How to Create a Project: Project Preparation

This topic describes how to complete the Project Preparation page of the New Project wizard. On this page, you select the preparation steps ( batch tasks) and the order (task sequence) in which they are to be performed on the files of the newly created project. These tasks are automatically performed when the project is created. For example,

 

To complete the Project Preparation page:

  1. Select a task sequence:

If

Then

you want to accept the default task sequence, Prepare,

click Next to go to the Batch Processing Settings page.

you want to select a predefined task sequence,

select a task sequence from the Task Sequence drop-down list. SDL Trados Studio also provides you with the Analyze Only task sequence which allows you to produce translation analysis figures without pre-translating any of the files.

you want to create a task sequence to use with just this project,

  1. Select Custom from the Task Sequence drop-down list. A list of batch tasks available to include in this project is displayed.

  2. Select the batch tasks you want to include in this project from the Available Tasks box and click Add to include the steps in this project.

you want to create task sequence that you can save and use again with other projects,

  1. Click Task Sequences to display the Task Sequences dialog box.

  2. Click Add to create a new task sequence and display the New Task Sequence dialog box.

  3. Complete the boxes and click OK to close the New Task Sequence dialog box.

  4. Click Close to close the Task Sequences dialog box.

  5. Select the newly created task sequence from the Task Sequence drop-down list.

  1. Click Next to go to the Batch Processing Settings page.