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Where is CTRL comma function in Trados 2021?
Thread poster: A. Deb
A. Deb
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Jan 30, 2023

Hi

I have upgraded to Trados 2021 and struggling to find the old CTRL+comma function that would allow you to select a word and wrap tags around it. When I try and do that, the dropdown appears with the available tags but when I select one, the word I wish to wrap the tags around disappears! It seems you can only use the CTRL+comma function to insert one tag at a time rather than surround a word.

Please can you help. It's taking me forever inserting them one by one.... See more
Hi

I have upgraded to Trados 2021 and struggling to find the old CTRL+comma function that would allow you to select a word and wrap tags around it. When I try and do that, the dropdown appears with the available tags but when I select one, the word I wish to wrap the tags around disappears! It seems you can only use the CTRL+comma function to insert one tag at a time rather than surround a word.

Please can you help. It's taking me forever inserting them one by one.

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Stepan Konev
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Still there Jan 30, 2023

I can't reproduce that behavior. When I select a word, press Ctrl+comma and select a tag, the word gets wrapped in tags. Try posting your question here: https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/f/studio/p/addpost

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Hung Mai
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Try pressing Ctrl+Alt+right/left arrow... Feb 1, 2023

...to alternate between tag pairs in a segment. I'm using Studio 2017 and Ctrl+comma only shows a drop-down list too.
 
Stepan Konev
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Russian Federation
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By design Feb 1, 2023

Hung Mai wrote:

...to alternate between tag pairs in a segment. I'm using Studio 2017 and Ctrl+comma only shows a drop-down list too.
This is by design. You can select a pair of tags from the list. No need to alternate between them. When you select a tag from the drop-down list, both tags are inserted, not just one.


[Edited at 2023-02-02 14:31 GMT]

Jorge Payan
 
Hung Mai
Hung Mai
Vietnam
Local time: 08:13
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Sorry for the confusing comment Feb 3, 2023


...to alternate between tag pairs in a segment.

What I suggest is to press Ctrl+Alt+right/left arrow to select the tag or tag pairs (which will be highlighted) in the source, then release the keys, the selected tag (pair) will be inserted into the target. I don't know how to make a visual example like Stepan, so I can't show it to you (sorry).
I try the Ctrl+comma, it does work the way Stepan says in Studio 2017.
 


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