Main Window

When no project is open, Lingobit Localizer shows the start page: New Project, Open Project, recent projects, and samples.

With a project open, the main window has the menu, the toolbars, the Navigation pane on the left, the Translation Editor with the preview, and panes such as the Text Editor, Output, Translation Hints, Statistics, Translation Memory, Find Results, and All Translations.

Menus

  • File — new, open, save, Import Old Project (Translator Edition), Export Translations to TMX, print.

  • Edit — undo, clipboard, Find and Replace.

  • View — toolbars, panes, preview, Reset Window Layout, user interface language.

  • Translation — commands for the selected items: Translate Using, Add Translation To, Validation, Status, Delete Translation, Copy Translations, Edit Translations, Restore Original Values, Binary Data.

  • Project — commands for the whole project: add and remove files, Import Translations from Localized Files, Scan for Changes, Create Localized Files, Translate Using, Validate & Fix, Generate Project Report, Crash Finder, External Translation, Translation Memory, Terminology, Languages, Properties.

  • Designer — editing dialogs and forms: mode, alignment, size, spacing, Flip, grid, Highlight Bounds, Check Mnemonics.

  • Tools — Dictionary Manager, Options, Machine Translation Settings.

  • Help — Help Topics, website, Contact Support, Check for Updates, About.

Panes

Show and hide panes in View > Panes. Panes can be docked, floating, or hidden automatically; drag them to change the layout. Localizer remembers the window size and layout. View > Reset Window Layout returns to the default layout; Localizer closes and the default layout is used at the next start.