Documentation Center

Preview window

The Preview window in the Editor view displays a view of the document internally in the application.

By default, the Preview tab appears on the top right corner of the Editor view. Click on the Preview tab to display the window.

If the tab is not displayed in the Editor view, select View tab > Information group > Preview from the Ribbon. You can drag it to another location and resize the window.

BoxDescription
Toolbar

View

Select how you want to preview your document:

  • Preview - Select this to preview the translation as it is now. This preview is only updated with confirmed segments if you press Refresh.
  • Real-time Preview - Select this if you want the translation preview to update to reflect the changes as you type. This update occurs every time you confirm a segment. This feature uses a lot of processor power. If your instance of SDL Trados Studio becomes slow you may want to use the Preview option instead.

Refresh

Refreshes the currently visible preview.

Preview Tabs
Source

Click on this tab to preview the original source language version of the active document.

Side-by-side

Click on this tab to preview the source and target language versions of the active document side-by-side.

Target

Click this tab to preview the translated target language version of the active document.