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Dear colleagues,
is there any shortcut key for changing the status of a segment to Translated? On some occasions I need to leave the target segment blank and don´t want the original content be copied to the output file.
Thanks in advance!
Dear colleagues,
is there any shortcut key for changing the status of a segment to Translated? On some occasions I need to leave the target segment blank and don´t want the original content be copied to the output file.
Thanks in advance!
One can customize keyboard shortcuts in "File - Options - Keyboard Shortcuts", but unfortunately this command is not listed there and therefore you cannot assign a shortcut to it.
About your use case: couldn't you simply lock this segment?
The thing is if I just lock the segment, the original text will be automatically copied to the output file (not interested in this option, I want the original text to disappear).
But then I can edit the original segment (delete) and just lock...well, yes , that can be a solution, you are right!
Thank you, Walter!
I even think I can just confirm blank segments. A red cross appears in this case, but it does not impede file generation. And nothing is added to the TM.
Do you think this could be a solution, Walter?
I guess you could install this plugin?
https://appstore.rws.com/plugin/44/
Might be handy for you since we are indeed missing keyboard shortcuts for these actions.
Paul Filkin | RWS Group
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Confirming without any target text is not recommended because you will get verification errors and if you work on a Studio package where verification has been enforced, you may have a problem.
However, if you lock the segment after having confirmed it with an empty target, the error will disappear. It then looks, like this:
and you won't see any text in your target for this segment.
Great, Paul!!!!! Thank you so much! Always so helpful!!!!!!
Very true, Walter!
We´d better avoid error messages, since they may give us unpredictable problems:).
With the shortcut keys plugin suggested by Paul the status-changing task can be done even quicker.
However, such segments are quite rare, so this solution is perfect: leave target segment blank, change status to translated and lock. Nothing is added to the TM, blank space appears in the generated document! That easy!
Thanks , Walter!
Hi Paul thanks a lot! just what I was looking for.
Is it possible to assign a key shortcut to the icon commands?
Is it possible to assign a key shortcut to the icon commands?
Yes... that's the whole point.
Paul Filkin | RWS Group
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Just to say that Segment Status Switcher is one of the first apps I reinstall with every new Trados version so I can use those shortcuts. 
In fact, I have a little AutoHotKey script to combine "change segment status to translated" and "move to next segment", specifically for segments that I don't want added to my TM. (e.g., an address), so that the file will show 100% translated when I complete the job.