Deactivated options (in grey) Thread poster: patriciabr
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patriciabr 
United States
Local time: 23:05
English to Spanish
Hi, I just installed Transit NXT Freelance Pro and have been using the basic tools, like creating a project, installing an open-source dictionary, and aligning a file.
I haven't figured out though why some options are deactivated (or greyed out) such as the Read-Only (from the Edit+Text toolbars) and the join/split/etc options in the Aligment toolbar. I am particularly interested (ie I'm stuck!) in splitting segments for my first alignment, but I haven't been able to figure out how ... See more Hi, I just installed Transit NXT Freelance Pro and have been using the basic tools, like creating a project, installing an open-source dictionary, and aligning a file.
I haven't figured out though why some options are deactivated (or greyed out) such as the Read-Only (from the Edit+Text toolbars) and the join/split/etc options in the Aligment toolbar. I am particularly interested (ie I'm stuck!) in splitting segments for my first alignment, but I haven't been able to figure out how to do this since the options are not "available" in the toolbar, so to speak.
I have been reading as much as I can from this site and learning a lot, and I'm really thankful for this all the help and tips that I've learned so far.
So, anyway, could someone tell me if I need to do something else to activate these options that appeared greyed out?
Thanks in advance.
Paty ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Did you activate the alignment mode? | Nov 28, 2010 |
Dear Paty,
Did you activate the alignment mode?
Make sure to activate this mode from the Alignment group in the Ribbon toolbar.
Thanks
| | | | patriciabr
United States
Local time: 23:05
English to Spanish
TOPIC STARTER
That was so easy! I just did it. Thanks so much.
But I still can't change the Read-Only status. It's still greyed-out. Could you also help with that?
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I am not sure you can lock the target window to read only (in a translating project) and that it would make any sense. You can, however, unlock the read-only status of the source, should you feel it necessary (I have never done it in using NXT for about two years, though).
Antonin
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patriciabr
United States
Local time: 23:05
English to Spanish
TOPIC STARTER | I'm referring to unlocking the source text | Nov 28, 2010 |
For example, if I find an error in the source text and want to correct it so that I don't send the mistake to the translation memory. I guess the way to avoid this is doing a spell check, for example, in Word, before bringing the source text into the program. So, how do I activate the option (un-grey it) to unlock it?
Thanks so much for your valuable help!
Paty
[Edited at 2010-11-28 15:10 GMT]
[Edited at 2010-11-28 15:12 GMT]
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In my NXT Professional it does work – while the cursor is in the target, it is grayed, when I activate the cursor's position in the source, it becomes "alive"
But my principle si never to actually modify the source files, I rather let the customer know in an extra file of comments.
Antonin
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