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This is tracked in our internal systems as LTE-255.

Make case toggle shift+F3 default to word if nothing selected

In MS Office, Memsource and MemoQ until version 2015, Shift+F3 is a shortcut to toggle case. Unless I select some text, the toggle function will work on the word in which the cursor is, which is convenient in the majority of cases where I just need to toggle between no caps and initial caps.

Studio also has this toggle function, but it is much less efficient, because if I don't specifically select some text, it does nothing. It isn't smart enough to figure out that if nothing is selected, I simply want it to act on the word in which the cursor is.

It would seem a simple improvement to make. If something is selected, it should simply continue to work as it does now.

MemoQ's toggle function used to be the best, as it had an intelligent cycle order, predicting the most likely change, e.g. from initial caps to no caps, whereas Office and Memsource use a 'dumb' fixed cycle going from initial caps to all caps.

As of version 8, MemoQ now has the worst case change function of all, as they have scrapped the toggle function and introduced a menu that stops the user every single time they want to toggle case. This is why I dumped MemoQ. It is endlessly annoying and ruins my concentration. Please don't ruin Studio's toggle function in this way, but make it better.

Of course, if some users prefer a menu, that’s no problem, as long as it isn’t made mandatory for those who prefer a toggle function. One-size-fits-all solutions rarely work. The trouble with Kilgray is that they stubbornly refuse to listen to the users that want to keep the toggle function in MemoQ.

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  • Thanks for your comments, and for your suggestion, Nora. Now, I have no idea how to install that script, and I'm completely new to Studio after having defected from MemoQ, because their developers show no interest in improving things for translators. I guess I can google how to install a script in Studio. I'll have figure out so many things about it anyway. The amount of information is quite overwhelming when you just start, and I haven't really had a quiet moment to do it yet.

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  • Thanks for your comments, and for your suggestion, Nora. Now, I have no idea how to install that script, and I'm completely new to Studio after having defected from MemoQ, because their developers show no interest in improving things for translators. I guess I can google how to install a script in Studio. I'll have figure out so many things about it anyway. The amount of information is quite overwhelming when you just start, and I haven't really had a quiet moment to do it yet.

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