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Tips and tricks

File organization

File organization on your end is very important for the successful execution of your work. Here come some recommendations for a tidy organization.

  1. Designate a working folder for the project in your machine, and use that same location for all related tasks. We would suggest a location at a very high level in the folder structure in your computer, e.g.

    • On Windows: C:\Work\CLIENT\PROJECT or C:\Users\USER\Work\CLIENT\PROJECT
    • On Mac/Linux: /Users/USER/Work/CLIENT/PROJECT

  2. Inside the PROJECT's working folder above, create the following folder structure (or something similar that fits your purposes):

    ├── 00_Admin
    ├── 01_Instructions
    ├── 02_Tasks
    └── 03_Whatever

Create your OmegaT project folders inside, say, C:\Users\Manolo\Work\cApStAn\Globex\02_Tasks. The final path to the OmegaT project folder should look like C:\Users\USER\Work\CLIENT\PROJECT\02_Tasks\OMT-PROJ-DIR, where OMT-PROJ-DIR is (the name of) your local OmegaT project folder.

How to copy-paste a URL

  1. Select the URL:

    • To select the URL, click right before the first character of the URL and drag your mouse up to the end of the URL.

  2. Copy the URL:

    • When the whole URL is highlighted (which means that it's selected), press Ctrl+C in your keyboard.

    • Alternatively, you may right-click the highlighted text and select Copy in the contextual menu that will appear.

    • When you copy text, it'll be stored in your clipboard.

  3. Paste the URL:

    • Go to the location where you want to paste the URL and press Ctrl+V to insert it there.