5 - On Word files

When working with word files, Trados Studio 2009 uses 2 differents filters, depending on the format of the Word file: there's one for .doc documents (word 2000 and 2003) and the other is for .docx documents (Word 2007 and 2010).

You can adjust both filters to suit the needs of your translation.

Word 2000-2003 (.doc files)
Default settings will:
- extract all comments made in the Word document and have you translate them (they will of course be included in the wordcount)
- make hyperlinks fully accessible (i.e. considered as text)
I advise you to make some changes through menu Tools then Options then File types then Microsoft Word 2000-2003 and click on Other settings. You can browse the Help for more information on each setting, but most of you should make these three changes:
- uncheck Extract comments text for translation (unless of course you commonly translate the comments of the Word files)
- choose to Process hyperlinks with Extract only hyperlinks text. This will make only available to you the text of the hyperlink requiring translation, converting the actual URL to a tag for easier handling!
- check Process bookmarks as tag pairs instead of stand-alone tags.

Trados Studio 2009: how to change Word 2000-2003 file filter settings


Word 2007-2010 (.docx files)
Default settings will:
- make hyperlinks fully accessible (i.e. considered as text)
- treat symbol characters as inline placeholder tags (= stand-alone tags)

I advise you to make some changes through menu Tools then Options then File types then Microsoft Word 2007-2010 and click on Other settings. You can browse the Help for more information on each setting, but most of you should make this change:
- choose to Process hyperlinks with Extract only hyperlinks text. This will make only available to you the text of the hyperlink requiring translation, converting the actual URL to a tag for easier handling!

Trados Studio 2009: how to change Word 2007-2010 file filter settings

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