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Added support for bilingual Excel files

Trados Studio 2017 can now process Microsoft Excel files where the source and target text is organized in the columns of a spreadsheet.

The new Bilingual Excel file type can also handle additional columns that contain reference information such as translation context and comments. Trados Studio will display these as Document Structure Information once the content of the spreadsheet is open for translation in the Editor view.

You can also use the new filter for translating spreadsheets that contain multiple target languages. For more information, see Working with multilingual Excel files.

To configure what the new file type extracts for translation from bilingual Excel files, go to File > Options > Bilingual Excel.

The Bilingual Excel file type supports any files created in Excel 2007 and later. Studio can process Excel files even if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer.