Use Live Preview

Using Live Preview you can generate a dynamic preview of a translated file in its original format for the following file types:

Live Preview is enabled by default in the TXLF Editor view. To collapse or expand the live preview pane, click the Collapse icon or the Expand icon located on the top-right of the TXLF Editor view. To zoom in or out of the live preview pane, select a percentage in the zoom drop-down list . To enable or disable automatic opening of Live Preview, go to General Preferences > General, and select or deselect Automatically open Live Preview for supported files.

To generate a Live Preview:

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

    Only one preview option is possible at a time.

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

    For MS Word files

    The live preview pane docks to the right. For docking options, click the live 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 live preview pane.

    The live preview pane docks to the right. For docking options, click the live 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 PowerPoint files

    PowerPoint files can be graphically intensive and 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 live preview pane docks to the right. For docking options, click the live 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

    The live preview pane docks to the right. For docking options, click the live 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 JSON files

    The live preview pane docks to the right. For docking options, click the live 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 JSON files, Live Preview shows the translatable text in bold and at a larger font size.
  4. Enter the translation or leverage the TM for any segment.
  5. 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.

  6. (Optional) Click Sync Preview to refresh the preview.
Parent topic: Manage Submission Files