Customizing the Editor view

This section describes various ways to adapt the Editor view to your own way of working. The View tab contains a number of features for modifying the display, which appear in three separate groups, shown together in the following screenshot, when a document is open in the Editor:

Customizing the Editor view

Try experimenting with the following changes to discover what works best for you:

  • Return to the default window layout: When adjusting the layout as described in the rest of this section, you can return to the default window layout stored in your profile at any time by choosing View | Reset Window Layout. You can therefore experiment without fear!
  • Enter Full Screen mode: Press F11 or choose Full Screen to enter and exit Full Screen mode, where the screen space given to the side-by-side editor is maximized.
  • Position the side-by-side editor higher up: Choose Alternative Translation Layout to move the side-by-side editor above the Translation Results and other windows. To return to the standard layout, click the command again.
  • Adjust the font sizes: To adjust the font sizes of the source and target text in the side-by-side editor, in the View tab, choose Adapt Font Sizes, then Increase or Decrease, shown on the right of the preceding screenshot. This does not affect the font sizes in your translated document. By choosing File | Options | Editor, and then Font Adaption, you can set maximum and minimum source and target font sizes individually.

    You can also adjust the font sizes in the Translation Results and Concordance Search windows by choosing File | Options | Editor and then Translation Results Window or Concordance Search Window respectively.

  • Change the way source and target segments scroll: By default, the source and target segments move up and down in tandem when you scroll. To decouple them so that you can move one column up and down without moving the other, choose Auto-scroll Source Document. Click Auto-scroll Source Document again to recouple them.
  • Resize a window: Click the edge of the window until your cursor changes to the cross-wire shape and then drag horizontally or vertically, as shown in the following screenshot, in which we drag the top edge of the side-by-side editor up or down.
    Customizing the Editor view
  • Close a window: Click the Close Document (X) button at the top right of the window.
  • Auto-hide a window: Click the Auto Hide button Customizing the Editor view at the top right of the window so that the pin symbol points to the left Customizing the Editor view. The window displays when you move your mouse pointer over its title bar, and hides itself when inactive.
  • Move a dockable window: You can move dockable windows to a floating (undocked) position on your screen (or onto another screen), or dock them in a different place. Left-click the title bar of the window and move it. To leave the window floating, release the mouse button at the desired location. To dock the window, wait until the direction indicators appear, as shown in the following screenshot. Drag the window until your mouse pointer is over the direction arrow indicating the desired location (the new position of the window is highlighted in blue), and then release the mouse button.
Customizing the Editor view
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