| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | real-time preview "side-by-side" in Studio's preview window Thread poster: Aude Sylvain
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Aude Sylvain 
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Hello,
I work with Studio and would need to have my source and target files (*.docx) displayed side-by-side in the real preview/preview window.
I can see the target or source file in the window, using the appropriate tab ("target" or "source"), but the tab in the middle ("side-by-side") remains greyed regardless of the format I choose (bottom left of the window: Normal, Print view or Outline view).
I am speaking about the (real time) preview in the previe... See more Hello,
I work with Studio and would need to have my source and target files (*.docx) displayed side-by-side in the real preview/preview window.
I can see the target or source file in the window, using the appropriate tab ("target" or "source"), but the tab in the middle ("side-by-side") remains greyed regardless of the format I choose (bottom left of the window: Normal, Print view or Outline view).
I am speaking about the (real time) preview in the preview window (and not about previewing the document as a bilingual SDLXLIFF file in a web browser), as explained on SDL's website:
"Preview in the Preview Window
The Preview window is used to preview your source text or target text or both the source and target side-by-side. You can select how you want to preview your document in the Preview window:
* Preview -(...).
* Real-time Preview - (...)"
http://producthelp.sdl.com/SDL%20Trados%20Studio/client_en/Edit_View/About_Previewing.htm
Would anyone know how to use/activate that "side-by-side" feature?
Many thanks
(Studio SP3, MS Office 2010) ▲ Collapse
| | | | Jerzy Czopik
Germany
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| There is a tab for this | Jan 17, 2011 |
When you open the preview pane in Studio, you should see three tabs, Source, Side-by-Side and Target. At least this is what I see in SP3.
| | | | Aude Sylvain
France
Local time: 19:41
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TOPIC STARTER | the tab is greyed | Jan 17, 2011 |
Hello Jerzy,
Thank you, I do see these 3 tabs, but as mentioned I can only click on 2 of them (source/target). The tab in the centre (side-by-side) is greyed.
[Edited at 2011-01-17 15:21 GMT]
| | | | Jerzy Czopik
Germany
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| Sorry, I was too fast | Jan 17, 2011 |
Do you have Office 2007 on your system?
I must admit I never tried to use this particular feature...
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Aude Sylvain
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TOPIC STARTER
Thank you. No, I have Office 2010 (Windows 7), and my Studio is fully up to date. The source and target previews work perfectly well...
| | | | Jerzy Czopik
Germany
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| Aude Sylvain
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TOPIC STARTER | yes it is installed | Jan 17, 2011 |
Hi Jerzy, yes I already had this software installed. I just re-installed it just in case, but nothing changed.
To avoid any doubt: my screen is exactly the same as in this post: http://www.proz.com/forum/sdl_trados_support/162982-preview_text_garbled.html#1372711 (sorry I do not know how to publish a picture), except that, in the preview window ... See more Hi Jerzy, yes I already had this software installed. I just re-installed it just in case, but nothing changed.
To avoid any doubt: my screen is exactly the same as in this post: http://www.proz.com/forum/sdl_trados_support/162982-preview_text_garbled.html#1372711 (sorry I do not know how to publish a picture), except that, in the preview window (right hand window), the "side-by-side" tab is greyed so I cannot click on it. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Jerzy Czopik
Germany
Local time: 19:41
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| To post a picture online | Jan 17, 2011 |
you have to upload it somwhere to b accessible via Internet.
Then you use the tag [ img ]htto://www.myfoto.com[ / img ]
(without spaces in tags)
To your primary problem I unfortunately do not have a solution, sorry.
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Aude Sylvain
France
Local time: 19:41
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TOPIC STARTER
Jerzy Czopik wrote:
you have to upload it somwhere to b accessible via Internet.
Then you use the tag [ img ]htto://www.myfoto.com[ / img ]
(without spaces in tags)
Thank you! I knew I had seen that explanation somewhere but could not remember the code!
Regarding my 'side-by-side" problem, I hope someone from SDL Support will pass by...
Thank you for your efforts as always, Jerzy.
| | | | | Just passing... | Jan 17, 2011 |
Aude Sylvain wrote:
Regarding my 'side-by-side" problem, I hope someone from SDL Support will pass by...
Hi Aude,
I think you've been mislead a little by the help. Apologies for that and I will raise a correction with Technical Publications to make sure this is clear in the future.
We can only preview side-by-side for HTML or XML like this;
For the side-by-side preview if you are using any other format, as we use the native applications to preview and not an html rendition, this is difficult to manage so you would have to use the html preview which opens in a browser but is not in real time.
Regards
Paul
| | | | Aude Sylvain
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TOPIC STARTER | Thanks Paul! | Jan 17, 2011 |
Hi Paul,
Thanks very much for your clarification! Indeed I was thinking about you
In fact I hoped I could see both the source and target content in a kind of WYSIWYG format, so the html preview (that opens in a browser) won't be very helpful... Then I guess the simplest, for my particular case, would be to generate a target *.docx from time to time... and put it side-by-side with the *.docx source manuall... See more Hi Paul,
Thanks very much for your clarification! Indeed I was thinking about you
In fact I hoped I could see both the source and target content in a kind of WYSIWYG format, so the html preview (that opens in a browser) won't be very helpful... Then I guess the simplest, for my particular case, would be to generate a target *.docx from time to time... and put it side-by-side with the *.docx source manually.
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| | | | Daniel Weston
United States
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| Another option | Jan 18, 2011 |
Hi Aude - another option:
File > View In > Microsoft Word as Source
Then once that is opened, go back to Studio,
File > View In > Microsoft Word as Target
Then just use the view side-by-side in Word.
It works this way, but it may be just as easy to generate the target docx and do as you mentioned above...
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Aude Sylvain
France
Local time: 19:41
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TOPIC STARTER
Hi Daniel,
Thanks very much for your suggestion.
It seems a great idea, but I can't open the source and then the target using that method (File > View In > Microsoft Word as Source/as Target). I would have an error message when MS Word tries to open the second file (I assume it's because Trados gives the same name to both files).
However I succeeded in opening the target in MS Word through Studio (File > View In > Microsoft Word as Target) and then openin... See more Hi Daniel,
Thanks very much for your suggestion.
It seems a great idea, but I can't open the source and then the target using that method (File > View In > Microsoft Word as Source/as Target). I would have an error message when MS Word tries to open the second file (I assume it's because Trados gives the same name to both files).
However I succeeded in opening the target in MS Word through Studio (File > View In > Microsoft Word as Target) and then opening the source directly from my folder (HD) using Word. It's perfect - much quicker than generating an updated target docx file every 5 minutes.
Many thanks for this tip, Daniel. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Daniel Weston
United States
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| I'm using Word 2007 | Jan 18, 2011 |
Maybe something changed with Word 2010? It seems to open both files for me, but at least you found a way around it!
| | | | Aude Sylvain
France
Local time: 19:41
English to French
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TOPIC STARTER | Word 2010/2007 | Jan 18, 2011 |
Hi Daniel,
Yes, they may have changed something between Office 2007 or 2010. Or, and most probably, I would need to adapt my settings (but how?).
In any case your suggestion was extremely helpful, I've been using it today (View in... MS Word as Target) and it works really fine!
Thanks again
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