By default, when you minimize Lingo, a shortcut button on the main part of the taskbar lets you reopen the application. However, you can select this check box if you want to minimize Lingo to the system tray instead. With this option selected, a shortcut icon is placed in the system tray (i.e., notification area) of the taskbar when Lingo is minimized. You can click on this icon and select Restore to reopen the application.

Select this check box if you want Lingo to reload documents automatically.

Select this check box if you want Lingo to periodically auto-save any open files. You can specify the number of minutes that should elapse between each auto-save.

You can have multiple files of all types open in the interface at the same. By default, when you open a new file, other documents that are already open remain open. However, you can change this behavior so that files already open in the interface are automatically closed when you open a new document.You can use any of the following options:Close others This option automatically closes all other open documents.Close others with no changes This option automatically closes all other open documents that do not have unsaved changes. If you have files open where changes have been made but not saved, those files will remain open until you save and close them.Close others with same extension This option automatically closes all other open documents that share the same file extension. Close others with same extension and no changes This option is the same as the previous option, except that files with unsaved changes will not automatically be closed. Those files remain open until you save and close them.

There are some dialogs in Lingo that open just once to give you a message or warning when something changes or you switch modes. These dialogs have a check box labeled "Show this dialog." If you deselect that check box, you will not see the dialog again. However, you can use this reset feature to display that dialog (and all other "Show Once" dialogs) again the next time.

Select this check box to have Lingo automatically recreate missing file filters. This maintains the link to these filters if you deleted the original filter or share the project with someone who does not have the original filter.

Select this check box to have Lingo automatically recreate missing translation memories and termbases. This maintains the link to these files if you deleted the original database or share the project with someone who does not have the original database.

If the source document contains inline formatting that Lingo is able to read (e.g., bold, italic, underlined text), that formatting is displayed in the source cell in the Translation Editor. You need to apply the same formatting to the appropriate text in the target cell. Tags are shown for elements and formatting that Lingo is not able to read. However, if you want all formatting in the Translation Editor and Translation Memory Editor to be displayed as tags (as in older versions of Lingo), you can select this option. You may need to close and reopen files in the project to see the change.

Select this option if you prefer to have the target segment display directly below the source segment, rather than next to the source segment. This applies to the Translation Editor and the Translation Memory Editor. You may need to close and reopen files in the project to see the change.

Select this check box to use single and double curly smart quotes (") instead of straight quotes (") when you type in the Translation Editor or Translation Memory Editor. This option is disabled by default. See Using Smart Quotes.

This setting adjusts the font size of the source and target segments in the Translation Editor and Translation Memory Editor. You may need to close and reopen files in the project to see the change.

Select this check box to automatically check the file out from source control when you save changes to it.

You can select this check box if you are using Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Apache Subversion, or Perforce Helix Core and want files that are automatically checked out to be locked as well. Locking files means that other users cannot check those same files in when you have them checked out. You might use this feature to prevent conflicting changes from occurring and having to merge files as a result.

Select this if files were automatically added to your project and you want to be prompted to add those files to source control. For example, this might occur if you drag a word file to Content Explorer. Multiple files might be automatically created when you do this.

Select this check box if you are using source control integration in Lingo and you want the application to check for frequent status changes automatically. You can specify the number of minutes and seconds when you want Lingo to ping the source control repository and get status changes for files that have been checked out, checked in, moved, deleted, etc. The upside of this feature is that you can ensure that the source control status information is always up to date. The downside is that you may experience slower performance due to this constant communication over the network. See Enabling Source Control Status Checks.

When you open a project that is bound to source control, a message automatically asks if you want to get the latest version of files. Select this check box if you want to disable this prompt. Therefore, in the future when you open the project you will no longer see the message, and the project will open without replacing any local files with the latest ones from source control. See Disabling the Get Latest Prompt.

Select this if you want to automatically be reminded to check in files when you close a project that is bound to source control.

By default, Lingo ignores all Microsoft Team Foundation Server check-in policies. However, if your source control administrator requires a comment when you check in a file, you can select this option to force Lingo to abide by this policy.

You might need to enable this option if your network has a proxy server and you require any network connection from Lingo (e.g., opening the online Help). After enabling this option, enter your company's proxy server information. You might need to consult your network administrator to obtain the necessary credentials.

After completing the fields on this tab, close and restart Lingo for the changes to take effect.

Enter the address of the proxy server.

Enter the port for the proxy server.

Enter a percentage in the field. Only translations with a rank greater than or equal to the specified percentage will be displayed as suggestions in the interface.

Enter the percentage at which you can insert matching translations automatically. By default, this percentage is set at 100%, meaning you can use automatic inserts only when text strings match existing translations exactly. However, you can reduce this percentage if you wish. Any matching translation that falls below that specified percentage is considered fuzzy because it does not match the string closely enough to warrant an automatic insert.

If this option is selected and you apply translation memory (TM), 100% and 101% matches are automatically accepted. Therefore, those segments in the Translation Editor are displayed with a gray status background and check mark.

If this option is not selected and you apply TM, 100% or 101% matches are simply pre-loaded into the Translation Editor. This lets you review those segments before manually accepting the matching translations.

Select this if you want Lingo to copy source segments to the target cell in the Translation Editor, even when no match of any kind is found in TM. This is in contrast to the default behavior, where target cells are initially empty, unless an exact match in TM is found and loaded.

This dictates what happens when you have multiple identical source terms and you begin translating, confirming, and uploading them to TM. After segments are confirmed, what happens to those that are not yet translated? Are translations for those segments updated accordingly? That's what this check box lets you control. See Updating Translations With an Identical Source.

This dictates what you see in the Translation Editor when you confirm multiple translations of segments that have 101% matches. See Updating Segments With 101% Matches.

You can use this section to change the color for any kind of status that shows in the Translation Editor. See Changing Segment Status Colors.

A global dictionary is a file that contains words and can be used for spell checking by any Lingo project you open on your computer. This is a convenient way to ensure that all of your projects are using the same spellings for terms, rather than having each project rely on a different dictionary.

By default, a new global dictionary is stored in your AppData folder, like all of your built-in dictionaries.

However, you can select Use custom location to choose a different location for your global dictionary. For example, you might be working with a team of writers and want to make sure you are all using the same spellings for certain terms. By choosing a network directory, your entire team can use the same global dictionary. After selecting this option, click to choose the location. See Choosing the Location for Global Dictionaries.

This section displays information about the dictionaries that are installed and therefore available to your project. You can import additional dictionaries if you want.

• Language This column lists the names of all languages with dictionaries that are installed on your computer. Dictionaries are stored in your AppData Windows folder.
• Code Displays the code for each language.
• Spell This column will have a green dot if spell check is supported for the language.
• Thesaurus This column will have a green dot if a thesaurus is supported for the language.
• Description This column provides a short description of each dictionary.
• Import Dictionaries You can download more dictionaries from OpenOffice.org. After you download a new dictionary, you can install it by clicking this button. See Importing Dictionaries.

Select a machine translation provider. Lingo currently supports machine translation (MT) from Google Cloud Translation, Microsoft Translator, MyMemory, and DeepL.

Enter the authentication credentials for the selected MT provider. Each provider requires different settings. After you enter your credentials, click Test Connection to ensure that your connection is successful.

Save previously used MT results in the XLIFF file. This prevents the MT for looking for new translations for previously translated segments. If the source segment is modified, the MT will look for a new translation for the updated segment.

If this option is disabled, the MT will look for new translations whenever you click a target segment or translate the project with the MT.

Select a Lingo option to which you can assign a keyboard shortcut. It also displays the current keyboard shortcut assigned to the selected action.

Select the option whose keyboard shortcut you want to change. You can click the Option or Shortcut column headings to sort the columns alphabetically. This can help you more easily find a command or see which shortcut keys are free to use.

Choose a key to apply as a keyboard shortcut to the option that is currently selected in the Command Scope section.

If you create a shortcut that is already being used, this field displays the conflicting command.

Choose a modifier key ( the CTRL key, SHIFT key, and/or ALT key) to include in a keyboard shortcut combination. Click the check box next to a key name to include it in the keyboard shortcut combination.

Assign a shortcut to a command that does not appear in the grid above by clicking Unlisted Commands. In the Other Commands dialog, select a command, then click OK. The unlisted command appears in the grid.