Need help in removing useless tags from Word document Thread poster: Denise Phelps
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Hi everyone,
I'm working on a Word document that from the properties I see was produced in Mac (I don't know if this has anything to do with it).
When I open the document in Trados Studio Freelance 2011 (working on a PC with Windows 7), the document is full of tags which do nothing except mess up spacing and make reading the source and target text extremely difficult. If I start with a blank target text (thus losing any suggestions from my TM or the MyMemory plugin) an... See more Hi everyone,
I'm working on a Word document that from the properties I see was produced in Mac (I don't know if this has anything to do with it).
When I open the document in Trados Studio Freelance 2011 (working on a PC with Windows 7), the document is full of tags which do nothing except mess up spacing and make reading the source and target text extremely difficult. If I start with a blank target text (thus losing any suggestions from my TM or the MyMemory plugin) and then save the target, nothing in the target text formatting is different to the source text, so they don't seem to serve any purpose. There are up to 40 tags in each segment!
I won't even mention the number of error messages this generates every time I confirm a segment, all apparently irrelevant. I've tried hitting the "no tag text" icon - all that happens is that the tags remain as little purple triangles without the extra information.
Does anyone know if there is a simple way to remove tags from the original document? Another 7,000 words of this is going to do my head in!
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Natalie 
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Moderator of this forum SITE LOCALIZER | Please check this forum | Mar 23, 2012 |
Hi Denise,
Please check this forum: the problem of tags has been discussed here so many times (the most recent discussion was yesterday, if I am not mistaken).
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Jerzy Czopik
Germany
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CTRL+A CTRL+D apply one single font type and press OK.
CTRL+A CTRL+D change to Spacing tab, apply Scale = 100%, Spacing = Normal and deselect "Kerning...." Press OK.
Save, open in Studio - and please use the Search on this forum.
The same tip has been posted no longer than two days ago in this very forum by myself.
Not to speak about other numerous posts on EXACTLY the same problem.
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Kate Chaffer
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Denise Phelps
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TOPIC STARTER
Sorry for irritating everyone, especially Jerzy, who spends so much time answering (the same) Trados issues here (repeatedly).
I tried the suggestions, but my PC is Spanish, so the shortcut keys are different and even when I opened the font dialog box by a different method I couldn't find "kerning" anywhere. I tried making the changes suggested, but I'm obviously not doing something important because the text is still full of tags But thanks for the links - I've sent off for the C... See more Sorry for irritating everyone, especially Jerzy, who spends so much time answering (the same) Trados issues here (repeatedly).
I tried the suggestions, but my PC is Spanish, so the shortcut keys are different and even when I opened the font dialog box by a different method I couldn't find "kerning" anywhere. I tried making the changes suggested, but I'm obviously not doing something important because the text is still full of tags But thanks for the links - I've sent off for the Codezapper mentioned in one of the other threads, and hope that works. ▲ Collapse
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Emma Goldsmith
Spain
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Spanish to English
| Microsoft terminology link | Mar 23, 2012 |
Denise Phelps wrote:
PC is Spanish, so the shortcut keys are different and even when I opened the font dialog box by a different method I couldn't find "kerning" anywhere.
Kerning is "interletraje". Actually it's more meaningful in Spanish IMO.
Here's a really useful link to Microsoft terms and their translations: http://www.microsoft.com/Language/en-US/Search.aspx (OK, I must admit I used it to find kerning!)
Ctrl A is Ctrl E in Sp Windows
I can't remember what Ctrl D is, but you can right click and go to Fonts instead.
HTH,
Emma
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Denise Phelps
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I've followed the instructions here several times, one way and another, to no effect. I shall see if the codezapper file makes any difference. If not, there are aspirin in the house
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Jerzy Czopik
Germany
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| The reason must be then different | Mar 23, 2012 |
No irritation here
If you don't mind sending me the file to jerzy at czopik dot com I would check it.
Your Word file seems to show some strange behavior, and this makes me indeed curious, why the proposed method will not work, as in my case this removes roughly 90% of all unwanted tags (means fully unnecessary formattings).
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Denise Phelps
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TOPIC STARTER | Thank you Jerzy | Mar 23, 2012 |
I've just sent you a copy of the file. Now I shall be biting my nails to see if the file is indeed behaving strangely or if I've been incompetent when following your instructions
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Jerzy Czopik
Germany
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| The problem lays indeed more deeply than we suspected | Mar 23, 2012 |
It was not just the "plain" spacing and scale problem, as widely seen in PDF converted styles.
The Word file was more tricky here. The customer has used styles and formatted the document in a very strange way, as he selected some small pieces of texts without neighbor spaces and applied the style there. But the spaces have been retained in the previous style!
CodeZapper would most certainly do its job here perfectly, but I also managed to remove nearly all unnecessary formatting, so ... See more It was not just the "plain" spacing and scale problem, as widely seen in PDF converted styles.
The Word file was more tricky here. The customer has used styles and formatted the document in a very strange way, as he selected some small pieces of texts without neighbor spaces and applied the style there. But the spaces have been retained in the previous style!
CodeZapper would most certainly do its job here perfectly, but I also managed to remove nearly all unnecessary formatting, so the file now opens nicely in Studio. ▲ Collapse
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Denise Phelps
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TOPIC STARTER | Thank you Jerzy | Mar 23, 2012 |
I've already said goodbye to my weekend because of how much this was slowing me down, but at least it'll be plain sailing from here on in, and I can save the aspirin for another day!
Many thanks!
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neilmac
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Thanks for posting this link Emma, which I'm sure will come in handy in future, since I don't know what many of my Spanish keypboard functions are in English.
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neilmac
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Denise Phelps wrote:
I'm working on a Word document that from the properties I see was produced in Mac ...
I don't know if this has anything to do with it either, but from personal experience and observation I have often found some sort of problem with Word documents created on Macs; maybe not exactly like the one described here, but similar, with stray tags and maybe spellcheck not working or some changes not saved - little bugs but still annoying when time is of the essence.
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