Edit Menu

Select this to add or edit comments for this segment. The Add Comment dialog box is displayed.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Shift+N

Available only in the Editor view.

Select this to change the translation status of the current segment. The status is one of the following:

• Not Translated: Translation has not started for this segment

• Draft: Translation has started for this segment.

• Translated: The translation is complete, and no further action is required.
  
  You can use the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Enter to set the status to Translated.
  
  SDLX profile users can also use the keyboard shortcut Enter

• Translation Rejected: The translation has been reviewed and rejected. Usually when you set this status, you also add a comment.

• Translation Approved: The translation has been reviewed and approved.

• Sign-off Rejected: The translation was rejected during the sign-off process.

• Signed Off: The translation is ready for release to the customer.

Available only in the Editor view.

Select this to copy selected text to the clipboard.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+C

Available in the Editor and Translation Memories view.

Select this to cut selected text and put it on the clipboard.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+X

Available in the Editor and Translation Memories view.

Select this to edit existing comments. The Edit Comments dialog box is displayed.

Available only in the Editor view.

Select this to find text in the active document, the page currently displayed in the active translation memory or in a selection. The Find and Replace dialog box is displayed.

Shortcut commands:

• Press Ctrl+F to display the Find and Replace dialog box.

• Press F4 to find the next instance of your search text entered in the Find and Replace dialog box during the current session.

• Press Shift+F4 to find a previous instance of your search text entered in the Find and Replace dialog box during the current session.

See How the Find Keyboard Shortcut Keys Work for more information.

Available only in the Editor view and Translation Memories view.

Select this to go to a segment. You can specify the segment by segment number, segment status, or, if the segment contains a comment, by comment. The Go To dialog box is displayed.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+G

Available only in the Editor view

Select this to go to the next segment that has a comment.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+M

Available only in the Editor view.

Select this to go to the previous segment that has a comment.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Shift+M

Available only in the Editor view.

Select this to lock a segment.

Locked segments cannot be edited.

Select to lock selected text.

The text must be within a single segment.

Locked text cannot be edited.

Select this to merge selected source segments.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Alt+S

Available only in the Editor view.

Select this to move the cursor to the next unconfirmed segment.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Down Arrow

Available only in the Editor view.

Select this to go to the previous unconfirmed segment.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Up Arrow

Available only in the Editor view.

Select this to paste the contents of the clipboard into the segment at the current cursor point.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+V

Available in the Editor and Translation Memories view.

Select this to restore the last edit that was undone with the Undo option.

You can redo multiple commands that have been undone.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Y

Available in the Editor and Translation Memories view.

Select this to repeat the last Go To command.

This command is useful if the last Go To command was to go to the next or the previous item.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+J

Available only in the Editor view.

Select this to find and replace text in the active document, the page currently displayed in the active translation memory or in a selection. The Find & Replace dialog box is displayed.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Shift+F

Available only in the Editor view and Translation Memories view.

Select this to select everything in the active document.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+A

Available only in the Editor view.

Select to turn on or off the display of whitespace characters.

For more information about whitespace characters, click here.

Available only in the Editor view.

Select this to split a source segment at the cursor position.

Shortcut command: Alt+Shift+T

Available only in the Editor view.

Select this to undo the last edit command.

You can undo multiple commands.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Z

Available in the Editor and Translation Memories view.

Position the cursor in a locked segment and select this to unlock the segment.

Available in the Editor view.