The Layout & Hotkeys tab lets you define a few settings related to appearance and behavior that are preserved across different ApSIC Xbench launches. The fields in this window are: Maximize on Startup. If you check this box, ApSIC Xbench will appear maximized when it is launched. It is recommended to check this box, as the maximized mode is the one that provides the maximum amount of information at the same time. »
The Colors tab lets you choose the font colors for the different priorities and also the background color for zoomed mode. In ApSIC Xbench there are two modes, overview, where only some relevant entries from each priority are shown, and the zoomed mode, where all the entries of a given priority are shown. This tab allows you to define the following settings: Background color when zoomed. This is the background color that is used in zoomed mode, as a visual indicator that you are not in overview mode (the default mode is overview). »
The Internet tab lets you define the pattern URLs that you use to perform targeted searches in the Internet, for example in a dictionary. You can have as many entries as you wish, but only the first 10 will have a hotkey assigned, either Alt+n within ApSIC Xbench or with Ctrl+Alt+n (with the numeric keypad in this latter case in Num Lock mode) from any Windows application. n can be a number from 0 to 9, where 0 means the 10th entry in the list. »
You can define here the following settings: Check weekly for new versions. If this check box is enabled, ApSIC Xbench will check once a week if there are updates available. Enable alternative project. If this check box is checked, ApSIC Xbench keeps in memory the project opened prior to the current one. To switch back and forth among both projects, choose Project->Switch to Alternative Project. To discard the alternative project and recall the memory used by it, choose Project->Forget Alternative Project. »
The Text Editor tab lets you configure command-line arguments for a text editor when using the Edit Segment feature for search results or QA results for a glossary in .txt format. This includes Tab-delimited Files, Trados Exported Memories, Wordfast Memories, and Wordfast Glossaries. When properly configured, this allows you to open the file directly at the line from which the segment selected with Edit Segment comes from. If you choose to define a Text Editor, you need to assign values to the following fields: »
The TMX Editor tab lets you configure command-line arguments for a TMX editor when using the Edit Segment feature for search results or QA results for a glossary in .tmx format. When properly configured, this allows you to open the file directly at the line from which the segment selected with Edit Segment comes from. If you choose to define a TMX Editor, you need to assign values to the following fields: »
The Studio Plugin tab allows you to define settings that modify the behavior of the Xbench plugin for SDL Trados Studio. The settings available on this tab are: Add first local termbase. When checked, the plugin will add the first local termbase defined for the SDL Trados Studio project to the Xbench QA project created from the plugin. The termbase will be assigned high priority in the Xbench project. Add first local translation memory. »
The Transifex tab allows you to define settings such as your Transifex credendials or your default target language. The settings available on this tab are: API Token: Specify here your Transifex API Token obtained from the www.transifex.com site. To verify that it’s vàlid, click Test Login. Default Target Language. Type the language code for the target language you typically translate into. To see a list of the valid language codes, please click the button with ellipsis (…) and choose your default language. »