Options Dialog Box > Editor

Use the Editor settings to specify:

  • What happens when SDL Trados Studio is started.

  • What settings are applied when you open a document for translation in the Editor view.

  • How documents are displayed in the Editor window.

  • What formatting is used to show tracked changes in the Editor window.

  • What formatting is used to show differences in the Translation Results window.

To display the Editor settings, select File > Options from the Ribbon and then select Editor from the navigation tree in the Options dialog box.

 

Box

Description

Startup

These settings determine what happens each time you start the application.

Automatically re-open previously edited documents

When this option is selected, the application automatically re-opens all documents that were open the last time you closed SDL Trados Studio.

 

NOTE

This only applies to open documents that were saved as an *.sdflxliff file (If they were saved as an *.sdlxliff file then they also have a corresponding project folder).

Prompt me to re-open previously edited documents

When this option is selected, you will be asked whether you want the documents that were open when you closed Studio to be re-opened.

NOTE

This only applies to open documents that were saved as an *.sdflxliff file (If they were saved as an *.sdlxliff file, then they also have a corresponding project folder).

Do not automatically re-open previously edited documents

When this option is selected, documents are not re-opened automatically and you are not asked if you want them to be re-opened.

This is the default setting.

Opening Files

These settings are applied when you start a new translation using the Open Document menu option.

Automatically copy source content to target cells when opening documents

When this option is selected, the content of source segments is automatically copied to target segments when you open a document for the first time.

If this option is not selected, the target segments are empty when the document opens in the Editor window.

Side-by-side Editor

These settings affect the way documents are displayed in the Editor window.

Show segment numbers

When this option is selected, segment numbers are displayed.

Show whitespace characters

When this option is selected, whitespace characters appear as symbols in the document text. These characters include, for example, spaces, non-breaking spaces, tabs and line breaks.

Click here to see a list of the whitespace symbols.

Show document structure information

When this option is selected, a code is displayed beside each segment. The code indicates where in the document the segment text occurred. For example, the segment text could be a heading or a footnote.

Place the cursor over the code to see a full description of the code.

Click here to see a list of document structure codes.

Customize colors

A different color is assigned to each document structure type. For example, codes that indicate headings are displayed on a pale blue background.

To change the default colors, select a structure type from the first box and a color from one of the tabs in the second box. The following are the three tabs that are displayed when you click the down arrow: Custom, Web and System.

  • Click the Custom tab to display a color palette. Click a color in the palette and the color is applied to the currently selected screen component. If the color you want to use is not displayed here, right-click on one of the blank, colorless squares at the bottom of the tab to display the Color dialog box where you can create your own custom color.

  • Click the Web tab to display a list of colors which can be used in web pages. Select a color and the color is applied to the currently selected screen component.

  • Click the System tab to display a list of Microsoft screen components and colors assigned to the components. Select a color/component combination and the color is applied to the currently selected Studio screen component.

Formatting display style

Specify how you want the document text to be displayed:

  • Show all formatting and tags - When this option is selected, formatting is applied to segment text and the formatting tags themselves are displayed. For example, text that is tagged as bold is displayed in bold and the bold formatting tag pair is also displayed.

  • Show formatting but hide recognized formatting tags - When this option is selected, text is formatted correctly but standard formatting tags (for example, bold, italic, and font type) are not displayed.
    This is the default setting.

  • Show all tags but do not show formatting - When this option is selected, text in the Editor window is displayed as plain text but with formatting tags. For example, text that is tagged as bold, does not have bold formatting applied but the bold formatting tags are displayed.

Group adjacent tags in formatting window

 

When you press Ctrl+,(comma), tags present in the source segment are listed below the target segment. When you select a tag from the drop-down list, Studio inserts it into the target segment.

When the Group adjacent tags in formatting window option is selected, adjacent placeholder tags are grouped together in a single item in the QuickPlace drop-down list or in the QuickPlace dialog box. This means that you can insert them all into the target segment with a single selection.

Adjacent tags are tags that appear in a sequence and have no text between them.

Enable implicit row activation

When this option is selected, when you place your cursor in a segment, it automatically becomes the active row. When a row is active you can edit the target segment and a lookup is automatically performed in the translation memory, automated translation server and SDL MultiTerm termbase. If this option is not selected, you have to manually activate the row in the Editor view by selecting Home tab > Navigation > Translation > actiovaterow.png Activate Row from the ribbon.

Center active row

When a row is activated, it is automatically placed in the center of the Editor.

NOTE

If you do not have the Enable implicit row activation option selected, you have to manually activate the row by confirming a previous segment or by selecting Home tab > Navigation > Translation > actiovaterow.png Activate Row from the Ribbon. The row is then centered when the new segment becomes active.

Review and Sign-off 

Prompt to complete review or sign-off when closing a document

If you select this option, when you close a document with unreviewed segments in open for review mode, Studio will prompt you to approve and set to Translated Approved all the unreviewed segments in the document. Any segments that do not have a status of Translation Approved or Translation Rejected are classified as not being reviewed.

When you close a document with unreviewed segments in open for sign-off mode, Studio will prompt you to approve and set to Signed Off all the segments in the document. If you click Yes, Studio will complete the sign-off process by approving all the segments in the document, including those set to Sign Off Rejected.

 

 

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Overview: Options Dialog Box > Editor

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Topic:  Published: November 10, 2014