Print preview (CTRL+P) and Preview via Print & View no longer available

Hello,

I have been using Studio 2017 for months, and I have been regularly using CTRL+P to preview the target file. Suddenly, last week, this option became no longer available: nothing happens when I press CTRL+P, and if I select "File>Print & View>View In", the "Print Preview" option is not active (light gray), and the (View in) "Microsoft Word as source" and Microsoft Word as target" options are no longer displayed:

   

I cannot use the Preview tab in the Editor view, either: I get a "There is no preview available" message (anyway, I have never been able to use Real-Time Preview: I think this is due to the Office 365 Click to Run installation). This means that every time I want to look at the the target file is to save it and then open it in Word - which is very annoying and time-wasting.

Has anybody encountered this issue and is there a workaround?

Many thanks,

Donatella

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  • Hi Donatella,

    What was the original filetype you were translating? Perhaps it's not a Word file?

    Regards

    Paul

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  • Dear Paul,

    it is a Word file (from a package - Word 2007 v 2.0.0.0 (WS: Word 2010-2013)). I have been working on it for weeks (160,000 words) and Preview worked perfectly until last week. It still works in other projects.

    Regards,

    Donatella
  • Hi Donatella,

    Perhaps the problem is that the package was created with an older version of Studio and an older version of the Word filetype. Is it a Studio package or a WorldServer Package?

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  • Hi Paul,

    thank you for your prompt reply. It is a WorldServer Package, probably created with Studio 2015. However, the Preview worked fine until last week (I translated 65k words out of approx. 150k words) on that very project/file (let's call it Project 1), so this may not be the problem.

    I tried to re-open the original package creating a new project (Project 2), and then the Preview worked, but the sdlxliff file was obviously untranslated. I thought I had inadvertendly changed some options in the Project Settings of Project 1, so I copied the partially translated sdlxliff file of Project 1 in the new Project 2, replacing the empty sdlxiff file, and the problem came up again in Project 2: no Preview available, even if I had changed no project setting. So, I think the sdlxliff became corrupt somehow. I could leverage my TM and pre-translate the new, empty sdlxliff file, but I would lose all the match percentages: all the segments would become 100% Match or Context Match.

    I also tried to create a new single-file project (Project 3) opening the Project 1 sdlxliff file for translation. The file opens, but the following message appears:
    "This file was created using a file type definition that does not exist on your system (Word 2007 v 2.0.0.0. (WS: Word 2010-2013 - No links). The following functionality will be restricted or unavailable: Saving, Verification, Quick Tags, Preview."

    I think this is a file type definition created by my client, who does not want hyperlinks to be translated (they do not even appear in the sdlxliff file).

    In fact, in Project 3 the only Print Preview option available is Side-by-side preview - no Word target file preview and, most importantly, I cannot save the Word target file (Failed to save target content: Cannot find file type definition with id Word 2007 v 2.0.0.0 (WS:Word 2010-2013 - No links).

    Any ideas of what might have happened to my file?

    Many thanks,

    Donatella
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  • Hi Paul,

    thank you for your prompt reply. It is a WorldServer Package, probably created with Studio 2015. However, the Preview worked fine until last week (I translated 65k words out of approx. 150k words) on that very project/file (let's call it Project 1), so this may not be the problem.

    I tried to re-open the original package creating a new project (Project 2), and then the Preview worked, but the sdlxliff file was obviously untranslated. I thought I had inadvertendly changed some options in the Project Settings of Project 1, so I copied the partially translated sdlxliff file of Project 1 in the new Project 2, replacing the empty sdlxiff file, and the problem came up again in Project 2: no Preview available, even if I had changed no project setting. So, I think the sdlxliff became corrupt somehow. I could leverage my TM and pre-translate the new, empty sdlxliff file, but I would lose all the match percentages: all the segments would become 100% Match or Context Match.

    I also tried to create a new single-file project (Project 3) opening the Project 1 sdlxliff file for translation. The file opens, but the following message appears:
    "This file was created using a file type definition that does not exist on your system (Word 2007 v 2.0.0.0. (WS: Word 2010-2013 - No links). The following functionality will be restricted or unavailable: Saving, Verification, Quick Tags, Preview."

    I think this is a file type definition created by my client, who does not want hyperlinks to be translated (they do not even appear in the sdlxliff file).

    In fact, in Project 3 the only Print Preview option available is Side-by-side preview - no Word target file preview and, most importantly, I cannot save the Word target file (Failed to save target content: Cannot find file type definition with id Word 2007 v 2.0.0.0 (WS:Word 2010-2013 - No links).

    Any ideas of what might have happened to my file?

    Many thanks,

    Donatella
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