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copy content of source segment to clipboard with one shortcut (credit for this goes to Epameinondas Soufleros)

Hi,

Who does not know the problem. The source segment contains an error you want to tell the client about or you need source string for some form you need to fill in for the client e.g. for a QA.

Now you would need to activate source segment, make it editable, copy content and switch back to target segment afterwards. Either using your mouse... quite some clicking or using existing shortcuts which still makes around 4 to 5 shortcuts to be hit, that's not efficient working. ;)

Would it be possible to add a shortcut (and a symbol in ribbon list) in Editor view with the ability to have all these steps done for the segment you are working on right now.

As the shortcut can be customized through options, I guess the key combination used does not matter. The important thing would be the result:

When using that shortcut Trados automatically copies the content of the source segment to clipboard so that you can use it on any form or email you need to send to your client.

This is not a shortcut for editing source segment but to copy its content.

regards,

Pascal

Pascal Zotto
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  • Hi Nora,

    In fact I already have such an AHK script with ALT+SHIFT+C:

    +^c::

    Send, {F6}

    Send, !{F2}

    Send, ^a

    Send, ^c

    Send, {F6}

    Return

    but this idea came up today, as Paul can confirm, only that the idea starter did not really post the idea as such but asked for 3 existing hotkeys that in fact already existed. In the comments it showed he was looking for something like this. Although you can use AHK I guess a hotkey in Studio will help many users that are not as keen with AHK or other helpers as some of us.

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  • Hi Nora,

    In fact I already have such an AHK script with ALT+SHIFT+C:

    +^c::

    Send, {F6}

    Send, !{F2}

    Send, ^a

    Send, ^c

    Send, {F6}

    Return

    but this idea came up today, as Paul can confirm, only that the idea starter did not really post the idea as such but asked for 3 existing hotkeys that in fact already existed. In the comments it showed he was looking for something like this. Although you can use AHK I guess a hotkey in Studio will help many users that are not as keen with AHK or other helpers as some of us.

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