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You can check spelling check is in Excel via the standard Microsoft Office engine Unfortunately, it is impossible to check spelling in Excel like we do this in Word, where misspelled words are underlined with red (if you know the way, please tell us). Excel was initially designed mostly for numbers, and hence, spelling is not its strong point. Nevertheless, […]

Sometimes copying in Excel can be done in one command In Excel, you sometimes need to copy the contents of the upper cell to the cell where the cursor is. This operation consists of four simple steps:  But when you need to do it many times, the operation becomes quite tedious. The solution is very easy: use the shortcut CTRL+D. The contents of […]

The most convenient way to convert Wordfast TM to TMX format involves Xbench A Wordfast TM file has .txt extension. It is a usual .txt file delimited with tabs specially. There are several ways to convert it to TMX format that allows TM exchange between other CAT tools. The easiest and quickest way involves Xbench (either free or paid version). Step 1: Load […]

Word easily converts a table into text The main “problem” with this operation is not to perform the converting itself, but to find when the necessary button is 🙂 1. Select the table you want to convert into text or place the text cursor into any of its cells. On the ribbon, the Layout menu appears. […]

You can convert the text from Passolo to another, more convenient format Passolo files (they have .tbulic extension) are not convenient for some operations: it is not easy to add the translations they contain to the existing Trados translation memory, to perform QA in Xbench, etc. Free Passolo Translator’s Edition does not allow that at all; Professional version can do that, but the export […]

Xliff Editor can be configured to underline mistakes like Word Recent posts in this blog described how to enable check spelling with Microsoft Word spelling engine in the following programs: Now we shall talk about Xliff Editor. This CAT is a part of the Translation Workspace system, and it works with usual “offline” files by connecting to online resources (translation memory, termbases, etc.). […]

Your browser can check spelling in the way Word does We have already set the spelling check in Word, memoQ, Wordfast, Trados Studio, and Passolo. All of these programs are standalone software for PCs. But many CAT tools are so-called SaaS—”Software as a Service”. They are not software, but rather services providing online access to servers. There are many of them; the […]

Passolo can check spelling using Word spelling engine In earlier posts, we configured spelling checks in Word, memoQ, Trados Studio, and Wordfast. Today our point of interest is Passolo. Passolo is a CAT tool developed by SDL for the translation of user interfaces (UI) and video games. It is available in several editions: In all of them, the method is the same: In Passolo, […]

Trados Studio can check spelling using Word spelling engine After Word, memoQ, and Wordfast, we get to Trados Studio. Here is how to enable and configure spelling checks in SDL Trados Studio. In Trados Studio, please select File > Options. Options dialog window appears: (The screenshot is made in Trados Studio 2021, but the process in the other versions is similar.) Select Editor on the left pane > click Spelling in the list […]

Wordfast can check spelling using the Word spelling engine Recently, we discussed how to check spelling in Word and memoQ. This post is devoted to Wordfast. In Wordfast, please select Edit > Preferences. In the dialog window that appears please click Spelling on the left pane: The screenshot is made in somewhat obsolete version 2.3.0, but the way to configure the spell-checking is similar in the subsequent […]