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Correcting Alignment text

When you are checking an alignment result file in the Alignment view, you can edit any mistakes that you spot in the content of the aligned segments.

About this task

To correct segment content:

Procedure

  1. Click inside the source or target segment you want to correct.
  2. Add, delete and move text as required. You can also use the Cut, Copy, Paste options on the ribbon or in the context menu.
  3. Save the changes to the alignment result file:
    • click Save to save the changes you make to the alignment result file (*.sdlalign or *.sdlretrofit).
    • for *.sdlalign files, click Save SDLXLIFF to update the *.sdlxliff version. You can use the *.sdlxliff to make further changes to the alignment file in the Editor view; for *.sdlretrofit, click Update SDLXLIFF file to add the Retrofit changes to the *.sdlxliff file.