Perils of Parallels Thread poster: Vadim Zima
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Vadim Zima 
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I am speaking about Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, which allows me to work in SDL Trados without leaving my Mac. I am using Windows 7 32-bit, and so far I have had no problems. Today, however after hitting some unfortunate key combination I was practically paralyzed. I could not go on with my work because I activated "Text overwrite", which I didn't need or want. I can see OVR in the bottom status (?) bar of my Editor window, and cannot figure out how to deactivate it. Double clicking on it has no... See more I am speaking about Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, which allows me to work in SDL Trados without leaving my Mac. I am using Windows 7 32-bit, and so far I have had no problems. Today, however after hitting some unfortunate key combination I was practically paralyzed. I could not go on with my work because I activated "Text overwrite", which I didn't need or want. I can see OVR in the bottom status (?) bar of my Editor window, and cannot figure out how to deactivate it. Double clicking on it has no effect.
I spent three or four hours looking for a solution, but could not find any meaningful info neither in the Trados help, nor in "google help". Does anybody else here use a similar setup? The keyboard I am using when in Windows is the Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000 USB.
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| | | | Sam Pinson
United States
Local time: 10:46
Member (2011)
Russian to English
Does pressing the "Insert" key help?
| | | | Vadim Zima
Local time: 09:46
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TOPIC STARTER | That's the first thing I tried... | Dec 14, 2011 |
Sam Pinson wrote:
Does pressing the "Insert" key help? No, it doesn't. But the problem may be hidden in the maze of relationships and dependancies of Parallels devices and the host Macintosh settings. There are too many factors that can affect the keyboard's behavior...
I hope there is some path to a menu in the Studio itself that allows activate/deactivate text overwriting.
| | | | Adam Podstawczynski (X)
Local time: 18:46
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Hi Vadim,
Most probably your Parallels does not forward the Insert key code properly to Windows. If that is so:
Install the free AutoHotkey (which is useful to a Translator for many other purposes too), and remap any button to "Insert", e.g. put this in the configuration file:
RAlt::Insert
The above will remap the right Alt to "proper" Windows Insert key.
Since AutoHotkey is a Windows application, it has nothing to do with Parallel... See more Hi Vadim,
Most probably your Parallels does not forward the Insert key code properly to Windows. If that is so:
Install the free AutoHotkey (which is useful to a Translator for many other purposes too), and remap any button to "Insert", e.g. put this in the configuration file:
RAlt::Insert
The above will remap the right Alt to "proper" Windows Insert key.
Since AutoHotkey is a Windows application, it has nothing to do with Parallels. It will throw the proper Insert keycode within Windows itself.
Mind you, I have not tried this particular example, so you won't know until you try. But I did try many other keycode experiments using AutoHotkey, and the software has been extremely helpful in similar situations. ▲ Collapse
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Vadim,
This happened to me, as well, when I first started working in Parallels. Luckily, I found very easy shortcut that solves this problem:
Simply hold down the function key [fn] and press return.
(To turn on overwriting mode again, use the same shortcut.)
Kind regards,
Johanna
| | | | Vadim Zima
Local time: 09:46
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TOPIC STARTER | Fn+Return did it! | Dec 14, 2011 |
Johanna Liljenzin wrote:
Simply hold down the function key [fn] and press return.
(To turn on overwriting mode again, use the same shortcut.)
Thank you, dear Johanna!
Silly me, I should've guessed it. "Fn" is right next to "Ctrl", which together with "Return" is used to accept a segment.
Adam, thank you for your suggestion. I played with AutoHotkey (both basic and L) but didn't have any success. It's a nifty little thing, but in MacOS we have our own toys. I wish I had more time to play.
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