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Hani Hassaan
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Oct 30, 2008

Hello,
When I open Tag Editor trying to use a text document (Notepad), an error message appears to me:
80003): TagEditor is unable to open this document because the file type
is not recongised.

I tried to copy from the text file into Word, saving as Text only then use TagEditor but same problem repeats.
I tried using TM but same result, the strange thing is some text files open using same TM.

I appreciate any help specially quick ones.
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Hello,
When I open Tag Editor trying to use a text document (Notepad), an error message appears to me:
80003): TagEditor is unable to open this document because the file type
is not recongised.

I tried to copy from the text file into Word, saving as Text only then use TagEditor but same problem repeats.
I tried using TM but same result, the strange thing is some text files open using same TM.

I appreciate any help specially quick ones.

Thanks ▲ Collapse
 
Jerzy Czopik
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Plain text is not supported by Tageditor Oct 30, 2008

If this is a simple text document, save it as doc and process then.
Or what was the source of your file?

PS
BTW, I've moved your topic to SDL Trados support forum.

[Edited at 2008-10-30 14:35]
 
Hani Hassaan
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opened with Notepad, Type of file: Text Document as shown from properties Oct 30, 2008

Hi Jerzy,
Thanks for your quick help, it is opened with Notepad.
Type of file: Text Document.

Thanks in advance
 
Jerzy Czopik
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Save as doc and process then Oct 30, 2008

You cannot process plain text in TE.
Save plain text as doc and process then.
 
Stefan de Boeck (X)
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TE and .txt files Oct 30, 2008

To translate .txt files in TagEditor: in Filter Settings / Regular Expression text files: add ;*.txt to the supported file formats field.
Remove it when you need to translate QuarkExpress.txt or Ventura.txt
 
Hani Hassaan
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All ok now Oct 30, 2008

Many thanks for Jerzy and Stefan for great help.
 
LAURA TENORINI
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I can't solve the problem Nov 14, 2008

I'm using Trados 7 Freelance and I'm experiencing the same problem but, if I go to "Filter Settings", I can't find any "Regular Expression text files".
This is what I can see:
filter settings

Do you have any advice?
How can I translate .txt files without saving them as .doc?

Thanks a lot for your help,
Laura
 
Jerzy Czopik
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The corresponding setting is available in newer Trados versions Jun 3, 2009

Laura, I've seen your post just today... sorry.

The filter settings you have belong to Trados 2006 AFAIR.
The mentioned filter setting is available in Trados 2007.

Best regards
Jerzy
 


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