About Tag Protection

Tag protection is designed to prevent you from deleting tags in the target document. It is important to replicate the tag content of the source document, as otherwise your target document may not be able to be properly recreated after translation.

By default, tag protection is turned off. When tag protection is turned off, you can delete inline tags. If you delete a tag that is part of a tag pair, a ghost tag is placed in your document to remind you that your tag pair is not complete.

When tag protection is turned on, SDL Trados Studio protects inline tags and ensures that they stay in place during translation. To demonstrate this, go to Format > Protect Tags to turn tag protection on. Then place the cursor after any tag and press the [Backspace] key. The tag is not deleted.

 

NOTE

When tag protection is turned on:

  • You cannot delete any tag pairs or placeholder tags.

  • If you try to delete a segment or section of text that has tags in it, you will not be able to do so.

  • You can still drag and drop tags.

  • You can still insert tags and restore ghost tags as usual but you cannot then delete these or turn them back into ghost tags. However, you can use the Undo command to undo an insert tag or restore ghost tag command.

  • If you have set the Formatting display style option in the Options dialog box to hide commonly recognized tags, such as bold and italics, for example, these hidden tags will not be protected.

Related Topics

How to Turn Tag Protection On/Off