CAT-Tools/DéjàVu X

Please note: The information provided in this section refers to DVX. DVX2 was released in 2011 and contains many new features not described here yet. For up-to-date information please refer to the Atril website

Using DVX

Manual with chapters, subchapters and appendix for DéjàVu X.

How to

1. How do I get started?
2. How to use SQL for maintaining databases and checking finished translations
3. How to use the Build Lexicon option
4. How to deal with embedded codes
5. How to assign toolbar buttons to the Filter on Selection feature
6. How to proceed when your translation fails to export or exports incompletely
7. How to proceed when DVX asks for the MS Office installation cd and you do not have it at that moment

How to handle different file formats

1. How to tackle the DOC format (Microsoft Word)
2. How to tackle the FLA format (Macromedia Flash)
3. How to tackle the ITD format (SDLX)
4. How to tackle the RTF format (Microsoft Word)
5. How to tackle the RTF format (Trados)
6. How to tackle the SWF format (Macromedia Flash)
7. How to tackle the XLS format (Microsoft Excel)

FAQ

1. What patches exist for DVX?
2. Where do I get DVX Editor?
3. How to restore the AutoSearch/File Navigator window?
4. Does DVX run on Mac or Linux too?
5. What sets DVX apart from other CAT-tools?
6. Does DVX support voice recognition input?
7. Where or how can I get the DVX Editor?
8. How to make the interface look normal?
9. deal with USB dongle problems
10. get File Navigator or AutoSearch - Portions windows back
11. get file navigator or autosearch portions found windows back

Issues/bugs

How to report bugs. (A bug is not a suggested improvement. Use the Wishlist below for that.)

How to reply to bug reports (for Atril only).

If you want to add a new bug, use this template.

New bugs

1. Assemble: Multiple Assemble Matches do not show all options
   
2. Assemble: Numbers messed up during Assemble operation
   
3. Assemble: EBMT not working as expected
   
4. Interface: Focus lost after spell check
5. Interface: Portions found window emptied on spell check
6. Portions found: Order of target terms lost after conversion of TDB from DV3
   
7. Portions found: Order of target terms not maintained when working with several TDB's
   
8. Specific languages (Japanese): Scan function
9. Specific languages (Japanese): Portions Found window
10. Specific languages (Japanese): Auto-propagate
11. Specific languages (Japanese): Import from Microsoft Word
12. Numerals check: numerals check does not work
    

Known bugs needing more comments from Atril

(Use this category for bugs that have already been commented on at least once by Atril, and which need a dialogue with Atril to be able to pin-point the issue.)

Known bugs

(With comments from Atril Software. The issue is clarified and will hopefully be solved in the next build.)

1. External View: Duplicate rows not suppressed
   
2. Interface: Windows have disappeared
3. Portions found: Words not found
4. Spell Check: Freeze on UPPERCASE
5. Symbols: Slashes: import and export issues

Solved bugs

(These bugs are solved or can only be solved by third parties.)

1. Dongle: Dongle not detected
2. Freeze: Freeze during launch

Wishlist

1. Align
2. Assemble
3. AutoSearch - Portions
4. AutoSearch - Sentences
5. Find
6. Import - External View
7. Export - External View
8. Import - TDB
9. Import - MDB
10. Import Filters
11. MDB Interface
12. Pretranslation
13. Project Interface
14. Project Properties
15. Scan
16. Search and Replace
17. Selection Filters
18. Settings
19. Spelling Check
20. SRX
21. TDB Interface
22. Translation
23. Stemming
24. Wordcount

Links

Pointers to sites with good solutions for famous problems

• tt4t - tips & tricks for translators
• Atril Knowledge Base
• Atril Software Community

Third party tools

• CodeRemover: an open source macro suite to remove rogue codes from Word documents
• Macro ToolWorks macros for DéjàVu
• AutoHotkey macros for DéjàVu
• Auto-it macros for DéjàVu