Pandora's Box (PB) Commands
Wordfast Classic tries to cover the essential needs of everyday translation, but there are countless special situations that require specific features. Rather that multiplying endless setups with buttons and checkboxes, a raw but efficient "un-natural" interface is used to activate some rarely used features. Just enter one of the following commands in Pandora's box, to obtain a particular behaviour from Wordfast. Commands are separated with a paragraph mark (use Shift+Enter to enter paragraph marks).
During a translation session using Wordfast Classic, Ctrl+Alt+P will turn off (and toggle back on) all the commands entered in Pandora's box.[1]
Important: PB commands are case-sensitive: use them the way they are produced when clicking the "Commands" button, or the way they are written in this manual. Adding or removing the _ (underscore) character makes them inactive or active. The underscore character can be located anywhere within the command. Thus,
AllowEmptyTarget is active; Allow_EmptyTarget is not active; AllowEmpty_Target is not active; _AllowEmptyTarget is active because the underscored is not within the command; Allowemptytarget is ignored because its case is not correct.
Right-clicking the list of commands will toggle between the display of all commands, and only active commands.[2]
References
- ↑ Note that pressing Ctrl+Alt+P while there is no segment open, will generate a report about the current setup, which is useful for troubleshooting.
- ↑ Click here to watch this PB tutorial by Yasmin Moslem.
