Embedding content as placeholders in Word files

Hi, I'm wondering whether there is a function in Studio that allows you to create placeholders out of specific tagged terms in Word files instead of using the tw4wininternal style.

Let's suppose I have a sentence like this:

I do not like <brand>, but I love <brand>.

I want to create a placeholder out of <brand>. So, my question, how can I do that?

Thanks in advance for your help

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  • Thanks for your reply, Paul. I will have a look at those solutions. I have a further question, if you do not mind.

    What's the purpose of the "Embedded content" in the File Type dropdown for Word 2007-2019? 

    I have tried that but it does not work properly.

    Trados Studio File Type settings window showing 'Embedded content' selected with description about processing of content embedded in a document.

    Trados Studio translation segment preview with the first segment 'I do not like' encoded and the second segment 'because I like' missing.

    The sentence would be: I do not like <segment>, because I like <segment>. 

    As you can see, only the first <segment> is encoded, whereas the second one disappears completely.

    I tried to switch from placeholder to tag pairs, and it works, but this is not what I am looking for.

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  • If you have configured the placeholder to be always included, then you can do nothing about it. From what I observed in Excel, this is indeed a problem in Studio. Such placeholders in front or at the end of the segment get separated and hidden. They sit between segments and can be cut off there and inserted into segment, if you use "Show all content" instead "Show all segments" in the display filter.

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  • Two things here.  First of all the default behaviour is "may exclude".  So if you exclude the full stop then the tag will be excluded since it's at the end and Studio considers it unnecessary to show:

    Screenshot of Trados Studio showing two segments with 'WITH FULLSTOP' and 'WITHOUT FULLSTOP' labels, indicating the exclusion or inclusion of a full stop in the segments.

    If you need it then include it!

    Screenshot of Trados Studio's Advanced Tag Properties dialog box with the 'Segmentation hint' dropdown menu open and 'Include' option selected, highlighted by a red arrow.

    Now it does this:

    Screenshot of Trados Studio displaying segments with 'WITH FULLSTOP' label, showing that the full stop is now included in the segment after changing the setting.

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