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7. Enable the corresponding option to confirm that you wish to install the Across Personal Edition and click Next > . 8. In case Microsoft Framework .NET 3.5 SP1 has not been installed on the computer yet, it will now be installed. The installation process may take several minutes.
9. Now enter your license key. - Entering a regular license key: As a rule, you receive a regular license key from Across Systems by e-mail. Copy the license key (e.g. using Ct rl + C ) to clipboard and then paste it (e.g. using Ct rl + V ) into the license key input field. - Installation of a trial version: To install a trial version of the Across Personal Edition, enable a corresponding checkbox. The license key for the trial verison will be created automatically and valid until the end of the month following the month of installation. Apart from the time limit, the trial version does not have any functional limitations compared to a regular version. 10. Click Ne xt > . 11. Select the option for installing the database Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition on your computer. 12. Now click Next > to begin installing the SQL Server Express.
13. The SQL Server 2008 R2 Express will now be installed. This process may take several minutes. 14. After the installation of SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, you may be asked to reboot your computer. This is, however, not necessary. Click No to continue installing the Across Server.
15. Select whether you wish to adjust the rights for auto-patching, and if so, for which user(s). When installing a trial version, you can select the option "Do not activate any rights".
16. After the installation of the SQL Server Express, the installation of the Across Personal Edition begins. Click Nex t > .
17. Across will now suggest a location at which to install the software. To change this location, click Ch an g e .. . and select a different location for the installation. 18. Click Ne xt > .
21. The database with its corresponding tables and table fields will now be set up. 22. Click Ne xt > after the creation of the database has been completed.
23. Now select the languages you are going to work with in Across. (You can add further languages at any time.)
24. The second part of the installation has now been completed and the Across Personal Edition is fully installed. 25. Click Fini sh to complete the installation and to start Across.
26. If the installation package contains a new patch, this patch will automatically be extracted and installed.
27. Trial version installation: From the moment of installation, you can test all features of Across until the end of the following month. Your trial version can be upgraded to a regular version at any time. In order to do this, click O rde r n o w ... in the following dialog box. Otherwise click Co n t in u e .
28. Subsequently, the login dialog will open up, allowing you to log in as a user. Continue with Chapter III.
Information on working with Across as a Standby Remote Client is available in the User Manual Across at a glance, in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) at www.across.net/en/faqs.aspx and in the online help in the chapter Working offline via the Internet. In addition, the online help is always at your fingertips by clicking the F1 key. Next, both modes will be described. Since the user interface itself is similar to a large extent, in chapter IV you will find a concise introduction into working with the Across Standalone Personal Edition.
1. Start Across via > > St a rt > > Al l P rog r am s > > Ac r o s s > > Ac r o s s . 2. The Login dialog box opens. 3. Click the "Standalone Personal Edition section and then L o g in . 4. Across will be started in standalone mode.
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To start Across as a Standby Remote Client, proceed as follows: 1. Start Across via > > St a rt > > Al l P rog r am s > > Ac r o s s > > Ac r o s s . 2. The Login dialog box opens. 3. Click the St a n d b y R em o t e C li en t section and then I mp o rt .. .
4. Select the folder in which you saved your softkey, select the softkey, and click O pen .
5. The field already contains your user name. Enter your password if necessary and then click L o g in . 6. Across will then start as a Standby Remote Client.
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Now you can close the system settings. 2. Creating a relation: The creation and management of relations take place in a separate R el at ion s module. (In Across, a relation is usually a customer or client, but may also be a product or product group.) Click Re lat ion s in the module bar on the left-hand side (or the corresponding icon) to enter the Re lat io n s module. Click New .. . and then N e xt > once the Relation Wizard has started. Enter a name for relation (e.g. "Sample Company"). You can enter additional information by means of various tabs. Then click O K .
The new relation has been added. For the following example, perform a final change in the profile settings. Go to > > T o o ls > > P ro f il e S et t i ngs .. . > >G en e ra l > > P ro je ct W iz a rd s et t in g s . Select the option "Always ask the project manager" as workflow template. You can now close the profile settings and start creating your first project in Across.
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4. Enter a project name, click Ad d f i le .. . and select a sample document (e.g., MS Word document) that you want to translate. 5. Click Ne xt > .
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6. Now you can change the scheduled project deadline and enter a description for the project. Additionally, you can assign attributes to the project, such as the previously created relation and subject. 7. Click Ne xt > .
8. A dialog box for selecting the source and target language opens. By default, Across tries to detect the source language for Office and other formats automatically. 9. Then select a desired target language for the project in the left area of the dialog window and click > . 10. Click Ne xt > .
11. If required, in this step you can select a template with which the document should be checked in. (Templates enable you, e.g. to hide sections of a document that should not be translated.) For our simple example, just select "default" from the dropdown list below the list of documents. 12. Click Ne xt > .
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13. Now select a workflow on which the project is to be based. In Across, a workflow describes the sequence of work steps or procedures that are processed successively in the form of tasks. The simplest workflow the "Translation" workflow merely consists of a translation task. Other workflows contain other tasks. For our simple example, select the "Translation" workflow. 14. Click Ne xt > .
15. Now you can adjust the deadlines of the individual tasks, i.e. the delivery date and time. 16. Now click Fin ish to create the project. This starts the automatic check-in process, in which the source document is analyzed and prepared for translation.
17. The window showing the check-in progress is displayed. Depending on the document, the check-in procedure can take several minutes.
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18. The project creation has now been completed. The view will change automatically to the M y T ask s module. The module displays at a glance an overview of all pending tasks. At the bottom of the screen, important information such as project name, task type, language direction, and deadline are displayed. 19. Select the translation task you would like to process and click O pen .. . at the bottom of the screen. (You can also open tasks, for example, by clicking icon in the toolbar below the the menu bar.) 20. Across now opens crossDesk, the work environment designed for carrying out the actual translation work: a) On the left of the screen, there is a navigation pane crossView that enables various views and functions for the translation via the tabs. b) The source and target texts appear next to each other in the Context View, i.e. the upper middle window. c) You type in the translation into the Target Editor in the middle lower pane. d) The crossTerm window is located on the right side of the screen - this is your interface to the Across terminology system. e) At the bottom of the screen there is a window that unifies three search functions in one: the fuzzy search for searching sentences in crossTank, i.e. the translation memory of Across, the concordance search for quickly finding single words or phrases in crossTank and crossSearch for carrying out quick searches in Internet and Intranet resources.
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21. When opening your task, the first paragraph to be translated is automatically activated. The active paragraph is highlighted in light blue in the Context View. Now type in your translation in the Target Editor. 22. Once you have finished translating the paragraph, you can now mark it with the "translated" editing state. To do this, click the icon in the crossDesk toolbar. The editing state then changes from "untouched" ( ) to "translated" ( ). The editing of the paragraph is now completed. The change of the editing state to "translated" implies that the segments contained in the translated paragraph have been saved to crossTank. 23. Now move on to the next segment you wish to translate: to do this, click into the corresponding segment in the icon in the navigation toolbar above the Context View. Context View or click the
24. As soon as all segments have been assigned the "translated" status ( ) the task can be finished. A corresponding dialog box will automatically appear. 25. Select the option "Finish the task" and disable the option "Store Finished Translations to crossTank" for this example. 26. Click O K .
27. Thus, the processing of the project is finished. 28. Now you can go to the W h at d o you w an t t o d o ? module and click Ch e c k o u t p roj e ct , which launches the Check-out Wizard for effectively converting the translated document back into its original format.
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Further information on working with Across is available in the user manuals Across at a Glance and "Across - Step by Step" as well as in the online help. Among other things, they provide detailed information on the following topics: Translating with Across see chapter 5.3 "Working in crossDesk and the step-by-step instructions in chapter 4.1 Aligning existing translations see the step-by-step instructions in chapter 5.1 Importing translation memory see the step-by-step instructions in chapter 5.2 Importing terminology data see the step-by-step instructions in chapter 6.1 Translating special formats (e.g. HTML, XML, MIF and software) see chapter 11, "Special Formats Standby Remote Client: General information see chapter 8 "Working Offline via the Internet Retrieving tasks from the Server see the step-by-step instructions in chapter 7.1 Uploading finished tasks to the Server see the step-by-step instructions in chapter 7.2.
You can download the latest edition of the Across documentation at any time from the Across website at www.across.net/en/documentation-center.aspx.
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