How to disable Studio automatically combining letters into ligatures?

I recently upgraded from Studio 2019 to 2022. I suddenly realized that Studio is automatically combining "fi" and "ti" into one-character ligatures (and probably others too). It happens as I type, and it's also done on the imported text. It's not there in the original. I see that it only happens with certain fonts.

I don't want this. It makes it difficult to edit, since I'm always expecting to be able to delete one of the letters or type inbetween them. Also, I don't know if my client wishes this. I haven't been able to figure out how to turn this off. Searching turns up nothing. Can anyone help?

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    Is the target language list set to your target language and still empty?

    Trados Studio AutoCorrect options window showing Target Language set to English (United States) with various text correction options below.

    The AutoCorrect feature from Trados Studio is the one I pointed the finger as well.

    If it’s not AutoCorrect, what’s the original file format? Maybe a PDF created with InDesign? InDesign has a setting to create ligatures automatically?

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  • Yes, it's set to my target language. But there are no "fi" or "ti" or any other kind of ligature replacements in "AutoCorrect" anyway.

    The original file is an Excel file. The font is Calibri. There are no ligatures in the Excel file, but when I open it in Studio, they have been inserted. And if I type in Studio, they are automatically insterted. If I type in the Excel file, nothing happens.

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    Could you please insert a really small sample of the Excel file? Just one cell will suffice (as long as you confirm that sample file has the issue.

    Let us know the word you are trying to write in Trados Studio and the target language. I’ll try to repro the issue.

    I guess you don’t have AutoHotkey or a similar program modifying keys, right?

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    Do you show formatting? If so, go to File -> Options -> Editor and switch to "Show all tags, but no formatting". Maybe this can help.

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    This word, "til", has three letters in the excel file. But in Studio, "ti" will be replaced with a ligature.

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  • Wow, that did help! Now there are no ligatures in the source view nor when I type! I would never have guessed that, thanks!

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  • I was a bit quick yesterday. Choosing "Show all tags, but no formatting" made the ligatures go away, but of course all other formatting is also not shown. This is unfortunate, because then I can't even see which segments are headers, among other things. This is even worse than having the ligature problem. So I'm going to have to keep the ligatures unfortunately. (It makes no difference in the finished translation, it's just an editing problem.)

    In the previous version of Studio that I used, 2019, this was not a problem. I had formatting enabled but never had this ligature problem with Calibri or other fonts.

    But I assume this is just an added stupid feature of Studio that can't be independently disabled.

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    Well. this is just a question of habit. You can see headings, list items and other structure information in the most right column of the Editor part in Trados Studio. This information is always there.
    As for viewing the formatting in a software like Trados, I consider this being a nuisance. When you show formatting and the document uses a font not present on your system, Trados Studio will replace this font on the source side with something similar. As long you use ASCII, the target side may get the same font. When you go to languages using enhanced encoding like Polish for example, the substituted font may get substituted again, creating problems in the target file. Not showing formatting means, that Studio uses default font for viewing with no substitutions. Another part of this story are formatting tags, which are not visible in formatted view. Many people will then tend to use "Bold" from the toolbar in TS. But this is usually NOT the same as the tags in source. Especially when working with InDesign or similar files the layouter will literally swear, when getting such translation with hundreds of formatting errors... This is why I never view formatting in Studio. I have switched that off in the version 2011 at the latest.

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  • I'm working from an Excel file, and headings are not marked differently in the right column. Only the size and/or boldness will give me that information. Also I want to see if a segment is in italics for example.

    I really don't understand the problems you're describing. Yes, sometimes the font will be substituted, but that has never created a problem for me. (It does not affect the translated output of course.)

    Formatting tags are visible in exactly the same way whether you choose  "Show all tags, but no formatting" or "Show all formatting and tags".

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    Also I want to see if a segment is in italics for example.

    Formatting can be known with the tags in Editor, although it’s true that if the full segment is formatted as italic, the corresponding tag can be hidden in Editor.
    Screenshot of Trados Studio showing text formatting options with words 'italic', 'bold', and 'underline' highlighted in their respective styles.

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