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Introduction
The aim purpose of the XTM Visual Mode mode is to show you generate and display a preview of the source and target file so that you are then able to the Linguist can click on the text in the preview and enter a translation in the relevant target segment. The target preview is immediately updated with the translation which allows you . This enables the Linguist to see the full context of your the translation as you they are working on it.
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Supported formats
The XTM Visual mode in XTM Workbench supports the following formats:
InDesign files (IDML is recommended) |
HTML |
MS Office Word files (e.g. DOCSX) |
PDF (only editable PDF files are supported) |
XML |
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IMPORTANT! InDesign is a paid feature and requires a special connector with XTM Cloud. |
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Contact the XTM International Sales team for more information by writing to the following email address: sales@xtm.cloud. |
Furthermore, in order to view enable XML files to be viewed in the XTM Visual mode it is necessary to configure the system with the , the relevant XSLT style sheets prior must be added to creating the system configuration before a project containing XML files is created. To do itso, please, raise a proper ticket to create a suitable issue request for the XTM International Support team and request for assistance: support@xtm-intl.com.
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Guidelines
While opening up When you open XTM Workbench for a given file (please, click here particular file (see How to open a file for translation in a created project for more information), you will notice an additional option in a pop-up popup window: Open in XTM Visual mode. Check Select this option and proceed.proceed…
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You can also switch over to XTM Visual Mode mode directly from the Workbench level by going to selecting Visual mode → Enable in the XTM Workbench.
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Click some text in the visual view to display the corresponding segment in XTM Workbench, then
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enter your translation there, and confirm the segment. The editable text
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is highlighted in yellow.
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Match-based text highlighting
Apart from the currently active text being displayed in yellow (as shown above), the text that obtained in which either an ICE match or MT (machine translation) match has been inserted is highlighted in light green and purple respectively in the target language.
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You can disable the highlighting entirely by selecting Hide decoration in the XTM Visual mode settings:
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As shown above, you can also disable visual mode by selecting Disable from the drop-downdropdown.
Visual mode preview
You can also open a preview mode in a separate tab by selecting the Open XTM Visual mode preview in secondary window from the "three dots" icon menu located on the top right corner of the page:
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Good to know!
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Using the Preview files section in Project editor → General info, you can enable Visual Mode for the vast majority of extensions supported in XTM Cloud, if you use a matching HTML file for this purpose.
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To learn about common XTM Visual Mode mode issues and troubleshooting guidelines, please, make sure you familiarized yourself with we recommend that you read the following article: XTM Visual Mode - – most common issues and troubleshooting.