How to change the font settings and save them to the Transtool system INI file

How to change the font settings and save them to the Transtool system INI file

Purpose

  • Scope: Changing the font settings in Transtool and saving them to the system INI file
  • Intended audience: External translators

 

Requirements

  • Transtool external version already installed.
  • Translation job opened in Transtool.

 

InstructionsChange the font settings for the original text

  1. Go to "Format" and click "Original window font...".
  2. In the "Font" window, select the settings that you want: Font, Font style, Size, Color and so on. In the following example, we have chosen "Arial", "Regular" style, "16" points and "Navy" color.



  3. Click "OK" to accept; Click "Cancel" to discard changes.

 

Change the font settings for the translation text

  1. Go to "Format" and click "Translation window font...".

  2. In the "Font" window, select the settings that you want: Font, Font style, Size, Color and so on. In the following example, we have chosen "Trebuchet MS", "Regular" style, "18" points and "Green" color.



  3. Click "OK" to accept; Click "Cancel" to discard changes.

 

Change the font sizes for the list of paragraphs in the context pane (left hand window)

  1. Go to "Format" and click "Font sizes...".

  2. In the "Select font size" window, click the arrows to increase or decrease the sizes of the original font and translation font. In the following example, we have chosen "14" points for original and "15" points for translation.



  3. Click "OK" to accept; Click "Cancel" to discard changes.

 

ExampleCheck out the following picture showing the results of changes above.

On the left part of Transtool, we have the list of paragraphs.

  • The font for the original text has been set as "Arial, Navy, 14".
  • The font for the translation text has been set as "Trebuchet MS, Green, 15".

On the right side of Transtool, we have the original and translation text windows.

  • The font for the original window has been set as "Arial, [Black], 16". Note that the color can't be changed from Black.
  • The font for the translation window has been set as "Trebuchet MS, [Black], 18". Note that the color can't be changed from Black.

 

Save the font name and size to the Transtool INI fileGo to "Format" and click "Save font settings to system INI file".

Font name and size will be saved. Colour, style and script are not saved.