What's new

Trial Version

New Functions

Features Planned

Acknowledgements

Warranty Disclaimers and Liability Limitations

Introduction

What is MetaTexis?

Versions

Philosophy

Features (overview)

General

Translation Memory and Terminology Database

Statistical Functions

Import/Export

Alignment Tool (Pro and NET/Office Version Only)

What is a CAT Tool? (a short introduction)

Installation

Requirements

Installation

Uninstalling

How to access the MetaTexis functions

Word 2000/XP/2003

Word 2007/2010

Quick Start

Just Go Ahead

Help

Basics

How to Navigate

How to Translate

Segment Delimiters

How to Edit a Translation

How to handle search results

Options

Notes and Hints for Beginners

Concepts and Functions

Documents

File Menu

Open

Launch Start Assistant

List with MetaTexis Documents

Tools Menu

Re-format Tagged Document

Preview HTML document

Check for Program Update

Send Message to the MetaTexis Support

Re-install Menu

De-Activate MetaTexis

Start Assistant

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Finishing the Start Assistant

Basic Concepts

Translation Unit

Segment Delimiters

Hidden Text

Paragraph Formatting

Options

Input Control

Saving

Interrupting and Resuming

Tagged Documents

How to open tagged documents

HTML Options

XML Options

OpenTag Options

XLIFF Options

User-defined Options

User-defined Options (special)

Navigation

Document Mode

Dialog Box Mode

Searching for Text

Search Options

Show Segments

Copying and Deleting

Special Document Elements

Footnotes and Endnotes

Comments

Fields

Hyperlinks

Objects (Images/Drawings/Text boxes/OLE Objects)

Inline Objects

Anchored Objects

Deleting the Translation

Deleting the Translation Unit

Segmentation and Segment Manipulation

Segmentation Rules

Segmentation Marks

Abbreviations

Import List Dialog Box

Miscellaneous

Styles

Segment Manipulation

Quality Control

Go to Functions

Watch List

Editing the Watch List

Importing Watch List Entries

Formal Quality Checking

Number of Words

Number of Characters

Number and format of Numbers

Tag structure

TM save check

Spell Checking

Final Version

Post Production

Translation Memories (TMs) and Terminology Databases (TDBs)

Database Types

Local MetaTexis Databases

Database Servers

Configuring TMs and TDBs

Main and Secondary Databases

TM Policy

TDB Policy

Configuring TMs

Defining the Main TM

Defining Secondary TMs

TM Saving Options

TM Search Options

TM Search Results Options

Coloring for translation units

Configuring TDBs

Defining the Main TDB

Defining Secondary TDBs

TDB Search Options

TDB Wildcard Options

TDB Search Results Options

Automation Options

TM Automation Policy and Leverage Effects

Analyzing Documents

Results of document analysis

Overview 1

Overview 2

TRADOS style results

Rates

Settings

Saving analysis results

Saving TUs in the Main TM

Searching in TMs

Pre-Translate Document Dialog Box

Batch Processing

Working with TM Search Results

Document Mode

Dialog Box Mode

Working with TM check results

Saving New Terminology in Main TDB

New Terminology Dialog Box

Searching in TDBs

Working with TDB Search Results

Document Mode

Terminology Dialog Box

Dialog Box Mode

Displaying TMs

Database Center for TMs

Displaying TDBs

Database Center for TDBs

Add Images

View Images

Database Options

Mass processing

Replace strings

Delete items

Importing and Exporting TMs and TDBs

Import/Export Dialog Box

Importing TMX, TRADOS, Wordfast, or MetaTexis files

Importing Text Files, Step 1

Importing Text or Access Files, Step 2

Options

Importing Access Files, Step 1

Database Export Dialog Box

Compressing TMs and TDBs

MetaTexis Server

Setup server connection

Edit user data

Change Password

Machine Translation and Dictionaries

Setting up machine translation engines

Setting up Dictionaries

LEC Translate/Power Translator

LEC Translate via Internet

Working with machine translation results

Scout

Scout menu

Scout options

Translation Memories (Scout)

Terminology databases (Scout)

Machine translation and dictionaries (Scout)

Microsoft Office

PowerPoint files

Excel files

Importing/Exporting Documents

Importing Documents

Exporting Documents

Importing PDF files

Index

Creating an index

Saving the Index

Working with the Index

Segment Info

Translator Statistics

History

Miscellaneous

Document Statistics

Overview 1

Overview 2

Trados style results

Cost calculation/Time worked

Cost calculation

Example

Time worked/access statistics

Translators

Settings

Character settings

TM match breakdown

Saving Document Statistics

Deleting Statistical Information

Projects

Document Options Dialog Box

Defining Projects

Removing Documents

Deleting Projects

Document Info

Go to Document

Projects Dialog Box

Defining Projects

Removing Documents

Deleting Projects

Document Info

Go to Document

Transferring Projects

Alignment

Managing Alignment Projects

Defining Alignment Projects

Activating Alignment Projects

Deleting Alignment Projects

Aligning Texts in the Dialog Box Mode

Saving the Alignment File

Integrating the Alignment File into a Translation Memory

Aligning Texts in the Document Integration Mode

Navigating in the Source Document

Navigating in the Translation

De-Activating Alignment Projects

Saving

Document Options

Save Standard Dialog Box

Load Standard Dialog Box

Languages

Miscellaneous

Project

Translator Info

Editing the Translators Info

Adding Translators

Automatic Translator Recognition

Deleting Translators

Watch List

General Options

Help

About MetaTexis

Entering the License Key

Appendix

Menu Commands and Default Shortcuts

Import/Export Condition Language

Syntax

Variables

Constants

Functions

Punctuation

Localization

Managing Language Files

Edit Language Files

Edit Language File in Text Editor

Built-in Language File Editor

Formal Quality Checking

Toolbar

Saving

FAQ

General note

Bad errors or crashes

"MS Word crashes at start-up or does not run properly. MetaTexis behaves strangely and does not run properly."

After installing an Update for MS Word, MS Office, or Windows, MetaTexis no longer runs properly.

Two MetaTexis toolbars in MS Word

The MetaTexis menu and other menus of other add-ins are not visible, even though I have re-installed MetaTexis

"MS Word crashes at start-up. An error message like this is displayed: "WINWORD.exe has generated an error and will be closed down by Windows." In the detailed error description the file "FM20.dll" is mentioned."

"A MetaTexis function is terminated, and an error message reporting an 'automation error' is displayed. Thereafter, many MetaTexis functions no longer run."

Compatibility

"Can MetaTexis run while other CAT tools like TRADOS and Wordfast are running at the same time? Are they compatible?"

Does MetaTexis run on MS Word 97?

Does MetaTexis run on Apple/Macintosh computers?

Translation Memories

Though I have set up a translation memory, none of the translation units are recognized further down in the document. What am I supposed to do?

Can TRADOS documents and TMs be exported and imported?

Glossary of Terms