I love SDL Trados Studio, and I think it’s easy to use, but sometimes we just hide this fact a little! I think a case in point, and one of the most confusing things for users of SDL Trados Studio is the “Open Document” command. It sounds as though it’s a quick way to open a document to work on. But it’s only like this when you wish to open a document to work on the first time you ever open it.
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Tag: Trados Studio
A couple of little known gems in SDL Trados Studio
Two questions came up on ProZ today which Studio can handle very nicely. Despite this I often see some very clever and amazing workarounds that are probably not necessary at all. So I thought I’d write this quick post for two reasons… the first just to share these great and easy to use features in Studio, and secondly because I thought I’d use FastStoneCapture to record a video to explain the process when I answered both questions on ProZ this afternoon, and I blogged about this brilliant little tool last week.
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Compatibility between SDL desktop translation tools (Part 1)
The new Studio product and the old Trados products are compatible aren’t they? Would it be true to say that Studio can handle the old Trados formats, but Trados can’t handle the new Studio formats out of the box? I think it’s true… but it still requires a little knowledge about how best to handle the compatibility issues that might arise.
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The SDL OpenExchange (now RWS AppStore) (aka the SDL AppStore)
This is only the second blog I’ve written and the early dliemma is what to write about first. I decided to talk about the OpenExchange (rebranded later in 2016 as the SDL AppStore) created by SDL as this is an industry first and in my opinion is a very strong reason to buy into the Studio platform this is created for.
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