Forum: XTM Cloud support
Topic: What is your opinion on XTM Cloud CAT tool?
Poster: Edwal Rospigliosi
Post title: I'm a translator, not a programmer.
[quote]XTM Intl wrote:
However, placing tags in XTM is very easy. You can choose one of the ways to do it:
- Use Alt+0 and select the tag.
- Instead you can press Alt+1-9 to insert an opening or a closing tag with a specific number, so you can reduce the effort to one key stroke.
- You can first select a piece of text to be embrace in tags and then press alt+1-9 to apply both the opening and the closing tag in one go.
- Then, if you prefer working more with your mouse, you can simple drag and drop tags in the correct position.
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The thing is, I shouldn't have to press Alt+0 when it's a 99% match, the tags should be automatically in place instead of bunched up at the end. It means that in a tag-rich segment, such as Idml, I have to, first, DELETE all tags and THEN do "Alt+0" 10-12 times instead of just changing one number/letter. In the practice, it negates all the time-saving of having matches.
Next, I cannot drag and drop tags in the correct position because the mouse only works at the end or beginning of the segment, not in the middle.
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Coping source to target is easy too. You can do it by yourself for specific segments using a customizable shortcut or populate all target segments without matches. Both shortcuts and the latter option are available in the Editor's settings.
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It's easy for you, who made the program, to guess where it is. Is it too hard to place a "copy source" button at the side? It would be a lot more useful than some of the buttons that are already there.
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At this point, we can say that navigation between segments will be improved and the feature is under development.
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For a software that has been there for years, I find hard to believe that something so basic has not been fixed yet.
Topic: What is your opinion on XTM Cloud CAT tool?
Poster: Edwal Rospigliosi
Post title: I'm a translator, not a programmer.
[quote]XTM Intl wrote:
However, placing tags in XTM is very easy. You can choose one of the ways to do it:
- Use Alt+0 and select the tag.
- Instead you can press Alt+1-9 to insert an opening or a closing tag with a specific number, so you can reduce the effort to one key stroke.
- You can first select a piece of text to be embrace in tags and then press alt+1-9 to apply both the opening and the closing tag in one go.
- Then, if you prefer working more with your mouse, you can simple drag and drop tags in the correct position.
[/quote]
The thing is, I shouldn't have to press Alt+0 when it's a 99% match, the tags should be automatically in place instead of bunched up at the end. It means that in a tag-rich segment, such as Idml, I have to, first, DELETE all tags and THEN do "Alt+0" 10-12 times instead of just changing one number/letter. In the practice, it negates all the time-saving of having matches.
Next, I cannot drag and drop tags in the correct position because the mouse only works at the end or beginning of the segment, not in the middle.
[quote]
Coping source to target is easy too. You can do it by yourself for specific segments using a customizable shortcut or populate all target segments without matches. Both shortcuts and the latter option are available in the Editor's settings.
[/quote]
It's easy for you, who made the program, to guess where it is. Is it too hard to place a "copy source" button at the side? It would be a lot more useful than some of the buttons that are already there.
[quote]
At this point, we can say that navigation between segments will be improved and the feature is under development.
[/quote]
For a software that has been there for years, I find hard to believe that something so basic has not been fixed yet.