Overview:  The Editor View Windows

The following windows are available in the Editor view:

 

Comments

This window displays document comments for all open documents. From here you can view and edit existing comments and add new comments.

Concordance Search

This window displays the results of concordance searches. From here you can select some text from a search result and insert it into a target segment. You can also perform new searches from here.

Confirmation Statistics

This window displays the status of all the segments in the active document.

Messages

This window displays verification error messages for all open documents.

Preview

This window displays a WYSIWYG preview of the active document. It is updated in real time. This means that as you type, the changes you make are immediately visible in this window.

 

NOTE

  • You can only preview Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, RTF, XML, HTML and PDF files in the Preview window. If you want to preview another type of file, use the View In option to preview the document in the application in which it was created.  Click here for more information.

  • If no preview of the document is displayed when you open the Preview window, click the Click here to generate initial preview to display the preview.

Term Recognition

This window displays the results of the SDL MultiTerm termbase search for terms in the active source segment.

Termbase Search

This window is used to manually search for terms in the SDL MultiTerm termbase. It also displays the results of the search.

Termbase Viewer

This window is used to:

  • Browse the terms.

  • View details of a termbase entry.

  • Browse the termbase.

  • Add a new termbase entry.

  • Edit an existing termbase entry.

Translation Results

This window displays the results of translation memory lookups and automated translation lookups for the active source segment. From here you can apply one of the results to the current segment.

 

By default, the Translation Results, Concordance Search, Comments and Messages windows appear grouped together at the top of the Editor view. However, if you open a file for review, they appear at the bottom of the view as tabs. The Preview window appears in the bottom right-hand corner of the view.

Windows can be docked in new positions or can float above the Editor view or be placed on the desktop. Click here for more information about moving windows and opening and closing windows.

 

NOTE

If you have a wide-screen monitor, click window_autohide_button.jpg Auto Hide to vertically expand the size of the Preview window. This also auto-hides the window. When you want to view the window again, click the Preview tab. When it is displayed again it will still display at the expanded size.

 

 

Related Topics

Displaying and Managing Windows

Translation Results Window

Concordance Search Window

Comments Window

Messages Window

Preview