Hello  @Heijo Willem Alting (Heijo WillemAlting)

When you import PDF's into Studio- these are converted to the SDLXLIFF format as you are already aware.

Studio will only allow you then to export to SDLXLIFF or Doc format.

It is NOT possible to save as PDF from within Studio.

If you client really needs PDF (?) then you would need to re-save the doc file manually outside of Studio.

Kr

Steve

Hi Heijo Willem Alting (Heijo WillemAlting)

Sorry for the late reply- I missed your response

Just go to File

The SAVE TARGET AS

and then you should see the following 

Then once you open the saved (doc) file- you can then save as PDF if this is really necessary.

Kr

Steve

Unknown said:

Funny that the Export function isn't greyed out in the Batch menu for an sdlxliff created from a pdf (improvement hint).

Hi Heijo Willem Alting 

This is because the export is essentially doing exactly the same as the Save Target, which is essentially what Steve explained.  When you open a PDF in Studio you are really handling a DOCX as the file is converted before it's opened in Studio for translation.  This is why it's sometimes a better idea to open the PDF and immediately close it.  Then you can "tidy up" the DOCX first to remove excessive tagging and unwanted hard breaks for example and translate that instead.

I guess it would't be too hard to add a PDF conversion to the save, but I imagine most customers wouldn't want that because then they won't be able to edit the file either!  PDF is normally a last resort.  If you have the real source files they should always be translated in preference.

Regards

Paul

Unknown said:

Funny that the Export function isn't greyed out in the Batch menu for an sdlxliff created from a pdf (improvement hint).

Hi Heijo Willem Alting 

This is because the export is essentially doing exactly the same as the Save Target, which is essentially what Steve explained.  When you open a PDF in Studio you are really handling a DOCX as the file is converted before it's opened in Studio for translation.  This is why it's sometimes a better idea to open the PDF and immediately close it.  Then you can "tidy up" the DOCX first to remove excessive tagging and unwanted hard breaks for example and translate that instead.

I guess it would't be too hard to add a PDF conversion to the save, but I imagine most customers wouldn't want that because then they won't be able to edit the file either!  PDF is normally a last resort.  If you have the real source files they should always be translated in preference.

Regards

Paul