Document Settings Templates

Document settings templates can be used to determine the way documents of particular formats, e.g. MS Word or XML, should be processed during the check-in process in Across and accordingly represented in crossDesk afterwards.

Processing and Display Types

The following processing and display types are available in document settings templates:

Type	Description
Normal (or no display mode selected)	The text is visible to the translator and can be edited, i.e. translated.
Locked	The text is visible to the translator but cannot be edited.
Hidden	The text is not visible to the translator but can be viewed by the project manager.
Ignored	The text is not taken into consideration when the document is checked in, e.g. in order to relieve system resources. The text is not visible to the translator and cannot be viewed or subsequently made visible by the project manager.

For character styles (in Word) or for internal elements (e.g. Tagged XML), the following processing and display modes can be selected (in addition to Normal):

Type	Description
Read-only and placeables	The text is displayed in the form of a placeable, i.e. a gray field that cannot be edited. The translator must copy the placeables to the target text.
Read-write (Word only)	The text is displayed in the form of green fields that can be edited. These are inserted in the translation as fields and can be edited.

Example: Excel

Using document settings templates, you can define that in Excel documents, for example, individual cells or entire columns exclusively containing numbers not to be changed by the translator are to be locked or hidden in crossDesk entirely. In this way, you can minimize the translation volume and avoid errors, e.g. due to accidental editing of numbers. Moreover, these contents can also be "ignored". This means that these contents will not be taken into consideration during check-in. In this way, the check-in and processing times can be reduced considerably.

Example: Word

For example, in Word documents, you can define spans to be hidden on the basis of styles used in the document.

Due to the new document formats of Office 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), there are two different areas in the system settings, respectively, with different document settings templates.

By default, Word templates are already prefilled with some elements. The prefilling consists of the elements images, objects, and document settings, which determine how these Word elements are to be processed. By default, these three element categories are ignored. This means that during check-in to Across, they are not taken into consideration and are therefore not available in Across as information. This reduced use of resources has a positive effect on the work with Across, as the documents are leaner and can be processed and edited faster.

Example: XML

In Across, XML documents can be edited in two different ways: as Tagged XML or Visual XML. For these two different types, there are also two different sections in the system settings with different document settings templates for processing XML documents.

When translating XML files, the document settings templates are particularly important: Unlike HTML, the tags available for XML is not predetermined, but can be freely defined on the basis of certain rules. Therefore, for the translation of XML documents, it is important to determine how Across is to treat the various tags at check-in. In particular, be sure to define inline tags as such prior to check-in in order to ensure correct display and translation of the source document.

You can load the XML document to be translated via Load. The elements contained in the document will automatically be listed in the document settings template. Subsequently, you can select the elements one by one and configure them as needed by means of the Edit button.

Attention

Normally, you should not customize these templates, as they have been optimized for processing the respective formats in Across. If you still want to customize the templates, be sure to make a backup copy of the original template (using the Export button). Consult a competence partner before you customize the templates.

External and Internal XML Elements

External elements are located outside the body text, never within a text line. Usually, they cause a line break. Inline elements are located within the body text; for example, they may cause a certain word within a string to be displayed in bold type. Usually, elements always consist of a start tag (e.g. ) and an end tag (e.g. ).

Example: This is boldface.

(p for paragraph) and is an external element. stands for bold and is an inline element.