Forum: Wordfast support
Topic: Selecting a glossary in wordfast classic
Poster: neilmac
Post title: My specific problem
[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
[quote]neilmac wrote:
For example, when I select the glossary I want to use, WF always seems to go back to the first one of the list by default. [/quote]
Hmm... can't help there. I don't quite understand.
Do you mean that when you add terms, it automatically selects the first one as the one to which the term is added? Hmm... if this does happen, it doesn't bother me, because I always add terms to the first glossary. I use the second and third glossaries only for reference.
[quote]And I don't know how to get glossary terms to insert. [/quote]
To add terms to the glossary:
1. Select the source term, press Ctrl+Alt+T
2. Select the target term, press Ctrl+Alt+T
3. Edit the entry and optionally select to which glossary you want to add it.
To insert glossary items into the txt:
1. Select the highlighted term using Ctrl+Alt+leftarrow and rightarrow.
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+downarrow to insert it.
OR:
1. Type the first few letters of the source text of the glossary item.
2. Press Tab, and its translation will be inserted into the target field.
[/quote]
No, I already know how to create glossaries and add the items to them. The problem is that when I select one of the 4 client-specific glossaries I have created and want to work with it, it returns to the nº 1 glossary, which corresponds to another client. So, I am unable to insert any vocabulary items that are in the pertinent glossary to the text I'm translating. However, as I said earlier, I just press on regardless without it. It's not an important issue for me, but it would be nice to know where I am going wrong, or how to get the glossary I want to work with to stay selected instead of reverting to the nº 1.
I find the WF help and forums like this pretty helpful, but ideally, I would like to be able to ask someone how to do certain specific actions in WF without having to go over things I already know how to do.
PS: I'm not referring to your post, for which I'm grateful, but just things in general. Last week I forgot how to change the background colour of the text and was too embarrassed to ask anyone (I eventually found out by trial and error)...
[Edited at 2014-10-10 18:42 GMT]
[Edited at 2014-10-10 18:43 GMT]
Topic: Selecting a glossary in wordfast classic
Poster: neilmac
Post title: My specific problem
[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
[quote]neilmac wrote:
For example, when I select the glossary I want to use, WF always seems to go back to the first one of the list by default. [/quote]
Hmm... can't help there. I don't quite understand.
Do you mean that when you add terms, it automatically selects the first one as the one to which the term is added? Hmm... if this does happen, it doesn't bother me, because I always add terms to the first glossary. I use the second and third glossaries only for reference.
[quote]And I don't know how to get glossary terms to insert. [/quote]
To add terms to the glossary:
1. Select the source term, press Ctrl+Alt+T
2. Select the target term, press Ctrl+Alt+T
3. Edit the entry and optionally select to which glossary you want to add it.
To insert glossary items into the txt:
1. Select the highlighted term using Ctrl+Alt+leftarrow and rightarrow.
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+downarrow to insert it.
OR:
1. Type the first few letters of the source text of the glossary item.
2. Press Tab, and its translation will be inserted into the target field.
[/quote]
No, I already know how to create glossaries and add the items to them. The problem is that when I select one of the 4 client-specific glossaries I have created and want to work with it, it returns to the nº 1 glossary, which corresponds to another client. So, I am unable to insert any vocabulary items that are in the pertinent glossary to the text I'm translating. However, as I said earlier, I just press on regardless without it. It's not an important issue for me, but it would be nice to know where I am going wrong, or how to get the glossary I want to work with to stay selected instead of reverting to the nº 1.
I find the WF help and forums like this pretty helpful, but ideally, I would like to be able to ask someone how to do certain specific actions in WF without having to go over things I already know how to do.
PS: I'm not referring to your post, for which I'm grateful, but just things in general. Last week I forgot how to change the background colour of the text and was too embarrassed to ask anyone (I eventually found out by trial and error)...
[Edited at 2014-10-10 18:42 GMT]
[Edited at 2014-10-10 18:43 GMT]