Difference between revisions of "Pandora's Box Wordfast Classic"

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|AllowEmptyTarget || Allows Wordfast to validate a segment with an empty target. Empty targets do not pose any particular problem, but in regular mode (especially for beginners), there's a warning that prevents the user from validating an empty segment.
 
|AllowEmptyTarget || Allows Wordfast to validate a segment with an empty target. Empty targets do not pose any particular problem, but in regular mode (especially for beginners), there's a warning that prevents the user from validating an empty segment.
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|BetterMatch=Show
 
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BetterMatch=Write
 
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BetterMatch=Discrete
 
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|Suppose a document that has been translated with a TM called TM1. The document is now segmented, or bilingual. Suppose that TM1 is not used anymore. Instead, another TM, called TM2, is now selected and made active (TM2 is not a BTM, it's a TM used in replacement of TM1). When revising the segmented document, BetterMatch=Show can be used to receive propositions from TM2, if they are rated higher than the ones originally proposed by TM1. If a better match exists, it will be displayed above the segment (Shift+Alt+Insert will copy TM2's proposition to the target segment).
 
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BetterMatch=Write: same as BetterMatch=Show, but the better match will directly replace the existing target segment with the better proposition. The match rate is also replaced with the new match rate.
 
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BetterMatch=Discrete: same as BetterMatch=Write, but the existing match rate will not be replaced with the new match rate.
 
 
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|CapitalizeFirstTargetLetter
 
|CapitalizeFirstTargetLetter
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|This command is useful when a dictation ("Voice Recognition", VR) program is used, and the VR program fails to capitalize the first letter of a dictated sentence. When the segment is committed, Wordfast will make sure the target segment's first letter is uppercase.
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|This command is useful when a dictation ("Voice Recognition", VR) program is used, and the VR program fails to capitalize the first letter of a dictated sentence. When the segment is committed, WFC will make sure the target segment's first letter is uppercase.
 
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|CleanUpOnlyBookmarks
 
|CleanUpOnlyBookmarks
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|When this command is active, the Wordfast / Tools / Clean up tool will process bookmarks (remove the red bookmark markers and move actual bookmarks to the target segment), but the document(s) will not be cleaned up.
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|When this command is active, the WFC / Tools / Clean up tool will process bookmarks (remove the red bookmark markers and move actual bookmarks to the target segment), but the document(s) will not be cleaned up.
 
If this command is not active, documents are cleaned up, and bookmarks are processed (this is the normal procedure).
 
If this command is not active, documents are cleaned up, and bookmarks are processed (this is the normal procedure).
 
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|ConcordanceDialog=Always
 
|ConcordanceDialog=Always
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|Forces Wordfast to always display the Concordance/Reference input dialog box, even when Ctrl+Alt+C or Ctrl+Alt+N is pressed without text being selected.
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|Forces WFC to always display the Concordance/Reference input dialog box, even when Ctrl+Alt+C or Ctrl+Alt+N is pressed without text being selected.
 
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|ConcordanceCloseAfterCopy
 
|ConcordanceCloseAfterCopy
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|ConcordanceSearch=
 
|ConcordanceSearch=
 
ExactExpression
 
ExactExpression
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|With this command active, when you select an expression in a document and press Ctrl+Alt+C, Wordfast will assume that the exact expression is searched, as if you had provided the expression between quotes. If this command is not active, Wordfast assumes that you are searching for all the unique words in the expression and their possible ending inflections, with the AND operator.
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|With this command active, when you select an expression in a document and press Ctrl+Alt+C, WFC will assume that the exact expression is searched, as if you had provided the expression between quotes. If this command is not active, WFC assumes that you are searching for all the unique words in the expression and their possible ending inflections, with the AND operator.
 
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|ConcordanceSearch=
 
|ConcordanceSearch=
 
ExactWord
 
ExactWord
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|With this command active, when you select a single word or term in a document and press Ctrl+Alt+C, Wordfast will search for this exact term, not looking for beginning or ending inflections. When this comnand is not active, a search for cat will bring cat and cats (but not bobcat).
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|With this command active, when you select a single word or term in a document and press Ctrl+Alt+C, WFC will search for this exact term, not looking for beginning or ending inflections. When this comnand is not active, a search for cat will bring cat and cats (but not bobcat).
 
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|ConcordanceWindowArrange
 
|ConcordanceWindowArrange
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|CopyTermsWithCase
 
|CopyTermsWithCase
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|When the Ctrl+Alt+down shortcut is used to paste a glossary term's translation into the target segment, this command instructs Wordfast to apply the source segment's term's case to the pasted term.
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|When the Ctrl+Alt+down shortcut is used to paste a glossary term's translation into the target segment, this command instructs WFC to apply the source segment's term's case to the pasted term.
 
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|Custom_DataEditor=
 
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CustomDataEditor=C:\...\app.exe
 
CustomDataEditor=C:\...\app.exe
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|Defines the application that opens a TM or a glossary when you right-click the "Select TM" or "Select Glossary" button in the Wordfast user interface. "NotePad" is recommended.
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|Defines the application that opens a TM or a glossary when you right-click the "Select TM" or "Select Glossary" button in the WFC user interface. "NotePad" is recommended. Excel is recommended to edit and save glossaries, but not for TMs.
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|Custom_Shortcut=NextSegment:Alt+NumericPlus
 
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|Defines custom shortcuts. The name of the macro to call (NexSegment in the example) is the name of the Wordfast menu item, in an English user interface.
 
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|Disable_MouseWheel
 
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|If Word crashes precisely when you start the data editor (or within a second of using the mouse roller to scroll down lines in the data editor), this means your system is not compatible with the mouse roller in a VBA form. This command will disable that feature. It's very rare. This command does not alleviate other crashes that are bound to ocur for various reaons - refer to the hotline from www.wordfast.net or seek help from [https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wordfast/info www.yahoogroups.com/wordfast]
 
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|DoHeaderTables
 
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|Some versions of Ms-Word have a tendency to crash or freeze if tables are used in headers or footers, especially when the document is a converted RTF file. If this is the case with your version of Ms-Word, use this command to prevent Wordfast from entering into headers or footers that contain table(s).
 
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|DoShowInfo
 
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DoNotShowInfo
 
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|This will force Wordfast to display (or not display) information in a dedicated toolbar (the same information is displayed in the bottom status bar, but it is not available to Ms-Word XP users, and in other versions it disappears at the first keystroke).
 
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|DropGlossary
 
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|When using Ctrl+Alt+G or the Glossary icon to search a term in the glossary(ies), if a match is found and there appear to be similar-looking entries around it, the glossary drop-down list is left opened for better visibility. Hit Enter on the list to close it and get back to the document.
 
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|DropGlossaryAlways
 
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|Same as above, but the glossary list will be always left opened after a search.
 
 
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|ExcelByColumns
 
|ExcelByColumns
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|KeepTemplate=addin.dot
 
|KeepTemplate=addin.dot
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|When you expand the Wordfast template, Wordfast de-activates any template or add-in found in Tools/Templates & Add-Ins. Many templates have shortcuts or macros that conflict with Wordfast's.
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|When you expand the WFC template, WFC de-activates any template or add-in found in Tools/Templates & Add-Ins. Many templates have shortcuts or macros that conflict with WFC's.
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If you want to keep a template which can work together with Wordfast, enter its name. The example provided here would keep the template named "addin.dot" active together with Wordfast.
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If you want to keep a template which can work together with WFC, enter its name. The example provided here would keep the template named "addin.dot" active together with WFC.
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To keep all templates, use KeepTemplate=All. This setting, however, may cause problems with templates that rely on shortcuts used by Wordfast.
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To keep all templates, use KeepTemplate=All. This setting, however, may cause problems with templates that rely on shortcuts used by WFC.
 
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|KeepLineSpacing
 
|KeepLineSpacing
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|When translating a table, if the table row has a fixed line spacing (or "height"), it may be impossible to display an opened segment. Opened segments use 7 lines, and the cell may be too narrow, vertically speaking, to display teh segment. Wordfast dynamically sets line spacing to "Automatic" in tables, and restores it to its original value when the segment is closed. This feature disables this behaviour.
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|When translating a table, if the table row has a fixed line spacing (or "height"), it may be impossible to display an opened segment. Opened segments use 7 lines, and the cell may be too narrow, vertically speaking, to display teh segment. WFC dynamically sets line spacing to "Automatic" in tables, and restores it to its original value when the segment is closed. This feature disables this behaviour.
 
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|KeepCaseAlways
 
|KeepCaseAlways
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|If the document's source segment is all uppercase, then Wordfast will change the target match of the TU it may find to uppercase as well - because this is usually necessary. However, this command will inhibit this behavior.
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|If the document's source segment is all uppercase, then WFC will change the target match of the TU it may find to uppercase as well - because this is usually necessary. However, this command will inhibit this behavior.
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|GlossaryList1=Hide
 
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|The glossary (1, 2, or 3) will not be displayed in a drop-down list in the Wordfast toolbar. Ctrl+Alt+G opens or hides the drop-down lists that contain the glossaries.
 
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|LatinFont="MyFont,12"
 
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|When the target segment is in CJK characters, but contains some text written in latin characters, the MyFont font, and the specified size, will be applied to the target segment's latin-character text.
 
 
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|LeaveColours
 
|LeaveColours
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|At clean-up time, if colours were specified in Wordfast/Setup/General, colours are reset by applying the "Auto" colour to the entire document. This option inhibits this general colour reset.
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|At clean-up time, if colours were specified in WFC/Setup/General, colours are reset by applying the "Auto" colour to the entire document. This option inhibits this general colour reset.
 
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|LinkSetupToDocument
 
|LinkSetupToDocument
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|It is possible to link documents (but only documents of Ms-Word's native format – DOC ) to a particular setup. If this is done, and a later translation session is opened with a different setup, Wordfast will issue a warning. This warning gives you the choice of using the new setup (the document's link will then be modified accordingly), or loading the original setup.
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|It is possible to link documents (but only documents of Ms-Word's native format – DOC ) to a particular setup. If this is done, and a later translation session is opened with a different setup, WFC will issue a warning. This warning gives you the choice of using the new setup (the document's link will then be modified accordingly), or loading the original setup.
  
 
The same warning will be issued at cleanup time, on some conditions.
 
The same warning will be issued at cleanup time, on some conditions.
  
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Use the Wordfast menu option "Unlink" on a document to unlink it, or "Relink" to re-link it. See the important note below.
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Use the WFC menu option "Unlink" on a document to unlink it, or "Relink" to re-link it. See the important note below.
 
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|LinkTMToDocument
 
|LinkTMToDocument
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|It is possible to link documents (but only documents of Ms-Word's native format – DOC ) to a particular TM. If this is done, and a later session is opened with a different TM, Wordfast will issue a warning. This warning gives you the choice of using the new TM (the document's link will then be modified accordingly), or loading the original TM.
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|It is possible to link documents (but only documents of Ms-Word's native format – DOC ) to a particular TM. If this is done, and a later session is opened with a different TM, WFC will issue a warning. This warning gives you the choice of using the new TM (the document's link will then be modified accordingly), or loading the original TM.
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Use the Wordfast menu option "Unlink" on a document to unlink it, or "Relink" to re-link it.
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Use the WFC menu option "Unlink" on a document to unlink it, or "Relink" to re-link it.
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The same warning will be issued at cleanup time, on some conditions.
 
The same warning will be issued at cleanup time, on some conditions.
 
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|<span style="color:red; background:#FFFF00">!</span> Note on the "Link" settings.
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|!Note on the "Link" settings.
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|The "Link" feature stamps documents with a marker that links them to a TM or Setup, when opening a translation session. Any Wordfast, with any setting (even if the two "Link" setting are not checked) will issue a warning if another translation session is started on the linked document with a different TM or setup.
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|The "Link" feature stamps documents with a marker that links them to a TM or Setup, when opening a translation session. Any WFC, with any setting (even if the two "Link" setting are not checked) will issue a warning if another translation session is started on the linked document with a different TM or setup.
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Cleanup, however, will issue a warning only if the Wordfast/Tools/Cleanup button is used and "Update TM" is required and the corresponding Wordfast "Link" setting is currently checked.
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In other words, a linked document will trigger a warning at all times when starting a translation session, regardless of the local and current Wordfast setup, but the same document will trigger a warning at cleanup time only if the local and current Wordfast setup's "Link" option is checked.
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Cleanup, however, will issue a warning only if the WFC/Tools/Cleanup button is used and "Update TM" is required and the corresponding WFC "Link" setting is currently checked.
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In other words, a linked document will trigger a warning at all times when starting a translation session, regardless of the local and current WFC setup, but the same document will trigger a warning at cleanup time only if the local and current WFC setup's "Link" option is checked.
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The reason is that many translators translate, but send uncleaned documents to the client or agency, and the cleanup is performed there. This prevents cleanup on a different computer (like the client's or the agency's) from triggering the warning.
 
The reason is that many translators translate, but send uncleaned documents to the client or agency, and the cleanup is performed there. This prevents cleanup on a different computer (like the client's or the agency's) from triggering the warning.
 
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|MacroPostSegmentation=XXX
 
|MacroPostSegmentation=XXX
 
|Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.
 
|Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.
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The PostSegmentation macro is executed when the translator "closes" a segment, immediately before closure. "Closing" a segment happens if you press Alt+Down on an opened segment, or Alt+Up, or Alt+End, or any other shortcut that closes the currently opened segment. That macro us typical meant to check for errors and warn the user. See [[Appendix III - Macro samples Wordfast Classic |Appendix III]] for more info on macros.
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The PostSegmentation macro is executed when the translator "closes" a segment, immediately before closure. "Closing" a segment happens if you press Alt+Down on an opened segment, or Alt+Up, or Alt+End, or any other shortcut that closes the currently opened segment. That macro us typical meant to check for errors and warn the user. See [[Appendix III - Macro samples Wordfast Classic |Appendix III]] for more info on macros.
 
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|MacroMaiden=XXX
 
|MacroMaiden=XXX
 
|Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.
 
|Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.
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The Maiden macro is executed only once, the very first time a Wordfast translation session is started on a document. If your macro ends with a Visual Basic "End" instruction, this will also halt the Wordfast translation session opening, and the document will remain "virgin".
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The Maiden macro is executed only once, the very first time a WFC translation session is started on a document. If your macro ends with a Visual Basic "End" instruction, this will also halt the WFC translation session opening, and the document will remain "virgin".
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Running the Wordfast menu "Misc/Unlink" option renders the active document "virgin" again.
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See [[Appendix III - Macro samples Wordfast Classic |Appendix III]] for more info on macros.
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Running the WFC menu "Misc/Unlink" option renders the active document "virgin" again.
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see [[Appendix III - Macro samples Wordfast Classic |Appendix III]] for more info on macros.
 
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|MacroRetire=XXX
 
|MacroRetire=XXX
 
|Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.
 
|Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.
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The Retire macro is executed right before a clean-up is attempted on a Wordfast-translated document. See [[Appendix III - Macro samples Wordfast Classic |Appendix III]] for more info on macros.
 
The Retire macro is executed right before a clean-up is attempted on a Wordfast-translated document. See [[Appendix III - Macro samples Wordfast Classic |Appendix III]] for more info on macros.
 
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|MacroStartSession=XXX
 
|MacroStartSession=XXX
 
|Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.
 
|Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.
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The StartSession macro is executed when a translation session begins.
 
The StartSession macro is executed when a translation session begins.
 
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|Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.
 
|Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.
 
The QualityCheck macro is executed right before a MacroPostSegmentation, that is, when the translator closes an opened segment (by using Alt+Down, Alt+Up, Alt+End, or any other shortcut that closes the currently opened segment).
 
The QualityCheck macro is executed right before a MacroPostSegmentation, that is, when the translator closes an opened segment (by using Alt+Down, Alt+Up, Alt+End, or any other shortcut that closes the currently opened segment).
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See the note on QA macro interactive mode.
 
See the note on QA macro interactive mode.
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See [[Appendix III - Macro samples Wordfast Classic |Appendix III]] for more info on macros.
 
See [[Appendix III - Macro samples Wordfast Classic |Appendix III]] for more info on macros.
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|NeedForSpeed
 
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|This command can noticeably speed up the segmentation process. With this command present in ''Pandora's box'':
 
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1. Terminology recognition is performed, as usually, on opening new segments; but it is not performed again when re-opening existing segments. Most translators find it unnecessary, if not annoying, to again highlight known terminology when, for example, proof-reading an already segmented document;
 
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2. Scanning the TM to find matches is of course performed as usual when opening new segments, but not when re-opening existing segments. Thus, a re-opened segment's background colour will reflect the original match value (the match rate) written in the segment, rather than the fact that the source segment is again found (or not found) in the TM.
 
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NeedForSpeed is a recommended setting for jobs where speed is essential.
 
 
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|NoPowerPointNotes
 
|NoPowerPointNotes
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|NoSendKeys
 
|NoSendKeys
 
|Wordfast sends a dummy Control key after opening a segment on Ms-Word 2003 because of a VBA bug. Use this command to prevent this behaviour, if you have no problem opening segments with Word 2003. The most common symptom of the problem is that the first character you type remains blank - but only with an unpatched Word 2003.
 
|Wordfast sends a dummy Control key after opening a segment on Ms-Word 2003 because of a VBA bug. Use this command to prevent this behaviour, if you have no problem opening segments with Word 2003. The most common symptom of the problem is that the first character you type remains blank - but only with an unpatched Word 2003.
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|NoSmartMessage
 
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|The QA warnings or messages in Wordfast slide to the top right position on the screen so you can see both the message and the document's text to which it refers. NoSmartMessage will disable this feature.
 
 
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|OptionalTags
 
|OptionalTags
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example:
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OptionalTags=<&amp;nbsp;>,<&amp;quot;
 
|Enter a list of tags, separated with commas, after the equal sign.
 
|Enter a list of tags, separated with commas, after the equal sign.
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These tags are ignored when Wordfast performs QA to verify that tags are identical in source and target. See the section on tagged documents for more information.
 
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|PlaceablePlusSpace
 
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PlaceablePlusSpaces
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These tags are ignored when WFC performs QA to verify that tags are identical in source and target.  
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|Forces Wordfast to add a space after a placeable, when the placeable is copied using the Ctrl+Alt+Down shortcut or "CopyPlaceable" icon.
 
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In the plural form, PlaceablePlusSpaces also adds a space ''before'' a placeable, if none is found there.
 
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|PlaceableBetween=[],(),{}
 
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|Instructs Wordfast to consider text comprised between [ and ], ( and ), { and } as placeables. You can specify other sets of two characters. Separate pairs of characters with commas.
 
  
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It is not recommended to use PlaceableBetween=<> or PlaceableBetween=&; with tagged files.
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See the section on tagged documents for more information.
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|-Placeable=AllWords
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|Tenders all words placeable. Ctrl+Alt+Up toggles this mode on or off during a session.
 
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|PlaceableContains=#@=+:
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|Instructs Wordfast to consider words containing the characters appearing after the equal sign as placeables.
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Here, for example, the I+YOU expression would be considered a placeable.
 
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|Placeable=FirstCap
 
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Placeable=AllCap
 
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|Instructs Wordfast to consider words with a capitalised first letter, or entirely capitalised, as placeables. This simply means that the Ctrl+Alt+Right/Left shortcuts can "grab" the source placeable and copy it (Ctrl+Alt+Down) at the insertion point (cursor location) in the target segment. For instance, Placeable=AllCap allows you to easily grab/copy any source text entirely in capital letters, rather than manually retype it.
 
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|Placeable=None
 
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|Unconditionally disables all placeables.
 
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|Placeable=MixedCase
 
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|Instructs Wordfast to consider words with a mixed case format (excluding the first letter) as placeables. In other words, terms like "DosAppName" or "en_LangID" will be considered placeables.
 
 
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|ProcessDiacritics
 
|ProcessDiacritics
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|ProcessQuotes=147,148
 
|ProcessQuotes=147,148
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|This command will force Wordfast to always use the required quotes when proposing a possible target segment, regardless of what sort of quotes are in the translation memory. Possible values are:
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|This command will force WFC to always use the required quotes when proposing a possible target segment, regardless of what sort of quotes are in the translation memory. Possible values are:
  
 
ProcessQuotes=171+160,160+187 will force French-style quotes (with the required unbreakable spaces) as in « example ».
 
ProcessQuotes=171+160,160+187 will force French-style quotes (with the required unbreakable spaces) as in « example ».
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Mac syntax: ProcessQuotes=199+202,202+200
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''Mac syntax: ProcessQuotes=199+202,202+200''
 
  
 
ProcessQuotes=147,148  will force curly double quotes (up) as in “example”
 
ProcessQuotes=147,148  will force curly double quotes (up) as in “example”
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Mac syntax: ProcessQuotes=210,211
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''Mac syntax: ProcessQuotes=210,211''
 
  
 
ProcessQuotes=145,146 will force curly single quotes as in ‘example’
 
ProcessQuotes=145,146 will force curly single quotes as in ‘example’
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Mac syntax: ProcessQuotes=212,213
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''Mac syntax: ProcessQuotes=212,213''
 
  
 
ProcessQuotes=132,147  will force curly double quotes of another sort (up/down) as in „example“. PC only.
 
ProcessQuotes=132,147  will force curly double quotes of another sort (up/down) as in „example“. PC only.
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Mac: no equivalent, but note that 227 is for closing curly double quotes.
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''Mac: no equivalent, but note that 227 is for closing curly double quotes.''
 
  
 
ProcessQuotes=34,34  will force straight quotes as in "example"
 
ProcessQuotes=34,34  will force straight quotes as in "example"
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ProcessApostrophe=146  will force curly apostrophes as in l’exemple
 
ProcessApostrophe=146  will force curly apostrophes as in l’exemple
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Mac syntax: ProcessApostrophe=213
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''Mac syntax: ProcessApostrophe=213''
 
  
 
ProcessApostrophe=Source  will replicate the source segment's apostrophe style
 
ProcessApostrophe=Source  will replicate the source segment's apostrophe style
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ProcessDashes=150  will force the endash (short) as in attaché–case
 
ProcessDashes=150  will force the endash (short) as in attaché–case
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Mac syntax: ProcessDashes=208
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''Mac syntax: ProcessDashes=208''
 
  
 
ProcessDashes=151  will force the emdash (long) as in attaché—case
 
ProcessDashes=151  will force the emdash (long) as in attaché—case
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Mac syntax: ProcessDashes=209
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''Mac syntax: ProcessDashes=209''
 
  
 
ProcessDashes=Source  will replicate the source segment's dash style.
 
ProcessDashes=Source  will replicate the source segment's dash style.
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|Propagate1
 
|Propagate1
 
|When using CopySource, all recognized terminology (if terminology recognition is turned on) in the target segment is replaced with its translation. This command is also active with the "Translate" tool, but only for unknown segments which are replaced with the source segment using the CopySource function. This command uses glossary #1. This command is often associated with CopySourceWhenNoMatch.
 
|When using CopySource, all recognized terminology (if terminology recognition is turned on) in the target segment is replaced with its translation. This command is also active with the "Translate" tool, but only for unknown segments which are replaced with the source segment using the CopySource function. This command uses glossary #1. This command is often associated with CopySourceWhenNoMatch.
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When a propagate command is used, the Alt+Insert (Alt+S on a Mac) shortcut has a toggling effect between A. ''CopySource and propagate. B. Just CopySource without propagation.''
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When a propagate command is used, the Alt+Insert (Alt+S on a Mac) shortcut has a toggling effect between A. CopySource and propagate. B. Just CopySource without propagation.
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'''Important note''': ''if propagation'' must be active during the pretranslation of documents (using Wordfast's ''Translate'' tool), see the command "ToolsTranslateWithTR" further below.
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Important note: if propagation must be active during the pretranslation of documents (using WFC's Translate tool), see the command "ToolsTranslateWithTR" further below.
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|Propagate2
 
|Propagate2
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|PropagateOnlyKnown
 
|PropagateOnlyKnown
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|Normally, ''propagation'' will be done on a copy of the source segment. In contrast, this command will insert all known terminology (separated with a space) in the ''empty'' target segment.
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|Normally, propagation will be done on a copy of the source segment. In contrast, this command will insert all known terminology (separated with a space) in the empty target segment.
  
 
When this command is active, the CopySource (Alt+Ins on a PC, Alt+S on a Mac) shortcut toggle effect will have three states: A. CopySource and propagate in the desired order (see above); B. CopySource and propagate in the opposite order; C. Just CopySource with no propagation.
 
When this command is active, the CopySource (Alt+Ins on a PC, Alt+S on a Mac) shortcut toggle effect will have three states: A. CopySource and propagate in the desired order (see above); B. CopySource and propagate in the opposite order; C. Just CopySource with no propagation.
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Right_Click=IE/http://www.eurotermbank.com/Search.aspx?text={SearchedWord}&langfrom={sl}&langto={tl}
 
Right_Click=IE/http://www.eurotermbank.com/Search.aspx?text={SearchedWord}&langfrom={sl}&langto={tl}
  
−
|When a segment is opened, this command activates a smart right-click on a source segment term. The right-click will direct Microsoft Internet Explorer (sorry, other browers are not supported yet) to a URL that queries terminology, and bring the browser to the front.
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|When a segment is opened, this command activates a smart right-click on a source segment term. The right-click will direct Microsoft Internet Explorer (sorry, other browers are not supported yet because Ms-Word is a Microsoft component) to a URL that queries terminology, and bring the browser to the front.
  
−
Two examples are provided here. Other URLs can be used to access other terminology resources. The line must begin with <code>Right_Click=IE/</code> .
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Two examples are provided here. Other URLs can be used to access other terminology resources. The line must begin with Right_Click=IE/ .
  
 
The rest is a URL, where {SearchedWord} will be replaced with the term to look for. {sl} and {tl} are replaced with your source and target language codes - but you can hard-code your own language codes instead.
 
The rest is a URL, where {SearchedWord} will be replaced with the term to look for. {sl} and {tl} are replaced with your source and target language codes - but you can hard-code your own language codes instead.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|ReportWithTabs
 
|ReportWithTabs
−
|This command instructs Wordfast to separate elements of the report with tabs rather than spaces, so that they can be copied into an Excel worksheet.
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|This command instructs WFC to separate elements of the report with tabs rather than spaces, so that they can be copied into an Excel worksheet.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|SegmentAll
 
|SegmentAll
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Segment_Style=VGA
 
Segment_Style=VGA
−
|This give the opened segment different styles or shades. If you are not happy with the way segments appear on your monitor, or if your monitor's colcours are wahsed away, you may find your happiness here.
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|This gives the opened segment different styles or shades. If you are not happy with the way segments appear on your monitor, or if your monitor's colours are washed away, you may find your happiness here.
 +
|-
 +
|SetReference=Paragraph
 +
|When a search for Reference is done, results are limited to the sentence where the searched expression is found. This command displays the entire paragraph.
 
|-
 
|-
 +
 
|ShowGlossaryAlways
 
|ShowGlossaryAlways
 
|When using Ctrl+Alt+right/left to cycle through recognized terms in the source segment, these terms are looked up in the relevant glossary and displayed in the glossary toolbar.
 
|When using Ctrl+Alt+right/left to cycle through recognized terms in the source segment, these terms are looked up in the relevant glossary and displayed in the glossary toolbar.
 +
|-ShowMessages=
 +
Welcome
 +
Session
 +
In_Segment
 +
Tool_bar
 +
%PR
 +
%PR_W
 +
INI, LANG, TM, BTM, MT, WFA, WFS, TU, GLO, TERM
 +
|Welcome: shows a brief message in Ms-Word's status bar when the WF toolbar is expanded, reminding of the current INI and setup.
 +
InSegment: shows session messages between source and target segment (recommended).
 +
Session: shows messages during a translation session.
 +
 +
ToolBar: shows session messages in a toolbar. Only available with Word versions 97 to 2003.
 +
%PR: shows an estimate of the translation progress in the current document. Accuracy can only be possible during a top-down (regular) translation session. Ctrl+F5 refreshes all counters and gives a better translation progress estimate.
 +
%PRW: the progress estimate includes a wordcount.
 +
INI, LANG, TM, BTM, MT, WFA, WFS, TU, GLO, TERM: includes a reminder of those values in the messages.
 +
 +
If this command is not used, the default value is
 +
ShowMessages= Welcome,InSegment,Session,TU,TERM
 
|-
 
|-
 
|ShowMemoryAtStart
 
|ShowMemoryAtStart
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|This command will enable TM display (for exact or fuzzy matches) from the start of the session. It's equivalent to clicking the " Memory" icon right after starting a translation session.
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|This command enables TM display (for exact or fuzzy matches) from the start of the session. It's equivalent to clicking the "Memory" icon right after starting a translation session.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|ShowMemoryIf<100
 
|ShowMemoryIf<100
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|-
 
|-
 
|SkipSegment>99
 
|SkipSegment>99
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|In an already segmented, bilingual document, all segments that have an match rate highter than 99 will be skipped. Any other value can be specified, with an < or > operator, like, for example, SkipSegment<80.
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SkipSegment<80
−
|-
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|When manually translating an already segmented, bilingual document (using Alt+Down), all segments that have a match rate higher than 99 (or less than 80 in the example) will be skipped. Other values can be specified, for example, SkipSegment>95.
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|TermFont="MyFont"
 
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|Specifies which font is used in the display of concordance search, glossaries edit by Ms-Word or by PlusTools. Replace MyFont with the required font.
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|TMX_TW4WIN
 
|TMX_TW4WIN
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Produces a TMX export that'scompatible with TWB version 2.0.
 
|Produces a TMX export that'scompatible with TWB version 2.0.
−
 
−
Be patient with TMX, the format has evolved over time, and translation tool editors have implemented various levels of tolerance. Mailing lists and discussion groups usually have a resident nerds that'll help for the love of it.
 
−
|-
 
−
|Toolbar=000000000000000001
 
−
|''(only active with versions of Word up to Word 2003)''.
 
−
 
−
Hides or displays icons in the Wordfast toolbar. Each number refers to an icon, from left to right. 0 hides the icon, 1 makes the icon visible. The example provided here hides all icons except the last one. The first icon remains visible if the toolbar is shrunk; the last icon is always visible when the toolbar is expanded. ''Not applicable to the Word 2007/2010 toolbars''.
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
|SortTerminologyCompanion
 +
|Alphabeticaly sorts terminology in the Terminology companion.
 
|ToolsTranslateSkipUnknown
 
|ToolsTranslateSkipUnknown
 
|Skips unknown segments when Wordfast's Tools/Translate tool is being used.
 
|Skips unknown segments when Wordfast's Tools/Translate tool is being used.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|ToolsTranslateWithTR
 
|ToolsTranslateWithTR
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|Wordfast's Translate tool is slow because it segments documents from within Ms-Word. This is why terminology recognition (TR) is turned off during this process, because there is no need to highlight known terminology. Terminology recognition can be even more time-consuming than segmentation or translation memory operation.
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|WFC's Translate tool is slow because it segments documents from within Ms-Word. This is why terminology recognition (TR) is turned off during this process, because there is no need to highlight known terminology. Terminology recognition can be even more time-consuming than segmentation or translation memory operation.
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However, translators who want to have propagation occur when using the Translate tool (this action is often referred to as the "pretranslation" of documents) should activate this command, because propagation requires terminology recognition.
 
However, translators who want to have propagation occur when using the Translate tool (this action is often referred to as the "pretranslation" of documents) should activate this command, because propagation requires terminology recognition.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|TranslateIgnoreBookmarks
 
|TranslateIgnoreBookmarks
 
|When using the Wordfast / Tools / Translate tool, this command will prevent Wordfast from marking bookmarks with red markers.
 
|When using the Wordfast / Tools / Translate tool, this command will prevent Wordfast from marking bookmarks with red markers.
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|-
 
−
|TranslationMemoryOrder=BTM,TM,VLTM
 
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|This command determines the order in which Translation Units (TUs) are proposed when multiple TMs are used, and TUs are found with the same match rate (a.k.a. the "match" value, expressed in %).
 
−
 
−
In the absence of this command, Wordfast's natural order is
 
−
|-
 
−
|TranslationMemoryOrder=BTM,TM,VLTM
 
−
|In other words, if three TUs with a 100% match rate are found, one from the BTM, one from the TM, and one from the VLTM, the TU from the BTM will be proposed; pressing the Alt+right/left shortcut will toggle between other "matches" in the BTM/TM/VLTM order.
 
−
 
−
You can rearrange the order to suit your needs, placing the VLTM, or the TM, in first or second position:
 
−
 
−
TranslationMemoryOrder=VLTM,TM,BTM,
 
−
 
−
 
−
TranslationMemoryOrder=TM,VLTM,BTM, etc.
 
−
|-
 
−
|TransparentSegment
 
−
|Displays segments without a background colour (for damaged, or very dark, screens, or the nostalgics of the white-on-blue Word era).
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|UpdateOfficeWhenTranslate
 
|UpdateOfficeWhenTranslate
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WfToolbarPosition=1,0,0
 
WfToolbarPosition=1,0,0
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|''(only active with versions of Word up to Word 2003)''.
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|''(only active with versions of Word up to Word 2003).''
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This command will make Wordfast position its toolbar as follows, replacing A,B,C with numbers:
+
 
 +
This command will make WFC position its toolbar as follows, replacing A,B,C with numbers:
  
 
A is for the position style where 1 is horizontal top (regular), 0 is vertical left, 2 is vertical right, 3 is horizontal bottom, 4 is floating;
 
A is for the position style where 1 is horizontal top (regular), 0 is vertical left, 2 is vertical right, 3 is horizontal bottom, 4 is floating;
−
 
 
B is the vertical position, in pixels, from the top of the Word window:
 
B is the vertical position, in pixels, from the top of the Word window:
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C is the horizontal position, in pixels, from the left of the Word window.
 
C is the horizontal position, in pixels, from the left of the Word window.
 
The example (WfToolbarPosition=1,0,0) is for a "regular" position, docked top left.
 
The example (WfToolbarPosition=1,0,0) is for a "regular" position, docked top left.

Latest revision as of 18:41, 1 November 2017

Wordfast 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, Ctrl+Alt+P will turn off (and toggle back on) all the commands entered in Pandora's box.

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.

Welcome Session In_Segment Tool_bar %PR %PR_W INI, LANG, TM, BTM, MT, WFA, WFS, TU, GLO, TERM
AllowEmptyTarget Allows Wordfast to validate a segment with an empty target. Empty targets do not pose any particular problem, but in regular mode (especially for beginners), there's a warning that prevents the user from validating an empty segment.
CapitalizeFirstTargetLetter This command is useful when a dictation ("Voice Recognition", VR) program is used, and the VR program fails to capitalize the first letter of a dictated sentence. When the segment is committed, WFC will make sure the target segment's first letter is uppercase.
CleanUpOnlyBookmarks When this command is active, the WFC / Tools / Clean up tool will process bookmarks (remove the red bookmark markers and move actual bookmarks to the target segment), but the document(s) will not be cleaned up.

If this command is not active, documents are cleaned up, and bookmarks are processed (this is the normal procedure).

ConcordanceDialog=Always Forces WFC to always display the Concordance/Reference input dialog box, even when Ctrl+Alt+C or Ctrl+Alt+N is pressed without text being selected.
ConcordanceCloseAfterCopy Closes the concordance search window when you use the Alt+F12 shortcut (copy-paste into target segment).
ConcordanceMaxHits=X Where X is a number. Limits the number of concordances found to X. The maximum value is 4096.
ConcordanceNoHeaders Turns off the display of TU creator, date and attributes when displaying concordances, so that more entries can be visible on one page.
ConcordanceSearch=X

where X can be All, Source or Target

During sessions, if you select a term in a source segment, Wordfast will execute a concordance search in the TMs source segments only. If you select a term in a target segment, Wordfast will execute a concordance search in the TMs target segments only.

ConcordanceSearch=All will force Wordfast to search all segments (source and target), regardless of where you selected a term.

ConcordanceSearch=Source will force Wordfast to search only source segments of the TM.

ConcordanceSearch=Target will force Wordfast to search only target segments of the TM.

If this command is not enabled, Wordfast searches concordances in target segments only.

ConcordanceSearch=

ExactExpression

With this command active, when you select an expression in a document and press Ctrl+Alt+C, WFC will assume that the exact expression is searched, as if you had provided the expression between quotes. If this command is not active, WFC assumes that you are searching for all the unique words in the expression and their possible ending inflections, with the AND operator.
ConcordanceSearch=

ExactWord

With this command active, when you select a single word or term in a document and press Ctrl+Alt+C, WFC will search for this exact term, not looking for beginning or ending inflections. When this comnand is not active, a search for cat will bring cat and cats (but not bobcat).
ConcordanceWindowArrange When the Concordance window is created, an "Arrange" (Ms-Word's Window/Arrange All menu) is executed to display the document and the concordances side by side.
CopySearchWord Copies into the clipboard the term that is selected for search when a Concordance or Reference search is done.
CopySourceWhenNoMatch Is equivalent to using the Copy source icon in Wordfast when no match is proposed by the translation memory.
CopyTermsWithCase When the Ctrl+Alt+down shortcut is used to paste a glossary term's translation into the target segment, this command instructs WFC to apply the source segment's term's case to the pasted term.
Custom_DataEditor=

CustomDataEditor=NotePad

CustomDataEditor=Word

CustomDataEditor=C:\...\app.exe

Defines the application that opens a TM or a glossary when you right-click the "Select TM" or "Select Glossary" button in the WFC user interface. "NotePad" is recommended. Excel is recommended to edit and save glossaries, but not for TMs.
ExcelByColumns When translating an Excel sheet, the regular order is one row after the next from top to bottom (translating one cell after the next on each row, from left to right). With this command, the order will be one column (cells translated from top to bottom) after the next.
FirstKeyControl

FirstKeyShift

With some versions of Ms-Word 2003, the very first character typed after a segment opens is "mute". Enable any of these commands (only one at a time) to cure the problem. They simulate the press of a "mute" key to work around the problem.
FirstKeyDNS Solves a problem caused by some versions of the DNS dictation software that makes the cursor jump a few lines up or down after a segment opens.
KeepTemplate=addin.dot When you expand the WFC template, WFC de-activates any template or add-in found in Tools/Templates & Add-Ins. Many templates have shortcuts or macros that conflict with WFC's.

If you want to keep a template which can work together with WFC, enter its name. The example provided here would keep the template named "addin.dot" active together with WFC. To keep all templates, use KeepTemplate=All. This setting, however, may cause problems with templates that rely on shortcuts used by WFC.

KeepLineSpacing When translating a table, if the table row has a fixed line spacing (or "height"), it may be impossible to display an opened segment. Opened segments use 7 lines, and the cell may be too narrow, vertically speaking, to display teh segment. WFC dynamically sets line spacing to "Automatic" in tables, and restores it to its original value when the segment is closed. This feature disables this behaviour.
KeepCaseAlways If the document's source segment is all uppercase, then WFC will change the target match of the TU it may find to uppercase as well - because this is usually necessary. However, this command will inhibit this behavior.
LeaveColours At clean-up time, if colours were specified in WFC/Setup/General, colours are reset by applying the "Auto" colour to the entire document. This option inhibits this general colour reset.
LinkSetupToDocument It is possible to link documents (but only documents of Ms-Word's native format – DOC ) to a particular setup. If this is done, and a later translation session is opened with a different setup, WFC will issue a warning. This warning gives you the choice of using the new setup (the document's link will then be modified accordingly), or loading the original setup.

The same warning will be issued at cleanup time, on some conditions.

Use the WFC menu option "Unlink" on a document to unlink it, or "Relink" to re-link it. See the important note below.

LinkTMToDocument It is possible to link documents (but only documents of Ms-Word's native format – DOC ) to a particular TM. If this is done, and a later session is opened with a different TM, WFC will issue a warning. This warning gives you the choice of using the new TM (the document's link will then be modified accordingly), or loading the original TM.

Use the WFC menu option "Unlink" on a document to unlink it, or "Relink" to re-link it.

The same warning will be issued at cleanup time, on some conditions.

!Note on the "Link" settings. The "Link" feature stamps documents with a marker that links them to a TM or Setup, when opening a translation session. Any WFC, with any setting (even if the two "Link" setting are not checked) will issue a warning if another translation session is started on the linked document with a different TM or setup.

Cleanup, however, will issue a warning only if the WFC/Tools/Cleanup button is used and "Update TM" is required and the corresponding WFC "Link" setting is currently checked.

In other words, a linked document will trigger a warning at all times when starting a translation session, regardless of the local and current WFC setup, but the same document will trigger a warning at cleanup time only if the local and current WFC setup's "Link" option is checked.

The reason is that many translators translate, but send uncleaned documents to the client or agency, and the cleanup is performed there. This prevents cleanup on a different computer (like the client's or the agency's) from triggering the warning.

MacroEndSession=XXX Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.

The EndSession macro is executed when a translation session ends, with Alt+End, or when closing a segment in any other way.

MacroPreSegmentation=XXX Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.

The PreSegmentation macro is executed when a segment is opened, right before the segment is turned over to the translator for translation or edition. See Appendix III for more info on macros.

MacroPostSegmentation=XXX Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.

The PostSegmentation macro is executed when the translator "closes" a segment, immediately before closure. "Closing" a segment happens if you press Alt+Down on an opened segment, or Alt+Up, or Alt+End, or any other shortcut that closes the currently opened segment. That macro us typical meant to check for errors and warn the user. See Appendix III for more info on macros.

MacroMaiden=XXX Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.

The Maiden macro is executed only once, the very first time a WFC translation session is started on a document. If your macro ends with a Visual Basic "End" instruction, this will also halt the WFC translation session opening, and the document will remain "virgin".

Running the WFC menu "Misc/Unlink" option renders the active document "virgin" again.

see Appendix III for more info on macros.

MacroRetire=XXX Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.

The Retire macro is executed right before a clean-up is attempted on a Wordfast-translated document. See Appendix III for more info on macros.

MacroStartSession=XXX Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.

The StartSession macro is executed when a translation session begins.

MacroQualityCheck=XXX Where XXX is an Ms-Word macro name.

The QualityCheck macro is executed right before a MacroPostSegmentation, that is, when the translator closes an opened segment (by using Alt+Down, Alt+Up, Alt+End, or any other shortcut that closes the currently opened segment).

See the note on QA macro interactive mode.

See Appendix III for more info on macros.

NoPowerPointNotes

OnlyPowerPointNotes

When working on a PowerPoint presentation, this command will force Wordfast to ignore the notes that are attached to slides, or to only translate notes.
NoPrompts Inhibits prompts when doing a "RestoreSegment".
NoPromptToSaveIni Inhibits prompts to save settings when closing the Wordfast setup window. All changes are saved automatically.
NoSendKeys Wordfast sends a dummy Control key after opening a segment on Ms-Word 2003 because of a VBA bug. Use this command to prevent this behaviour, if you have no problem opening segments with Word 2003. The most common symptom of the problem is that the first character you type remains blank - but only with an unpatched Word 2003.
OptionalTags

example: OptionalTags=<&nbsp;>,<&quot;

Enter a list of tags, separated with commas, after the equal sign.

These tags are ignored when WFC performs QA to verify that tags are identical in source and target.

See the section on tagged documents for more information.

Tenders all words placeable. Ctrl+Alt+Up toggles this mode on or off during a session.
ProcessDiacritics This command is used is conjunction with a CE character set (with diacritic letters), to minimise TM matching mishaps due to diacritic letters.
ProcessExtended If "ProcessNoDiacritics" does not give satisfaction, use this command.
ProcessQuotes=147,148 This command will force WFC to always use the required quotes when proposing a possible target segment, regardless of what sort of quotes are in the translation memory. Possible values are:

ProcessQuotes=171+160,160+187 will force French-style quotes (with the required unbreakable spaces) as in « example ». Mac syntax: ProcessQuotes=199+202,202+200

ProcessQuotes=147,148 will force curly double quotes (up) as in “example” Mac syntax: ProcessQuotes=210,211

ProcessQuotes=145,146 will force curly single quotes as in ‘example’ Mac syntax: ProcessQuotes=212,213

ProcessQuotes=132,147 will force curly double quotes of another sort (up/down) as in „example“. PC only. Mac: no equivalent, but note that 227 is for closing curly double quotes.

ProcessQuotes=34,34 will force straight quotes as in "example"

ProcessQuotes=Source will replicate the source segment's quote style

Note: in case isolated segments should not receive the quotes you specified, but re-use the source segment’s quotes (this may be the case for technical parameters), use the Ctrl+Alt+U shortcut to copy source quotes to the target segment.

ProcessApostrophes=39 Similar to “ProcessQuotes”. This command will force a certain style of apostrophes, regardless of what the TM has. Possible values are:

ProcessApostrophe=39 will force straight apostrophes as in l'exemple

ProcessApostrophe=146 will force curly apostrophes as in l’exemple Mac syntax: ProcessApostrophe=213

ProcessApostrophe=Source will replicate the source segment's apostrophe style Ctrl+Alt+U will replicate the source segment’s apostrophe style.

ProcessDashes=45 Similar to “ProcessQuotes”. This command will force a certain style of dashes, regardless of what the TM has. Possible values are:

ProcessDashes=45 will force simple dashes (minus sign) as in attaché-case

ProcessDashes=150 will force the endash (short) as in attaché–case Mac syntax: ProcessDashes=208

ProcessDashes=151 will force the emdash (long) as in attaché—case Mac syntax: ProcessDashes=209

ProcessDashes=Source will replicate the source segment's dash style. Ctrl+Alt+U will replicate the source segment’s dash style.

Propagate1 When using CopySource, all recognized terminology (if terminology recognition is turned on) in the target segment is replaced with its translation. This command is also active with the "Translate" tool, but only for unknown segments which are replaced with the source segment using the CopySource function. This command uses glossary #1. This command is often associated with CopySourceWhenNoMatch.

When a propagate command is used, the Alt+Insert (Alt+S on a Mac) shortcut has a toggling effect between A. CopySource and propagate. B. Just CopySource without propagation. Important note: if propagation must be active during the pretranslation of documents (using WFC's Translate tool), see the command "ToolsTranslateWithTR" further below.

Propagate2

Propagate3

Same as above, but using glossary #2, or #3. The three commands can be used together.
PropagateAndHighlight When propagation is done, propagated terms in the target segment are highlighted.
PropagateCase=X Where X can be 0, 1, 2, 3.

0 is the default setting: the glossary's case is propagated as it is.

1 forces a propagation of the target term in all lower-case.

2 forces a propagation of the target term in all upper-case

3 tries to re-use the source term's case.

PropagateInReverse Propagates terms in reverse order (useful by language pairs that have a reverse syntax order), when PropagateOnlyKnown (see below) is activated.
PropagateMethod=[],many,add Determines the method for the propagation of recognized terms. The first two characters (here, [ and ]) specify the characters that are added around propagated terms. The many switch determines whether all possible glossary entries are propagated, in case the glossary has multiple entries for the same source term (i.e., one given source term is repeated, with different target terms). The add switch determines whether propagated terms are added to the target segment, or whether they replace the target term, which is the regular method.
PropagateOnlyKnown Normally, propagation will be done on a copy of the source segment. In contrast, this command will insert all known terminology (separated with a space) in the empty target segment.

When this command is active, the CopySource (Alt+Ins on a PC, Alt+S on a Mac) shortcut toggle effect will have three states: A. CopySource and propagate in the desired order (see above); B. CopySource and propagate in the opposite order; C. Just CopySource with no propagation.

PropagatePlusSpace


PropagatePlusSpaces

When propagartion is done, this command adds a space after the propagated term, if no space is found after the term.

In the plural form, PropagatePlusSpaces also adds a space before a propagated term, if no space is found there.

PropagateWhole If a recognised single term ends with a wildcard, the whole word is replaced, rather than just its root. Thus, if the glossary has affect* = affecter and the source text has affection, the final result will be affecter rather than affection.
ReportFolder="C:\MyFolder" This commands tells Wordfast in which folder the various reports (Cleanup, Analyse, Translate etc) should be saved.

If CleanUp, Analyse, Translate fail, make sure this setting points to a valid folder.

ReportMany

Normally, all reports (for the Cleanup, Analyse, Translate functions) have the same name, and new reports overwrite previous ones. This command instructs Wordfast to add a time stamp in the report's name, so that they all have unique names.

Right_Click=IE/http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=search&saveStats=true&query={SearchedWord}&sourceLanguage={sl}&targetLanguages={tl}&domain=0&typeOfSearch=s

Right_Click=IE/http://www.eurotermbank.com/Search.aspx?text={SearchedWord}&langfrom={sl}&langto={tl}

When a segment is opened, this command activates a smart right-click on a source segment term. The right-click will direct Microsoft Internet Explorer (sorry, other browers are not supported yet because Ms-Word is a Microsoft component) to a URL that queries terminology, and bring the browser to the front.

Two examples are provided here. Other URLs can be used to access other terminology resources. The line must begin with Right_Click=IE/ .

The rest is a URL, where {SearchedWord} will be replaced with the term to look for. {sl} and {tl} are replaced with your source and target language codes - but you can hard-code your own language codes instead.

ReportWithTabs This command instructs WFC to separate elements of the report with tabs rather than spaces, so that they can be copied into an Excel worksheet.
SegmentAll Normally, Wordfast does not segment isolated numbers, or other pieces of text that do not contain any alphabetical letter. This command forces Wordfast to segment everything.
Segment_Style=HideHiddenText

Segment_Style=Light

Segment_Style=Transparent

Segment_Style=Shaded

Segment_Style=UnShaded

Segment_Style=VGA

This gives the opened segment different styles or shades. If you are not happy with the way segments appear on your monitor, or if your monitor's colours are washed away, you may find your happiness here.
SetReference=Paragraph When a search for Reference is done, results are limited to the sentence where the searched expression is found. This command displays the entire paragraph.
ShowGlossaryAlways When using Ctrl+Alt+right/left to cycle through recognized terms in the source segment, these terms are looked up in the relevant glossary and displayed in the glossary toolbar.
Welcome: shows a brief message in Ms-Word's status bar when the WF toolbar is expanded, reminding of the current INI and setup.

InSegment: shows session messages between source and target segment (recommended). Session: shows messages during a translation session.

ToolBar: shows session messages in a toolbar. Only available with Word versions 97 to 2003. %PR: shows an estimate of the translation progress in the current document. Accuracy can only be possible during a top-down (regular) translation session. Ctrl+F5 refreshes all counters and gives a better translation progress estimate. %PRW: the progress estimate includes a wordcount. INI, LANG, TM, BTM, MT, WFA, WFS, TU, GLO, TERM: includes a reminder of those values in the messages.

If this command is not used, the default value is ShowMessages= Welcome,InSegment,Session,TU,TERM

ShowMemoryAtStart This command enables TM display (for exact or fuzzy matches) from the start of the session. It's equivalent to clicking the "Memory" icon right after starting a translation session.
ShowMemoryIf<100 Will display the contents of the TM above the currently opened segment if the match rate (the match precentage) verifies the value range (here it is "<100"). You could use ">80" or "<99" as well: the operator can be < or > and the value can be any number.
ShrinkTags Shrinks all tags to a short, numbered tag system to shorten segments with long tags and make them more legible. This is done as a visual aid; actual tags are actually preserved.
SkipSegment>99

SkipSegment<80

When manually translating an already segmented, bilingual document (using Alt+Down), all segments that have a match rate higher than 99 (or less than 80 in the example) will be skipped. Other values can be specified, for example, SkipSegment>95.
TMX_TW4WIN
Produces a TMX export that'scompatible with TWB version 2.0.
SortTerminologyCompanion Alphabeticaly sorts terminology in the Terminology companion. ToolsTranslateSkipUnknown Skips unknown segments when Wordfast's Tools/Translate tool is being used.
ToolsTranslateWithTR WFC's Translate tool is slow because it segments documents from within Ms-Word. This is why terminology recognition (TR) is turned off during this process, because there is no need to highlight known terminology. Terminology recognition can be even more time-consuming than segmentation or translation memory operation.

However, translators who want to have propagation occur when using the Translate tool (this action is often referred to as the "pretranslation" of documents) should activate this command, because propagation requires terminology recognition.

TranslateIgnoreBookmarks When using the Wordfast / Tools / Translate tool, this command will prevent Wordfast from marking bookmarks with red markers.
UpdateOfficeWhenTranslate When Wordfast's "Translate" tool is used to pretranslate an MsOffice document (Excel, PowerPoint, Access), the translation process does not send back translated target segments to the Office document (i.e., does not update the Office document), as would be the case in a "live" translation session. This command will force it to do so.
UpdateWithQuickClean Before a Quick-clean operation, you will be asked if you just want to update your TM, without cleaning-up. If you say no, you can go on and proceed with Quick-clean anyway, so the regular use of Quick-clean is not affected.
WaitForMT=X Where X is, for example, 5. Instructs Wordfast to pause X seconds while a segment is being machine-translated.
WfToolbarPosition=A,B,C

WfToolbarPosition=1,0,0

(only active with versions of Word up to Word 2003).

This command will make WFC position its toolbar as follows, replacing A,B,C with numbers:

A is for the position style where 1 is horizontal top (regular), 0 is vertical left, 2 is vertical right, 3 is horizontal bottom, 4 is floating; B is the vertical position, in pixels, from the top of the Word window: C is the horizontal position, in pixels, from the left of the Word window. The example (WfToolbarPosition=1,0,0) is for a "regular" position, docked top left. Note that Office X/Mac and later tend to force a vertical position for custom and add-on toolbars.

The syntax of these commands is complex. Thus, rather than writing them into, and deleting them from, Pandora's box, you may consider leaving them in Pandora's box. To turn off a command, just insert an underscore in the command. In other words, SegmentAll is active, but Segment_All is not active. The underscore can be positioned anywhere inside the command. 

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