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Home tab - Files View

The Home tab contains the most frequently used commands for working with SDL Trados Studio projects and packages.

The following table describes all the default groups and commands that are displayed on the Home tab in the Projects view:
CommandDescriptionGroup

Project Settings

Click this to display the Project Settings dialog box for the active project.

Configuration

Open For Translation

Click this to open the selected file for translation in Studio. The file opens in the Editor view. It also automatically opens any translation memories, termbases and settings associated with the file in the active project.

The Editor configuration changes when you open a document for translation and is designed to assist you in the different tasks you might perform when translating.

Click for information about how to translate your file.

Open

Open for Review

Click this to open the selected file for review in Studio. The file opens in the Editor view. It also automatically opens any translation memories, termbases and settings associated with the file in the active project. The Editor configuration changes when you open a document for review and is designed to assist you in the different tasks you might perform when reviewing.

Click How to Open and Review a File for information about how to review your file.

Open for Sign Off

Click this to open the selected file for sign-off in Studio. Opening a file for sign-off is an additional review that you can perform after a file has been opened for review. The file opens in the Editor view. It also automatically opens any translation memories, termbases and settings associated with the file in the active project.

The Editor configuration changes when you open a document for sign-off and is designed to assist you in the different tasks you might perform when signing off.

Click How to Open and Sign-off a File for more information.

Batch Tasks

Click this to start batch processing tasks.

The Batch Tasks drop-down list is displayed. When you click a command on this list, documents that are open in Studio are closed, and the Batch Processing wizard starts.

Click Batch Task Descriptions to see descriptions of the available batch tasks.

ClickBatch Task Sequence Descriptions to see descriptions of the system-provided batch task sequences.

File Actions

Explore Containing Folder

Click this to open the folder on your machine that contains the currently selected file.

Open File Externally

Click this to open the selected file in a different application on your machine. If the selected file type is associated with an application on your machine, it will automatically open in that application. If there is no application associated with that file type, you will be prompted to select an application.

This is useful if you want to open the original source language document in its native application. If the file is currently a bilingual *.sdlxliff file, this option is disabled.

Open File With

Click this to choose an application in which to open the selected file. This is useful if you want to open the original source language document in its native application.

Add Files

Click this to display the Add Files dialog box where you can select files to add to the active project. The project files are added to the project source language as translatable files.

Click How to Add Files to an Existing Project for more information.

Add Folders

Click this to display the Add Folder dialog box where you can select a folder structure containing files that you want to add to the active project. The folder is added to the navigation pane. Sub-folders are also added automatically. The project files are added to the project source language as translatable files.

Available only in the Files view.

Add New Folder

Click this to open the New Folder dialog box where you can add a new empty folder to the active project.

Delete Files

Click this to delete the selected files from the active project.

Change File Usage

Click this to change what this file will be used for in this project.

The Change File Usage dialog box is displayed.

For more information, see About Specifying File Usage.

Revert to SDLXLIFF

Click this to revert a file that has already been converted to its final translated target version back to a bilingual *.sdlxliff file.

Check Out

Select a SDL Studio GroupShare project file and click this to download an up-to-date copy of the file to your computer. When you check out a file, GroupShare automatically locks the copy of the file on the Project Server so that other team members cannot check out the same file at the same time as you.

For more information, see Check Out Files.

GroupShare

Check In

Select a GroupShare project file and click this to update the GroupShare server with the version of the file that you have on your computer.

For more information see About Checking In Files to GroupShare.

Cancel Check Out

Select a GroupShare project file and click this to cancel your check out and discard the changes you made locally. If you have the Cancel Checkout permission, you also have the ability to cancel someone else's check out.

For more information about GroupShare permissions, see the SDL GroupShare Help.

Click Check Out Files to read more about canceling a Check Out.

Get Latest Version

Select a GroupShare Project file and click this to download the most up-to-date version of this file, which includes the latest changes other users made to the file. For more information, see Get the Latest Version of the Files.

Change Phase

Select a GroupShare project file and click this to change its current phase. Choose a phase that reflects the current translation stage in the document. You can only change the phase of a file in the project target language.

For more information, see Change a Phase.

Assign to Users in Phase

Select files from a GroupShare project and click this to assign them to users who are members of a GroupShare role. The assigned users can download the files from a GroupShare server and complete the tasks specific to the phase that you specify.

You can only create assignments in the target language and only for translatable and localizable files.

For more information, see Assign Files to Users and Phases.

Create Project Package

Click this to create a project package

containing all of the files that need to be sent to a project team member in order for them to commence work on a project. Once the package is created, you send it by email to the team member who will be working on the project files.

Packages

Create Return Package

Click this to create a return package

containing project files for which a specific manual task has been completed. For example, project files that have been translated or reviewed.

Create Studio 2009 Package

Click this to create a package in Studio 2009 format so that in can be opened in Studio 2009. Click here for more information about .

Layout

Layout

Choose an option to display a different layout in the Files view. The layout determines what columns of information are displayed on the top window in the Files view. You can select from:

  • File details layout
  • Confirmation statistics layout
  • Analysis statistics layout
  • Sent tasks layout
  • My tasks layout
  • File assignment layout
  • New Layout - Select this to display the New Layout dialog box where you can create a custom Files view layout.

Layout

Go to last segment

Jump to the last segment in the last document you worked on.

Bookmarks

Go to last segment in project

Jump to the last segment you worked on in any given project.

Bookmark settings

Open the Bookmark settings dialog box and choose if Studio jumps to the last segment you worked on startup.

View Bookmarks

Click this to display the Bookmarks pane to manage and navigate to your bookmarks. See Using Bookmarks.

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