Activating the previews
For supported file formats, you can activate or deactivate document previews under “View”>”Preview”.
Three types of preview can be shown, including
- Source: preview of the source file(s)
- Target: preview of the target file(s)
- Other: preview of PDF reference files, when available (these are the PDF files also found on the job page under Project Reference Files)
When activated, the previews appear in the panel.
It is also possible to popup each preview to its own window.
Dynamic segment-preview navigation
When you click on a segment in Smart Editor, the corresponding section is automatically highlighted in the source and target preview. And vice versa: clicking on a section in the source or target preview will automatically take you to the corresponding segment in Smart Editor.
Preview layout
You can change the options under “Show” to modify the layout of the previews.
Zooming in
You can zoom in on the preview with your mouse wheel to see more details.
Refreshing
You can update the target preview to instantly see your edits for supported formats by clicking on the refresh button.
Supported file formats
The file types that are supported in the source and target previews are:
- .docx
- .pptx
- .html
For other file types, such as Adobe InDesign (.indd, .idml), a PDF of the source file may be available as reference under the “Other” preview.
Multiple files
When a job contains multiple files, a green row stating the file name will appear in the list of segments at the start of each new file. In the example below, segments 1-5 belong to file 1.
The number of files is also indicated in the green row (in the example above, the job consists of 5 files).
When a job that contains more than one file is opened in Smart Editor, the preview indicates “Multiple files” until a segment is opened.
Once you start working in the segments, the preview will only display the file that corresponds to the active segment. In the example below, segment 1 is being edited, and since it belongs to file 1, the preview displays file 1 only.
Tip: If you would like the preview to display all files, you can close the current segment by clicking on the segment ID.
Please note that if a file is not supported in the preview (such as .txt files), the preview will not display any content.
If you are working on a Subtitle Localisation job that contains multiple video files, you can navigate between the video files as shown below.
Please note that this option is only available when no segment is open. As with other file types, once a segment is opened, the video preview will display the video that corresponds to the active segment.
Please also note that the file selector is located at the top of the list of segments in subtitling mode (Caption, Subtitle Styling and Subtitle Burn-in jobs).