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Online Help for Project Managers and Translators
Copyright © Wordfast, LLC 2009. All rights reserved.
Contents
About Wordfast help 7
Purpose 7
Audience 7
Organization 7
Conventions 7
Abbreviations and Acronyms 8
About Wordfast 9
Overview 9
Key advantages 9
Project Manager plug-in workflow 9
TXML editor workflow 10
Getting startedwith Wordfast 11
Opening Wordfast 11
Wordfast homepage 11
PM perspective 12
TXML editor perspective 13
Installing and activating Wordfast 15
Using PM plug-in 17
Receiving files and conversion rules 17
Setting up formats 17
Viewing default file formats 17
Adding new file formats 19
Adding an Excel file format 21
Analyzing files 29
SelectingAnalysis output option 30
Analyzing files 31
Extracting frequents 35
Cleaning up and updating translation memory 38
TXML editor menu options 43
File 43
Edit 44
Translation Memory 45
Terminology 46
Window 47
Help 47
Managing projects 49
Creating or opening a project 49
Creating a project 49
Opening a project 52
Creating oropening a TM 53
Selecting translation memory settings 54
Creating a local TM 55
Opening a local TM 58
Importing and exporting terminology lists 61
Importing a terminology list 61
Exporting a terminology list 64
Defining penalties 65
Defining color codes 67
Enabling spell check 69
Translating in a project 70
Opening a file 71
Translating a file73
Leveraging repetitive content 75
Working with Translation Memory 77
Working with terminology 81
Working with placeables 85
Using Transcheck 86
Confirming or Unconfirming segments 89
Using Outline window 90
Viewing TXML Context 91
Saving a file 91
Closing a file 92
Using shortcut icons 92
Deleting a project 94
Working with advanced options 97Managing shortcut keys 97
Viewing shortcut keys 97
Modifying shortcut key schemes 97
Modifying shortcut keys 98
Creating shortcut keys 99
Managing licenses 100
Re-installing license certificate 100
Verifying current license certificate 101
Updating Wordfast 101
Troubleshooting errors 105
About Wordfast help
Purpose
This online help will assistyou in understanding and using Wordfast Professional Plus (Wordfast). It contains step-by-step procedures of Wordfast functions.
Audience
This help is a reference for project managers and translators. The audience must be familiar with basic translation terminologies.
Organization
The help is organized as follows:
|Section |Contents|
|Section 1 |Overview of Wordfast and workflows providing a snapshot of Wordfast functions. |
|Section 2 |Procedure for installing Wordfast. |
|Section 3 |Procedures for opening Wordfast and a brief description of the PM and TXML editor |
| |perspectives.|
|Section 4 |Procedures for PM plug-in tasks. |
|Section 5 |Information on basic menu options. |
|Section 6 |Procedures for managing translation projects. ||Section 7 |Information on shortcut keys and license management. |
|Section 8 |Information on common errors and their solutions. |
Conventions
• All user actions are highlighted in bold to help understand the procedures better.
• Images are inserted at appropriate places to help you relate to…