Bilingual Export

The Bilingual export option allows you to export the bilingual document file into DOC format, edit using Microsoft Word, and import the DOC file back into the TXML file.

To complete bilingual export of files:

1. Open Wordfast Pro 3 and click .
   The PM perspective appears.

2. Click Bilingual Export.
   The Bilingual Export window appears.
   

3. Click to browse and select files from a folder. To add multiple files, press the Ctrl key and select the files.
   OR
   Click to add an entire folder. Once a folder is selected, the following message appears.
    

   Click Yes to add files recursively. This ensures that all files within a folder, including the files in the sub folders are added.
   The files appear. Files are selected by default when added.

   You can either export the selected file(s), export for review or import the reviewed file(s).

Export Only

The Export Only... feature allows you export file(s) to Wordfast Classic (WFC).

To use export only:

1. Select the TXML file(s), as shown in the example below.
   

2. Click Export Only....
   The Select export type dialog box appears.
   

3. Select one of the following export types from the drop-down menu:
   

4. Click Export.
   If the export is successful, a confirmation message appears.
   
   If the export fails, a failure message appears.
   

5. Click View Report. The log appears. This log and the exported file in the chosen format are saved in the same folder as the selected TXML file(s).
   

Export files for review

To export files for review:

1. Select the TXML file(s) from uploaded folder as shown in the example below.
   

2. Select the following Export Review options, if required:

   Select	to...
   Exclude the notes column	exclude the notes content when the TXML file is exported to RTF.
   Track changes	track changes in the RTF.
   Protect document (Word 2003 and above)	protect the file if using MS Word 2003 and above.
   Include Custom Attributes	include or exclude custom attributes in the export

3. Browse to the file containing any Custom Instructions for the exported review, and click Open File to attach the file to the exported document.
   Note: The exported review document contains default instructions, Custom instructions, or no instructions.

4. Select the checkboxes for the following options, to clear them. All options are selected by default. If all options are cleared, the exported file contains only segment tables for review.

   Select	to...
   App Name	add the name of the review application to the exported review document.
   Instructions	add default instructions to the exported review document in .rtf, .doc or .docx format to the file for review. If selected, default instructions are added to the exported review document. If selected, and Custom Instructions are added, custom instructions are added to the exported review document. If Instructions is not selected, no instructions are added to the exported review document. Custom Instructions and the Browse button appear shaded, and cannot be activated.
   Legend	show or hide the legend in the exported review document.
   This Document	show details of the exported review document, such as source and target locale.

5. Click Export Review.
   If the export is successful, a confirmation message appears.
   
   If the export fails, a failure message appears.
   

6. Click View Report. The log appears. This log and the exported file in the chosen format are saved in the same folder as the selected TXML file(s).
   

7. To view the exported DOC, access the same folder where the selected TXML file(s) was located. An example of the exported DOC, and the corresponding Export Review options, appears below.
   
   

8. Complete the review of the file before importing the review back to Wordfast Pro 3.

Import reviewed files

To import the reviewed DOC:

1. Click to browse and select files from a folder. To add multiple files, press the Ctrl key and select the files.
   OR
   Click to add an entire folder. Once a folder is selected, the following message appears.
   
   Click Yes to add files recursively. This ensures that all files within a folder, including the files in the sub folders are added.
   The files appear. Files are selected by default when added.

2. Select the DOC or DOCX file(s) as shown in the example below.
   

2. Select the following Import Review options, if required: 

   Select	to...
   Accept tracked changes	automatically accept the tracked changes.
   Create merged TXML	create a TXML document containing the merged files.

3. Click Import Review.
   If the import is successful, a confirmation message appears.
   
   If the import fails, a failure message appears.
   

4. Click View Report.
   The log appears. The review changes are imported into a new TXML file with the suffix .merge.txml. This log and the exported file in the chosen format are saved in the same folder as the selected TXML file(s).