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Edit Action: Change Field Value

Use the Edit Action: Change Field Value dialog box to identify a translation memory field and either update or clear the existing field content.

To display this dialog box, choose Change Field Value when you are adding a new edit action to the Batch Edit Wizard.

BoxDescription

Field

Select the field to be updated.

Change mode

Select the option that describes how you want existing field values to be handled. The options available here will change depending on the type of field you chose in the Field box:

  • Replace - select this if you want the existing field content to be replaced with the value in the Value box below.
  • Add - select this if you want to add the new value to any value that already exists in the field. If you have chosen a number field, you must specify a number in the Value box and this number will be added to the number that already exists in the field.
  • Remove - select this if you want to remove existing content from the field. If you have chosen a number field, you must specify a number in the Value box and this number will be subtracted from the number that already exists in the field.

Value

Specify the value to be used in the update. If you chose a number or date field, enter a number.

If you chose a picklist type field, the available picklist choices are displayed here. Select or clear the check boxes to indicate which value or values should be added or removed.

Click OK to close this dialog box and then click Finish on the Batch Edit Script page to start the field value change process and display the Applying Batch Edit Script page.

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