Configure General Settings

General preferences link a specific username to project-related content changes.

To customize general settings:

Select Preferences from the Wordfast drop-down menu.
On the resulting Preferences dialog, click General under General Preferences.
Enter the User Name for user identification on Notes, TM, and segment changes.

Select one of the source file locations.

Option	Action
Copy Source or TXLF Files into Project Folder Structure	Creates a sub-folder within the project language folder for storing source files. Note: If the source file is a TXLF file, the tool stores a copy.
Create TXLF File with language suffix next to the Source File	Creates a TXLF copy of the source file at the same location with the target language code as a suffix. Note: If the source file is a TXLF file, the tool stores no copies.
Create Folder with language suffix next to the Source File where TXLF file will be stored	Creates a TXLF copy of the source file in a sub-folder at the source file location with the target language code as a suffix. Note: If the source file is a TXLF file, the tool stores no copies.

Option

Action

Copy Source or TXLF Files into Project Folder Structure

Creates a sub-folder within the project language folder for storing source files.

Note: If the source file is a TXLF file, the tool stores a copy.

Create TXLF File with language suffix next to the Source File

Creates a TXLF copy of the source file at the same location with the target language code as a suffix.

Note: If the source file is a TXLF file, the tool stores no copies.

Create Folder with language suffix next to the Source File where TXLF file will be stored

Creates a TXLF copy of the source file in a sub-folder at the source file location with the target language code as a suffix.

Note: If the source file is a TXLF file, the tool stores no copies.

Select Add score column to bilingual table to add TM score to the exported bilingual table.

Select the Bilingual Review Export options that allows you to export the TXLF file with highlighted glossary terms to a DOC format and edit using Microsoft Word.

Option	Action
Open report after export	Automatically open the Bilingual Report after the export completes
Exclude the notes column	Exclude the notes column from the exported MS Word document
Track changes	Enable or disable the track changes option in the exported MS Word document
Protect document (Word 2003+)	Write-protect the document, allowing users to edit only the target segment content and add notes Note: The remainder of the document is read-only.
Export all TXLF files as one bilingual file	Enable the bilingual export option in the Project view