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Giles Watson
Giles Watson  Identity Verified
Italy
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Italian to English
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RTF Preamble May 4, 2006

Hi David,

If you open your text-format translation memory in a word processor, you will see something like this:

angle bracket RTF Preamble angle bracket
angle bracket FontTable angle bracket
{\fonttbl
{\f1 \fmodern\fprq1 \fcharset0 Courier New;}

and the list continues with all the fonts available.

However in your shoes, I'd take Jerzy's advice and buy a new machine, even if it means dipping into the piggy bank. Your blood pr
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Hi David,

If you open your text-format translation memory in a word processor, you will see something like this:

angle bracket RTF Preamble angle bracket
angle bracket FontTable angle bracket
{\fonttbl
{\f1 \fmodern\fprq1 \fcharset0 Courier New;}

and the list continues with all the fonts available.

However in your shoes, I'd take Jerzy's advice and buy a new machine, even if it means dipping into the piggy bank. Your blood pressure will thank you and you'll soon get the money back in extra earnings because you won't be wasting time on irritating little hardware problems!

Buon lavoro,

Giles



[Edited at 2006-05-04 14:47]
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david angel (X)
david angel (X)
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Thanks Giles and everyone else. May 5, 2006

Thanks, Giles, and everyone else who had advice and solace. I will go for the consensus and buy a new machine with plenty of RAM.
Best Wishes to all,
David.


 
Vito Smolej
Vito Smolej
Germany
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Can you tell me where I'd find the RTF Preamble? May 5, 2006

If you open the exported TM (let's say mybigTM.txt) with notepad for instance, you will see something like this

[TWBExportFile version="7.0" generator="TW4Win" build="7.0.0.615"]
[RTF Preamble]
[FontTable]
{\fonttbl
{\f1 \fmodern\fprq1 \fcharset0 Courier New;}
{\f2 \fswiss\fprq2 \fcharset0 Arial;}
...
{\f75 \fswiss\fprq2 \fcharset163 Tahoma (Vietnamese);}
{\f76 \fswiss\fprq2 \fcharset222 Tahoma (Thai);}}
...
[StyleSheet]<
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If you open the exported TM (let's say mybigTM.txt) with notepad for instance, you will see something like this

[TWBExportFile version="7.0" generator="TW4Win" build="7.0.0.615"]
[RTF Preamble]
[FontTable]
{\fonttbl
{\f1 \fmodern\fprq1 \fcharset0 Courier New;}
{\f2 \fswiss\fprq2 \fcharset0 Arial;}
...
{\f75 \fswiss\fprq2 \fcharset163 Tahoma (Vietnamese);}
{\f76 \fswiss\fprq2 \fcharset222 Tahoma (Thai);}}
...
[StyleSheet]
{\stylesheet
{\St \s0 {\StN Normal}}
...etc

The fNN statements is what you have to look at.

I used [and ] instead of smaller and bigger signs. Note I have just 76 fonts mentioned - and that's probably 70 too many anyhow)

smo




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david angel (X)
david angel (X)
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I have bought a new computer! May 5, 2006

Thanks a million, jerszy. This is really useful help, which i shall keep on file. For the moment, though, i've followed the consensus and bought a new computer. It's really beautiful, slim, black and shiny! Thanks for all your help, and that goes for everyone on the thread!
Best Wishes,
David.


 
Jerzy Czopik
Jerzy Czopik  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 15:42
Member (2003)
Polish to German
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Congrats on that! May 5, 2006

Have fun with your new one.
But keep in mind - in five years it will be an old one, at the latest

PCs are changing very quickly. One shall consider buying a new one every three to five years IMO. TBH I do this every two years recently...

Best
Jerzy


 
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