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Adjusting screen font size in Studio 2019
Thread poster: John Dawson

John Dawson  Identity Verified
United States
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Nov 26, 2018

Just getting started with Studio 2019 and tired of squinting at the 8pt typeface. I have done the following:
- Clicked on File
- Clicked on Options
- Clicked on Font Adaptations
- Changed Minimum Source Font Size and Minimum Target Font Size to 12
- Clicked on OK
Nothing changes.
Saved file, closed app. Reloaded app. No change.
The above steps were repeated twice. No change.
Suggestions??

Thanks very much!
 

Janine Teuscher  Identity Verified
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Font size in Trados Nov 27, 2018

Hello John,

the Font Adaptations only change the font within the editor, i.e. the source text and the translation. If I change the font size, this is immediately applied when I click on OK. I set the Minimum and Maximum Source/Target Font Size to 14 and now it's always 14. Maybe having the same size in all these fields might help.

If you want to change the font size of the user interface, however, you would have to change the settings for your entire operating system as... See more
Hello John,

the Font Adaptations only change the font within the editor, i.e. the source text and the translation. If I change the font size, this is immediately applied when I click on OK. I set the Minimum and Maximum Source/Target Font Size to 14 and now it's always 14. Maybe having the same size in all these fields might help.

If you want to change the font size of the user interface, however, you would have to change the settings for your entire operating system as Trados unfortunately doesn't provide that option.

Let me know, if you need help with that.

Kind regards,

Janine

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John Dawson  Identity Verified
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That worked, Janine - thanks very much! Nov 27, 2018

Thank you for the help - much appreciated!
 

Sandra & Kenneth Grossman  Identity Verified
Israel
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In the Editor screen - View - Font adaptation Nov 30, 2018

Hi,
You don't have to change any Windows settings.
To change dynamically the font size, in the Editor screen, Press the View tab. The last item on the right is the Font Adaptation Group.
HTH,
Sandra

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Pablo Garcia
Local time: 14:32
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Right solution May 2, 2019

Yep, it can be done as Sandra &Kenneth say...
 

Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
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Works! Mar 19, 2020

Sandra & Kenneth Grossman wrote:

Hi,
You don't have to change any Windows settings.
To change dynamically the font size, in the Editor screen, Press the View tab. The last item on the right is the Font Adaptation Group.
HTH,
Sandra

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Brilliant, thanks for this tip as the options window thingy didn´t work for me either

John Dawson
 

mellandeau
Argentina
Font size of the UI vs font size of the editor part May 16, 2020

What John was asking for was to enlarge the font of Trados UI, not the font size of the source/target.
The only way to do that is as Janine said, a Windows setting. The other solutions provided are only for the font size of the editor part, source and target.

Greetings.
 

Wolfgang Schoene  Identity Verified
France
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Works May 17, 2020

Michael Harris wrote:

Sandra & Kenneth Grossman wrote:

Hi,
You don't have to change any Windows settings.
To change dynamically the font size, in the Editor screen, Press the View tab. The last item on the right is the Font Adaptation Group.
HTH,
Sandra

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Brilliant, thanks for this tip as the options window thingy didn´t work for me either


Remains to see why the option is available in Options and not working...
 

Jean-Christophe Duc  Identity Verified
France
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Font size for TM Aug 12, 2020

I think the question might refer to the size of the TM results, which is difficult to find:
-> File -> Options -> Editor -> Translation results -> change font at bottom of screen
Do the same in the two other "results" windows and you should be able to see more clearly the text.
 

Yves Lanthier
Canada
Local time: 08:32
English to French
"other 'results' windows" Aug 21, 2020

Jean-Christophe Duc wrote:

I think the question might refer to the size of the TM results, which is difficult to find:
-> File -> Options -> Editor -> Translation results -> change font at bottom of screen
Do the same in the two other "results" windows and you should be able to see more clearly the text.



I'm right there, but can't find "other 'results' windows". Can you help find them?
 

Yves Lanthier
Canada
Local time: 08:32
English to French
Got it Aug 23, 2020

Top of Term Recognition window itself, hovering the third icon displays "Hitlist settings", so this is it. Clicking this third icon pops a window with plenty of font characteristics, which can be different for source and target terms.
(I didn't find it before probably because of a delay when hovering, and/or I probably would have had to click somewhere in Studio 2019 (or 2021) to make it the active app) ).
 

P.E.A.M. INGHELS
Netherlands
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An oldie but a goldie: how to enlarge the font of the *Trados UI* Apr 14

Please read that again: how to enlarge the font of * the Trados UI *. Sorry guys, but I find that nowadays I need a magnifying glass to read the Trados user interface (and NOT the Editor view, I know how to enlarge the font in there).

How is that the UI font in SDL Trados appears to be shrinking with each version? Is it coded by fifteen-year-olds? I am not a f*ing bat! So please, anyone?

Anna Schuster
 

Anna Schuster  Identity Verified
United States
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For all Windows 10 apps Apr 14

I have the same problem in many Windows apps (Thunderbird being one of the worst). I use a simple program called "System font size changer" that changes the size of menus etc. It is kind of a primitive solution, and the changes get lost with each big Windows update, but it's easy to do it again.
 


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