Segment Changes

You can run a Segment Changes Report on one or more project files to view the history of changes to a segment. The report includes the segment ID, TM score, source and target content with the highlighted changes, username, time stamp, and translator notes. This is particularly useful in workflows that involve multiple people.

To generate a segment changes report:

  1. Click the Wordfast Pro drop-down menu, then select Quick Tools.
  2. Click the Segment Changes tab, if it is not already selected.
  3. On the TXLF Files panel, choose one of the following actions:
      Note:

    To search the File Name column for a particular string, enter the search string in the available search field next toon the TXLF Files panel.

    Add Files

    Click to browse and select a file from a folder.

    Add Folder

    Click to browse and select a folder and all its files.

    Remove Files

    Click to remove a folder and all its files, or all selected files from the list.
  4. Select one or more files for the Segment Changes Report.
  5. On the Segment Changes Report Options pane, choose from the following options:

    • Show Columns option—Select any of the column options. The report does not include any columns you do not select with this option.

    • Enable Difference highlighting

    • Show all segments (including unmodified)

    • Show only changes in most recent phase

    • Open report after export

    • Filter Phase-name(s)—Select a phase name from the drop-down list to filter by the project's workflow phases.

    • Filter Process-name(s)—Select a process name from the drop-down list to filter by the project's processes.

    • Include all phases before selected phase-Name(s)

  6. (Optional) Use the default prefix of segmentchanges or enter a custom prefix.
  7. Choose one of the following actions:

    • Select Next to Original TXLF to save the segment changes report next to the original TXLF file.

    • Browse and select the Custom location folder where you want to save the segment changes report.

  8. Click Run Segment Changes.

    The Segment Changes Summary is displayed.

  9. After review, click OK.
  10. (Optional) Go to the designated location and view the Segment Changes Report.
Parent topic: Use Quick Tools