Format Menu - Editor View

The format menu is displayed in the Editor view when a document is open.

The following table describes the commands on the Format menu.

This list is sorted alphabetically.

Menu Option

Description

Change Case

Select to change the casing of selected text. The Change Case dialog box is displayed.

You can also change the casing of selected text by holding down [SHIFT], and repeatedly pressing F3 to cycle through different text casings.

Clear Selected Tag Formatting

Select to remove formatting (and the formatting tags) from selected text.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Space.

Clear Tag Formatting

Select to clear all formatting (and formatting tags) from the target segment.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Alt+Space.

Insert Tag

Select to insert a tag. The Insert Tag dialog box is displayed.

You can also insert tags using the QuickInsert toolbar.

Protect Tags

Select to activate tag protection. When tag protection is active, tags cannot be deleted.

QuickInsert Settings

Select to edit the QuickInsert settings applicable to the open document. The QuickInsert settings page is displayed.

Restore Tag

Select to restore a tag when a ghost tag is displayed.

When you insert the missing tag, the ghost tag disappears.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Shift+G.

Tag Display Mode

Select to choose the format in which you want tags to be displayed.

Option	How Tags are Displayed	Example
No Tag Text	Without any descriptive text
Partial Tag Text	With partial text,
Full Tag Text	With full text
Tag ID	With tag IDs only. Every tag in the source document has a unique tag ID.

Normally SDL Trados Studio settings specify that recognized formatting tags are hidden, so tags remain hidden when inserted, but text is displayed in the format specified by the tags.

Format Menu - Editor View

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