Edit Menu

The Edit menu groups the commands you use to change segment content in the Editor: undoing changes, finding and replacing text, formatting, restructuring segments, working with tags, and setting segment properties. Some entries appear only in certain scopes or when you have the required rights.

Most of these commands are also on the Quick Toolbar, either on the bar itself or in its More tools menu. Only Autocorrect, Clear tags, and Customize toolbars are in the Edit menu alone.

The Shortcut column shows the default keyboard shortcuts. On Mac, use Cmd instead of Ctrl. To change a shortcut, or to assign one where there is none, go to Preferences > Shortcuts.


The entries below are listed in the order they appear in the menu.

Entry

What it does

Shortcut

Where it appears

Undo

Reverses your last change in the active segment. To roll back a whole document to a date or a transaction, use File > Undo.

Ctrl+Z

All scopes

Redo

Reapplies the last change you undid.

Ctrl+Y

All scopes

Find and replace

Opens Find and Replace to search and replace text in the current scope.

Ctrl+Shift+F

All scopes

Text format

Applies Bold, Italic, Underline, Subscript, or Superscript to the selected target text.

Bold: Alt+Shift+B

Italic: Alt+Shift+I

Underline: Alt+Shift+U

Subscript: Alt+Shift+E

Superscript: Alt+Shift+W

Documents whose file format supports formatting

Split segment

Splits the segment in two at the cursor. Place the cursor in the source first.

Alt+Shift+S

Jobs and projects, if you have split and join rights. Grayed out when the view shows several source languages.

Join segment

Joins the segment with the one below it. Place the cursor in the source first.

Alt+Shift+J

Same as Split segment

Autocorrect

Turns autocorrect on or off (Enable autocorrect), turns Correct two initial capitals on or off, and opens the autocorrect settings (Configure…). See Autocorrect and Autocomplete.

None

All scopes

Copy source to target

Replaces the target text with the source text.

Alt+Shift+O

All scopes

Tags

Carries tags such as placeholders, formatting tags, or structural markers from the source over to the target. Place the cursor in the target segment first.

  • Add missing tags: Inserts the next missing source tag at the cursor. Tags go in one at a time, in source order. Repeat to insert each following tag.

  • Copy tags to target: Copies only the tags from the source into the target, without the text.

  • Clear tags: Removes all tags from the target, so you can start over before you insert tags again.

Inserted tags follow the display mode you choose in View > Tags. You can also drag a tag from the source into the target. See Working with Tags.

Add missing tags: Alt+Shift+T

Copy tags to target: Alt+Shift+M

Clear tags: Alt+Shift+X

All scopes

Insert symbol

Opens a menu of special characters to insert at the cursor. You can keep the symbols you use most in a favorites list.

Alt+Shift+Z

All scopes

Add segment

Adds a new entry to the translation memory open in the Editor, outside a job. See Adding Segments to a Translation Memory.

None

Translation memories

Add to TB/TM

Adds the selected text to one of the project's termbases or memories. See Adding Terms and Segments While Translating.

None

Jobs

Change Status

Sets the status of the selected segment to Neutral, Confirmed, or Error. Setting a segment to Confirmed may require specific rights.

Alt+Shift+K

All scopes

Change Bookmark

Sets a blue or red bookmark on the selected segment, or removes it (Reset bookmark).

Alt+Shift+D

All scopes

Set text length

Sets a minimum length, a maximum length, or both for the target text.

Alt+Shift+G

All scopes

Propagate translation

Copies the current translation to all matching repeated segments. The cursor must be in a target column. It follows your Propagate translations preference: Keep existing or Overwrite existing. See Propagating Translations in the Editor.

Alt+Shift+V

All scopes

Machine translate

Fills the target with a machine translation from your preferred engine for the language pair. To choose an engine per language pair, see Preferences.

Ctrl+Alt+M

Projects with a machine translation engine, if you have machine translation rights

Delete segment

Turns on delete mode, where you click a segment to delete it permanently. A check mark shows while the mode is on. Select Delete segment again, or Exit delete mode, to turn it off.

None

Memories and termbases, if you have the right to delete entries

Customize toolbars

Opens Preferences on the Toolbars tab, where you choose which tools appear on the quick toolbar. See Quick Toolbar in Jobs.

None

Jobs


Learn More

  • Toolbars: Arrange the quick toolbar and the segment toolbar.

  • File Menu: Import, export, deliver, preview, report on, and roll back documents.

  • View Menu: Change how segments and tags are displayed in the grid.

  • Find and Replace: Search and replace text across the segments in your current scope.

  • Preferences: Arrange the quick toolbar, set a machine translation engine per language pair, and change keyboard shortcuts.