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Assigning or editing custom field values

You can assign values to the fields of your translation units (TUs) to indicate the context where TUs are used. For example, if the translation memory (TM) contains a field called Usage, you could assign the Printed Guides value to indicate that the translation should only be used for printed guides as opposed to help.

About this task

You can also change currently assigned values.

Procedure

  1. Go to the Translation Memories view, make the TM for which you want to assign or edit custom field values the active TM by opening it.
  2. In the TM side-by-side editor window, select the TU that you want to assign a value to. The field values currently assigned to the TU are displayed in the Custom Fields box in the Field Values window.
  3. Add or edit the custom field value:
    If you want toThen

    Add a new value

    In the Custom Fields box, click inside the Value box to the right of the Field name and either enter the value or select the value from the drop-down list. The status of the TU changes to Edited and the edit TU icon appears in the Translation Unit Status column.

    Edit an existing value

    In the Custom Fields box, click inside the Value box to the right of the Field name and either:

    • Select a new value from a picklist to replace the existing value.
    • Double-click the text value that currently exists. This makes the text available for editing. Change the value and select OK.

    The status of the TU changes to Edited and the TU icon appears in the Translation Unit Status column.

  4. To undo the changes you made, select the edited segment, go to the Home tab and select Discard TU Changes.
  5. When you have finished making changes to the current page of TUs, commit the by going to the Home tab and selecting Commit Changes, with the following options:
    • Commit Changes and Re-Apply Search, to have the last item you edited automatically searched, after you commit your changes to the TM.
    • Commit Changes and Clear Search, to commit your changes to the TM, without having the last item you edited automatically searched.