Use Live Preview

You can view the translated content in its original format for MS Word .DOC and .DOCX files, MS PowerPoint .PPT and .PPTX files, Markdown .MD files, or JSON .JSON files. Live Preview is enabled by default.

Live Preview also displays MS Excel .XLS and XLSX files.

Additionally, view Markdown (.MD) content.

Use the default Live Preview to generate a dynamic preview of the translated file in the TXLF Editor view.

Note:

To enable automatic opening of Live Preview go to General Preferences > General, select Automatically open Live Preview for supported files.

To generate a Live Preview:

Open a file in the TXLF Editor view.
On the File tab, select Live Preview from the Preview drop-down menu.

Note:
Only one preview option is possible at a time.

(Optional) Interact with the Live Preview of the file.

For MS Word files

The preview pane docks to the right. For docking options, click the preview panel's Settings icon: . Live Preview highlights the active segment. Move to any other segment by clicking on that area of the Live Preview.

For MS Excel files

Excel documents display spreadsheets. Multiple sheets appear at the bottom of the preview pane.

For MS PowerPoint files

PowerPoint files can be graphically intensive and so may take time to load. The progress bar provides real-time loading status. Select the View All Slides box to load the entire document. Click to cancel the Live Preview.

Docking—The preview pane docks to the right. For docking options, click the preview panel's Settings icon: . Live Preview highlights the active segment. Move to any other segment by clicking that area of the Live Preview.
Slide Access—Click the forward or back arrow to progress through the slide deck or type the deck slide number in the Slide field. While in the editor, move back to the slide that correlates to the open segment by clicking the Target icon: .

For Markdown files

For JSON files

For JSON files, Live Preview shows the translatable text in bold and at a larger font size.

Enter the translation or leverage the TM for any segment.
On the Translation tab, click Next Segment or press Alt+Down Arrow to update the TM, move down one segment, and leverage the next segment from the TM.
The new translation is displayed. To collapse or expand the live preview pane, click the Collapse icon or the Expand icon . To zoom in or out of the live preview pane, select a percentage in the zoom drop-down list .
(Optional) Click Sync Preview to refresh the preview.