Hi Matthias,

I'm glad you've found it helpful! The blog post is not ready yet, but I may be able to help with what you need. A script to select all the content of the segment and enclose it in tags would be:

Use the Windows key + A to activate

;Enclose segment in tags
#a::
Send ^a          ;selects all
Sleep 100
Send ^!{Right}   ;applies tags
Sleep 100
Send {Right}     ;moves the cursor to the right to deselect the text
Return

Hope that helps!

Dear @Nora Días,

Your script is very helpful, but I wonder if there is a way to insert tags separately with a single keystroke, without having to select the text inside the tags. What I mean is that every time we press "LWin key" (or other key you choose) Studio inserts the next following partial tag (opening tag or closing tag) which are in source segment.

For instance, if we have something like that:
<tag1>Gracias</tag1> a la vida <tag2>que me</tag2> ha dado tanto.

we could do this:
press LWin key >> Studio inserts the first opening tag
type Gracias
press LWin key >> Studio inserts the first closing tag
type a la vida
press LWin key >> Studio inserts the second opening tag
type que me 
press LWin key >> Studio inserts the second closing tag
type ha dado tanto.

I think memoQ has something like that (with F9).

If I do not made myself clear, please ask me.

Un abrazo, 
Silvia

Hi Silvia,

Partial tags would require using Quickplace and that has two complications for a script like this: 1. Other non-tag placeables are included in the list and 2. The opening and closing partial tags do not appear sequentially in the Quickplace list.

However, here's a variation of the script that may help a little. It places the cursor inside the tag pair, where you can then simply start typing. Would that help? Keep in mind that it will also move the cursor to the left of any placeholder tags inserted this way.

#IfWinActive ahk_exe SDLTradosStudio.exe

n:=1
return

Lwin::
if (n = 1)
Send, ^!{Right}{Esc}{Right}{Left}
else
{
Send, {Ctrl Down}{Alt Down}{Right %n%}
Sleep 200
Send, {Ctrl Up}{Alt Up}{Esc}{Right}{Left}
}
n++ ; increment n
return

~^Enter::n := 1 ;script is reset with Confirm and Move to Next Segment shortcut, tilde is needed to pass through the original action for Ctrl+Enter

Hi, @Nora Díaz,

Sorry for not answering you earlier. I did some tests here with your new script and I think it can helps in some way. Thank you very much for your kind attention.

Un abrazo,

Sílvia

Hi Nora. This might seem a silly question, but where do I input this script to make it work? I have Trados 2021. I'm not so well-versed in this back-end technical stuff, but I really would like this feature you created because it's exactly what I need right now. Thanks.