Configuring Segmentation

These preferences specify how files should be segmented by the TXLF editor for a given project.

  1. Open Wordfast Pro and select a project from the project list.
  2. Click Open Project.
  3. Click Preferences under Options.

    The overall preferences setup panel appears.

  4. Click Segmentation in the Current Project Preferences section.

    The Segmentation options appear.

    Figure 1. Preferences—File Segmentation Dialog

    The balance of the Segmentation options are shown below.

  5. Select the required segmentation options. These options are:
    • Select Segmentation on break to enable segmentation on line breaks.

    • Select APPLICATION or SRX for where to apply this from the drop-down list.

  6. Define the characters that end a segment (ESM):
    • Enter specific characters into the input field to specify custom segment end characters

    • Select Space to enable white-spaces as a segment end character

    • Select Tab to enable tabs as a segment end character

    • Select Non Breaking Space to enable non-breaking white-spaces as a segment end character

    • Select Line Feed to enable line-feed ASCII codes as a segment end character

    • Select Carriage Return to enable carriage return ASCII codes as a segment end character

  7. Define the rules for the markers, select those that apply:
    • A number followed by an end of a segment marker.

    • Segment ends in a segment marker without a trailing space character.

    • Segment ends in a segment marker, followed by a space character and a lower-case letter.

  8. Select abbreviations that should not be used in segmenting, see the following dialog box segment.

    Figure 2. Preferences—Segmentation—Abbreviations