Configure General Settings

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

To customize general settings:

  1. Select Preferences from the Wordfast drop-down menu.
  2. On the Preferences dialog, click General under General Preferences.
  3. Enter the User Name for user identification on notes, TM, and segment changes.
  4. Select one of the source file locations.

    Option

    Action

    Copy Source or TXLF Files into Project Folder Structure

    Click to create a sub-folder within the project language folder for storing source files.

    Note:   

    If the source file is a TXLF file, a copy is saved.

    Create TXLF File with language suffix next to the Source File

    Click to create 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, no copy is saved.

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

    Click to create a TXLF copy of the source file in a source file sub-folder using the target language code as a suffix.

    Note:   

    If the source file is a TXLF file, no copy is saved.
  5. Select the Quick Project Options to show the Open TXLF choices dialog during the process of creating a Quick Project. Refer to
  6. Select columns to include in the Get MS Word Table Options, then set the tag mode.

    Option

    Action

    Segment ID

    Select to include the Segment ID column in the MS Word table.

    Source

    Select to include the Source column in the MS Word table.

    Score

    Select to include the Score column in the MS Word table.

    Set Tag mode to:

    Select the tag mode from the drop-down list.

    • Show supported text formatting

    • Show formatting as Tags

    • Do not show Tags
  7. Select the Bilingual Review Export options to export a file with highlighted glossary terms in a Microsoft Word .DOC or .DOCX format.

    Option

    Action

    Open report after export

    Select to automatically open the Bilingual Report after the export completes.

    Exclude the notes column

    Select to exclude the notes column from the exported MS Word document.

    Track changes

    Select to enable track changes in the exported MS Word document.

    Protect document (Word 2003+)

    Select to write-protect the document. This allows users to edit only the target segment content and add notes.

    Export all TXLF files as one bilingual file

    Select to export all submission files as a single bilingual file.

    Export as Docx

    Select to export the bilingual report in the Word .DOCX file format.
  8. Select the option to display the dialog for running Quick Tools analysis and cleanup as batch actions that run in the background.
  9. Set the search depth when using the remote TM for your connected TM server type.
  10. To automatically provide Live Preview when opening a file in the TXLF Editor view for source MS Word .DOC and .DOCX or MS Powerpoint .PPT and .PPTX file formats, enable the Live Preview option.
Parent topic: General Preferences