Why doesn't the preview work for Excel files?
Please don't tell me that SDL Studio can't preview Excel files! I just checked, and the same files preview perfectly in memoQ 2015. I need the preview because there is important contextual info I need when translating.
Michael
Oh dear. Click-to-run versions seem to be all Microsoft are selling these days. Will have to take a look if I can find an MSI installer version. My copy of Office 2016 doesn't work well with Dragon anyway (if I dictate in any doc with a table while Dragon is on, my screen gets all jittery). This is a known issue with ALL new versions of Word and Dragon, I think starting from v. 12 to DPI. Nuance are aware of it but don't care. I think the latest version of Office that works OK is 2010.
I've given up on getting real-time previews, but the next best thing is View Target, which I use if I want to check something mid-translation. If I've updated something and want to see a fresh target, simply clicking View Target again closes the open file and generates an updated target.
Michael
The real-time preview only works for Word, PowerPoint and HTML. It never worked for Excel.
You need to use the "normal" preview for this.
Walter
Thanks for the info. That's a shame. It works in memoQ. I suppose that's because memoQ's system is HTML-based. If it works, I think the Studio previewing system is better. Getting it to work though is another matter.
I am currently hunting for a MSI installer copy of Word, until SDL solve this problem otherwise.
Michael
Hi Michael,
Maybe this article will provide some clues... I'm no expert but it seems helpful:
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Paul
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Unknown said:It never worked for Excel.
I wouldn't say that Walter because it was never supposed to. The realtime preview function for Excel was a feature we have never implemented. I'd like to see one, even html is better than nothing.
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Unknown said:I am currently hunting for a MSI installer copy of Word, until SDL solve this problem otherwise.
You should still be able to use a preview for Word even without the msi installer. Studio 2015, and the new docx filetype (there are two in in the options) supports realtime preview even with the click to run installer. But it won't be as good as the Word one that you get with the msi installer.
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