Problem with comment font size

I have installed the latest update of Studio 2024.

Now, the font size of the comments pane is extremely large:

Screenshot of Trados Studio 2024 showing a comments pane with large font size. Comments include '???' and '!!!v. nem kioldodo?'. The document name is visible in the pane.

I cannot change the font size of comments only. (It can be changed using Font adaptation, but it also changes the font size of the Translation results window.)

The related help page (https://docs.rws.com/en-US/tradosstudio-sr-1187677/adaptable-font-size-for-comments-1230668) refers to some "Font Size" group, which doesn't exist.



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[edited by: RWS Community AI at 8:57 AM (GMT 1) on 10 Aug 2025]
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    It can be changed using Font adaptation, but it also changes the font size of the Translation results window.

    This is incorrect I think.  The Translation Results font is controlled separately through File -> Options -> Editor -> Translation Results Window.

    The related help page (https://docs.rws.com/en-US/tradosstudio-sr-1187677/adaptable-font-size-for-comments-1230668) refers to some "Font Size" group, which doesn't exist.

    What it actually says is this:

    "From the Font Size group, select the relevant icons to increase or decrease the font size of the text displayed in the editor, comments included."

    So this:

    Font Adaptation settings window showing options to adapt font sizes with minimum and maximum font size values for source and target text set to 14.

    You can also control the same thing through here in the View Ribbon:

    Font Adaptation toolbar icons with options to increase or decrease font size and a button labeled 'Font Adaptation...'.

    Well, this "enhancement' is a failure. It should have been tested before the release.

    So why would this be a failure given it does what it says?  I do think it would be better to be able to control the size of the comments font independently of the Editor font, but that's not a failure.  And if you use the ribbon icons for this it's pretty fast to help you resize the font for a long list of comments and then adjust back if you need the font in the editor larger to work with.

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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    It can be changed using Font adaptation, but it also changes the font size of the Translation results window.

    This is incorrect I think.  The Translation Results font is controlled separately through File -> Options -> Editor -> Translation Results Window.

    The related help page (https://docs.rws.com/en-US/tradosstudio-sr-1187677/adaptable-font-size-for-comments-1230668) refers to some "Font Size" group, which doesn't exist.

    What it actually says is this:

    "From the Font Size group, select the relevant icons to increase or decrease the font size of the text displayed in the editor, comments included."

    So this:

    Font Adaptation settings window showing options to adapt font sizes with minimum and maximum font size values for source and target text set to 14.

    You can also control the same thing through here in the View Ribbon:

    Font Adaptation toolbar icons with options to increase or decrease font size and a button labeled 'Font Adaptation...'.

    Well, this "enhancement' is a failure. It should have been tested before the release.

    So why would this be a failure given it does what it says?  I do think it would be better to be able to control the size of the comments font independently of the Editor font, but that's not a failure.  And if you use the ribbon icons for this it's pretty fast to help you resize the font for a long list of comments and then adjust back if you need the font in the editor larger to work with.

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

    ________________________
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    You've done the courses and still need to go a little further, or still not clear? 
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