Have you got the widely spread FineReader from ABBYY? It is a tool used to extract text from PDF documents (and of course also for OCR-ing of paper documents; and similar tasks). If so, you may – like me – have missed that it includes a useful extra tool called the ABBYY Screenshot Reader, used […]

What follows is a (rather long) list of functions which I have found to be useful regardless of which job you are working on. If you are just starting to use Studio, chances are you are not familiar with all of them. Note: Due to the intricacies of the various possible levels of settings – […]

Sometimes the first activation of a segment in a document results – after a long time of searching the TM – in this error message: “An error has occured whilst using the translation  provider [TM]: The translation memory data file engine returned an  error: The database file is locked. Database is locked.” Several people have […]

AutoSuggest is a popular and helpful feature in Studio, but it’s a bit erratic (some entries you create are never suggested; the same thing applies to phrases which start with a short word). In addition to a “perfect” AutoSuggest, many users would like to see a function like Word’s AutoCorrection – to have misspellings corrected […]

…as long as the document is in MS Word 2000-2003 (.doc) and 2007-2010 (.docx) format. Somehow in the latest edition I missed describing the possibility to merge any two (consecutive) rows, regardless of same paragraph or not, using the new function to change source documents in those formats. It will be rectified in next edition […]

There are things to the verification/quality control processes that I hadn’t realised. A query from a friend led me to the following insights. (Which will replace the section “Verifying a project (normally after translation)” in the next update.) 1. Right-click the project in the Projects view and select Batch Tasks > Verify Files. Alternatives: Select […]

For cutting, copying and pasting, I prefer using the shortcuts Ctrl+Del, Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Ins, respectively, which are normally available in all Windows-based applications. (Why? It may be that being right-handed, I prefer using the right hand to press the non-function keys; it may also be that I find it easier to locate the Ins and […]

SDL OpenExchange arranged a competition in the categories “for free” and “paid-for”, and has now announced the winners – i.e. those applications that were “most downloaded” (which really means “most clicked-on”, since it is not possible to tell whether a click – which leads to the product home page – results in a download/sale or not). […]