Hello,

I am aligning two Word files with Studio 2019 SR1. Initially the matching was quite poor because the files differ quite a bit on the first pages. I disconnected all, connected some segments (Table of contents - Inhaltsverzeichnis) to give the Aligner a better starting point and clicked on "Realign". Voilá! It realigned a large stretch of the files quite well.

A bit further down there are passages where the alignment is poor again, so I disconnect the whole stretch, and reconnect and confirm one end point (e.g. the following chapter heading) and click "Realign". This time, I get the message that some passed alignments are "complex". Since this carries the severity of an error, I guess Studio is trying to express that they are "too complex". This comes with a second error: "Object reference..."

From that point on, the alignment will not save anymore, neither as sdlxliff nor as sdlalign and I can't import into TM either.

The "remedy" for now is to save before attempting to realign, to close the file if the "complex" error message came and re-open for further work.

What is actually happening? Why can't I realign disconnected segments anymore? Am I making a mistake or is there something I can avoid that would enable the aligner to realign remaining non-confirmed segments?

Daniel

Edit: Looks similar to this case: https://community.sdl.com/product-groups/translationproductivity/f/90/t/14032