Active Document Settings

Use the Active Document Settings dialog box to:

Specify or change the target language of the active document.

NOTE	The target language of the document can only be changed if the document has not been saved with any target language content.

Specify what encoding is used for the active document when the file is converted back to its original format.

To display this dialog box, select File > Active Document Settings from the menu bar in the Editor view.

Box/Button	Description
Languages:
Source Language	The source language of the currently open document.
Target Language	The target language of the currently open document.
Encoding: Character encoding specifies how the applications in an operating system represent the text data in files internally and on the screen. Different languages may require different character encoding in order to processed and rendered correctly on the screen.
File	The name of the document for which the encoding settings can be specified.
Source Encoding	The encoding used in the source document.
Target Encoding	By default, SDL Trados Studio automatically identifies the appropriate encoding for the language you are translating a document into and therefore, (auto-select) is displayed in this box. If your selected filter for the file specifies the type of encoding, it will be displayed in this box instead. If you want to change the selected encoding, select an alternative selection from the drop-down list. The encoding specified here is used to generate the translated document when you select the Save As Target option.

Related Topics

How to Generate a Translated Document

Topic: Published: 27-Jun-2012