# Appendix C

### Tips and Tricks

##### Create a new translation

Just load the original file and then select Save Translation As from the menu. Select a filename and a new, empty translation file will be created for you.

##### Update an existing file with new items

If you have files from a previous translation and you need to add new items from the original, just load the original and the translation into the program and then save the translation: all new items from the original is now in the translation as well and all old translated items are untouched.

##### Quickly find untranslated items

Three options:

1. Use Ctrl+U (or Ctrl+Shift+U) to move to the next (or previous) untranslated item.
2. Click the Translation column until all untranslated (empty) items are shown at the top. Start translating!
3. Search for the item if you know any part of the original string

##### Retain trailing spaces

Trailing spaces are normally trimmed but by enabling the Show Quotes option, trailing spaces are left intact. The quotes are not saved with the string.

##### Information in the statusbar

The statusbar contains some information not found in other parts of the program. From left to right it shows:

- Modified/Ready status
- The Section of the selected item
- The Name of the selected item
- The currently loaded dictionary and whether it is inverted or not

##### Finding unmatched shortcut keys

Just hit the F8 key and edit the translation to insert the shortcut key. Continue until there are no more unmatched items.

##### Editing other types of files

You can only edit text files that follow the ini file format, but you are not restricted to the type of ini files described in Appendix A. Some programs use a text file with a sligthly different format:

    Original=Translation

Here, the original string is included in the translation file and used as the Name. You can still edit such a translation file just by loading the same file twice and then save the "translation" using a new filename.

UPDATE:

Starting with version 1.3, you can also load and save files that don't have any sections. In addition, you can now also have Name/Value pairs that start with a '[' as long as it contains an equal sign. If it doesn't, the item is considered to be a section.