Ivan Bertrand

Maybe check the obvious first and ensure it's not just displaying the find dialogue on a different screen, or behind your open windows?

Or, perhaps make sure you don't have some keyboard clash within Trados Studio or with some other application you have running?

It would also be useful to know where you are trying to use this feature?

Hi Paul;

I cannot see the CTRL F window appear anywhere.

I tried the CTRL F under Word, and it works fine.

I have to admit that I am at a loss.

I am trying to use this in the home screen (where I usually use his function).

I can see something strange, that is when I type CTRL F, the cursor disappears (as if  it was  going to a ghost window).

Any idea how to find this window?

Kind regards

Ivan Bertrand

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling?

Hi Ali:

I am in the middle of a very large translation (over 150,000) words and I am a bit scared to do this.

Best

Ivan

Fair enough...

Have you tried to reset Studio as suggested? gateway.sdl.com/.../communityknowledge

Hi Jerzy,

Is this procedure safe? Or will I need to reinstall all the apps from the appstore?

Regards

Ivan

Usually you will not need to reinstall the plugins. But even if, the procedure is very safe.

Hi Ivan Bertrand

OK, let's go back to the instructions I sent regarding the 'Move' icon, when right-clicking on the empty white rectangle that pops up from the bottom toolbar if you hover over the Studio icon...

After you right-click on the white rectangle, left click on 'Move' on the context menu then rather than trying to use the cursor, press the appropriate arrow key on your keyboard to move the dialog box back on-screen.

So if the 'Move' icon appears at the top, click the 'down' arrow. If it appears at the bottom, click the 'Up' arrow on your keyboard, left>right or right>left...

All the best,

Ali

Just to add to this, you may need to press the appropriate arrow key on your keyboard several times or hold it down until it appears.

Yes, thanks Michael!

Hi Alison, I just today encountered the same problem of a phantom Ctrl F screen, and you saved my life! I had restarted my computer, installed the new Trados update, checked that the the commande Ctrl F was still functional with word documents and web pages. I even used the window below (which make all non-relevant segments disappear... scary!) but finally found YOU through a basic Google search and learned that it was a mere matter of a migrated window. Oh, the elaborate hypotheses that ran in my mind while trying to figure what the problem was. 

In short :a big thank you!

Hélène

Hi Alison, I just today encountered the same problem of a phantom Ctrl F screen, and you saved my life! I had restarted my computer, installed the new Trados update, checked that the the commande Ctrl F was still functional with word documents and web pages. I even used the window below (which make all non-relevant segments disappear... scary!) but finally found YOU through a basic Google search and learned that it was a mere matter of a migrated window. Oh, the elaborate hypotheses that ran in my mind while trying to figure what the problem was. 

In short :a big thank you!

Hélène

Hélène Paquin 

Hi Hélène,

I'm very pleased I was able to help!

Re "I even used the window below (which make all non-relevant segments disappear... scary!)"... The display filter (Filtre d'affichage sur l'interface française) is very useful when you want to only see segments that respond to specific search criteria. All other segments are hidden, not lost 

There is also an advanced display filter in Studio 2017, which you might find useful... It is explained in the French Studio 2017 online documentation, here:

https://docs.rws.com/791918/428085/sdl-trados-studio-2017/combinaison-de-plusieurs-criteres-de-recherche-de-segments-grace-au-filtre-d-affichage-avance

Anything else that you might like to read about, you can search for at the top or use the menu on the left pane to find...

I hope this helps!

Thank you for saying "thank you"!

All the best,

Ali