Choosing a Termbase

• Ribbon Select the Resources ribbon.In theTermbasesection selectChoose Termbase.

  Switching between ribbons and the tool strip… You can use the Options dialog to switch between ribbons and the classic tool strip layout. See Switching Between Ribbons and the Tool Strip. 

  More about ribbon options… Keep in mind that the smaller the application window becomes, the more the options in a ribbon shrink. Therefore, you might only see a small icon instead of text, or you might see only a section name displayed with a down arrow to access the options in it. You can hover over small icons to see tooltips that describe them. You can also enlarge the application window or click one of the section drop-downs in the ribbon to locate a hidden feature.

• Menu Select Translate>Choose Termbase.

• Translate Toolbar Click .

  To open the Translate toolbar from the menu view, you can select View>Toolbars>Translate.

The Manage Termbases dialog opens.

Next to each termbase in the grid that you want to associate with the project, click Use.

(Optional) In the grid listing termbases, there is a drop-down field to specify the access rights for each database. There are options for Read & Write, as well as for Read Only. By default all termbases are set to Read & Write, which means they can be altered once they are loaded into the Lingo project. However, you can change any of the termbases to Read Only access if you want. In order to switch to Read Only access, the Use check box must first be selected for that termbase.

example

Let's say you are connecting your new Lingo project to four different termbases, like this:

You want to see terms and definitions from all of the termbases. However, when you add new terms to the termbase, let's say you only want to upload them to the termbase called "LocalTB4." Therefore, even though the Lingo project will be connected to all four termbases, three of them should be set as Read Only, and LocalTB4 should be set to Read & Write.