Forum: Wordfast support
Topic: Looking for instructions on how to set up Classic on a new computer
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: @Sheila and @Neilmac
[quote]Sheila Wilson wrote:
I have a paid subscription to Wordfast Classic... [/quote]
Do you still have a copy of the wordfast.dot file that you used to use? Or do you intend to use the latest version off the WFC web site?
If you want to use the latest version (6.99) or the almost latest version (6.45), the go to [url removed] and log in with your username/password (your username is an e-mail address) and then download WFC from [url removed]
If you want to use your old wordfast.dot version, well, tell us what is the version number? To see the version number, on your old computer, open the WFC panel and click on the question mark tab.
Odds are you should be able to open the wordfast.dot file in MS Word and then be prompted to press a key combination for automatic installation.
[quote]So far, I've installed the free trial version on the new computer... [/quote]
Which version number? If the latest, then: uninstall it. You need to log in on the WFC web site and download it after you've logged in. The version you download while you're logged in is automatically licensed for you.
If you want to use a version that you've downloaded while not logged in (or if you use a version older than version 6.01c), you'll have to use the manual relicensing system by cliking the button on [url removed]
[quote]I've also copied my data files across to the new computer (TMs, glossaries, etc), although I imagine I'll have to point Wf at them. [/quote]
If the files are located in the same folders and subfolders as they used to be on the previous computer, then you won't need to point WFC to them. Their locations are in the INI files (the setup files). Did you copy the INI files from your old computer? Those are the setups. Look for them in the same folder where wordfast.dot is located.
[quote]Why can't I find this information easily? I can't understand it. I know I've been through this loop before. [/quote]
Go to [url removed] There, at the top right, you'll see a login widget. Log in. Then, you're directed to a page that says what you must do (you either choose to download a pre-registered version by clicking the relevant link or you choose to relicense your current installation by clicking the relevant button). Or, if you are logged in, go to Support > My Account.
By the way:
To find the INI files on your old computer (and copy them to your new computer) you have to unhide hidden folders (at least temporarily). Here's how: [url removed]
An extremely useful program that can also help you find the INI files is Voidtools' Everything: [url removed]
The location of the INI files will depend on your version of Windows and your version of Word.
[quote]neilmac wrote:
I hate to break the news to you, but WF Classic will not work with Excel and PowerPoint files in MS Office versions higher than 2010. [/quote]
That is true. And even if you have an old version of Word, you also need to use an older version of WFC, because the newest version (6.99) doesn't do it either. The preferred way to translate Excel files with WFC 6.99+ is by roundtripping via either WFA or WFP3.
[url removed]
[quote]Gerard de Noord wrote:
I'd recommend creating new .ini files on your new computer. [/quote]
I, on the other hand, take my old INI files with me everywhere (I have about 30 of them, and it would take hours to recreate them).
[Edited at 2017-09-24 20:28 GMT]
Topic: Looking for instructions on how to set up Classic on a new computer
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: @Sheila and @Neilmac
[quote]Sheila Wilson wrote:
I have a paid subscription to Wordfast Classic... [/quote]
Do you still have a copy of the wordfast.dot file that you used to use? Or do you intend to use the latest version off the WFC web site?
If you want to use the latest version (6.99) or the almost latest version (6.45), the go to [url removed] and log in with your username/password (your username is an e-mail address) and then download WFC from [url removed]
If you want to use your old wordfast.dot version, well, tell us what is the version number? To see the version number, on your old computer, open the WFC panel and click on the question mark tab.
Odds are you should be able to open the wordfast.dot file in MS Word and then be prompted to press a key combination for automatic installation.
[quote]So far, I've installed the free trial version on the new computer... [/quote]
Which version number? If the latest, then: uninstall it. You need to log in on the WFC web site and download it after you've logged in. The version you download while you're logged in is automatically licensed for you.
If you want to use a version that you've downloaded while not logged in (or if you use a version older than version 6.01c), you'll have to use the manual relicensing system by cliking the button on [url removed]
[quote]I've also copied my data files across to the new computer (TMs, glossaries, etc), although I imagine I'll have to point Wf at them. [/quote]
If the files are located in the same folders and subfolders as they used to be on the previous computer, then you won't need to point WFC to them. Their locations are in the INI files (the setup files). Did you copy the INI files from your old computer? Those are the setups. Look for them in the same folder where wordfast.dot is located.
[quote]Why can't I find this information easily? I can't understand it. I know I've been through this loop before. [/quote]
Go to [url removed] There, at the top right, you'll see a login widget. Log in. Then, you're directed to a page that says what you must do (you either choose to download a pre-registered version by clicking the relevant link or you choose to relicense your current installation by clicking the relevant button). Or, if you are logged in, go to Support > My Account.
By the way:
To find the INI files on your old computer (and copy them to your new computer) you have to unhide hidden folders (at least temporarily). Here's how: [url removed]
An extremely useful program that can also help you find the INI files is Voidtools' Everything: [url removed]
The location of the INI files will depend on your version of Windows and your version of Word.
[quote]neilmac wrote:
I hate to break the news to you, but WF Classic will not work with Excel and PowerPoint files in MS Office versions higher than 2010. [/quote]
That is true. And even if you have an old version of Word, you also need to use an older version of WFC, because the newest version (6.99) doesn't do it either. The preferred way to translate Excel files with WFC 6.99+ is by roundtripping via either WFA or WFP3.
[url removed]
[quote]Gerard de Noord wrote:
I'd recommend creating new .ini files on your new computer. [/quote]
I, on the other hand, take my old INI files with me everywhere (I have about 30 of them, and it would take hours to recreate them).
[Edited at 2017-09-24 20:28 GMT]