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Wordfast 4 - Polish special characters (ś, ź, ć)
Thread poster: MattM
MattM
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Poland
Local time: 05:30
Polish to English
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Aug 23, 2016

Hello All,

I have this issue in WF Pro 4 with Polish special characters, namely "ś", "ź" and "ć". They are entered as a combination of right Alt+relevant letter (x in the case of "ź").

However, it does not work in WF 4 - these combinations are bound to system shortcuts (Save To, Copyright mark...).

In WF 3 a simple workaround was to change shortcuts in Preferences - but now this is blocked (these particular shortcuts are "reserved for a fixed shortcut ... See more
Hello All,

I have this issue in WF Pro 4 with Polish special characters, namely "ś", "ź" and "ć". They are entered as a combination of right Alt+relevant letter (x in the case of "ź").

However, it does not work in WF 4 - these combinations are bound to system shortcuts (Save To, Copyright mark...).

In WF 3 a simple workaround was to change shortcuts in Preferences - but now this is blocked (these particular shortcuts are "reserved for a fixed shortcut and cannot be changed".

Any idea how to solve this - without typing character codes, which is useless?


Thanks in advance,
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MattM
MattM  Identity Verified
Poland
Local time: 05:30
Polish to English
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TOPIC STARTER
Solution Aug 23, 2016

Well, I had a moment's genius...

1. Export your key bindings to a file (in Advanced Settings).
2. Edit the file with Notepad, searching for all instances of the shortcut you want to unbind/change (here: Ctrl+Alt+S/X/C respectively).
3. Change the value found to "noValue".
4. Save.
5. Import settings (in Advanced Settings).
6. Enjoy!

If anyone has other ideas, less "take that club and hit'em software hard" in approach, I will be glad to hear... See more
Well, I had a moment's genius...

1. Export your key bindings to a file (in Advanced Settings).
2. Edit the file with Notepad, searching for all instances of the shortcut you want to unbind/change (here: Ctrl+Alt+S/X/C respectively).
3. Change the value found to "noValue".
4. Save.
5. Import settings (in Advanced Settings).
6. Enjoy!

If anyone has other ideas, less "take that club and hit'em software hard" in approach, I will be glad to hear.

Best,
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John Di Rico
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France
Local time: 05:30
Member (2006)
French to English
Share settings file Aug 23, 2016

Thanks Matt,

That's a brilliant idea! Can you send me the settings file so I can post it to our wiki for other users? Or post a link to it in this forum would be great as well.

Furthermore, there are development tickets to resolve Polish character conflicts.

Best,

John
 
MattM
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Poland
Local time: 05:30
Polish to English
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Settings file Aug 23, 2016

Sent, feel free to use!

Best,
MattM
 
John Di Rico
John Di Rico  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 05:30
Member (2006)
French to English
Here it is Aug 23, 2016

MattM wrote:

Sent, feel free to use!

Best,
MattM


You can download this pref file at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_JjtVOA_tb5VFhPenVaWmw2ajg/view?usp=sharing

Thanks again Matt!

[Edited at 2016-08-23 15:53 GMT]
 
Esme Greenfield
Esme Greenfield
South Africa
Local time: 05:30
Afrikaans to English
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Polish special characters Aug 27, 2016

In South Africa we teach our Wordfast Classic students to use Alt+ keys on the numerical keyboard, with the NumLock on. Maybe this will help you as well. The codes for your Polish special characters are:
Ą Alt 260
ą Alt 261
Ę Alt 280
ę Alt 281
Ó Alt 0211
ó Alt 0243
Ć Alt 262
ć Alt 263
Ł Alt 321
ł Alt 322
Ń Alt 323
ń Alt 324
Ś Alt 346
ś Alt 347
Ź Alt 377
ź Alt 378
Ż Alt 379... See more
In South Africa we teach our Wordfast Classic students to use Alt+ keys on the numerical keyboard, with the NumLock on. Maybe this will help you as well. The codes for your Polish special characters are:
Ą Alt 260
ą Alt 261
Ę Alt 280
ę Alt 281
Ó Alt 0211
ó Alt 0243
Ć Alt 262
ć Alt 263
Ł Alt 321
ł Alt 322
Ń Alt 323
ń Alt 324
Ś Alt 346
ś Alt 347
Ź Alt 377
ź Alt 378
Ż Alt 379
ż Alt 380

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MattM
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Poland
Local time: 05:30
Polish to English
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TOPIC STARTER
Alt+numbers is good only for rare occasions Aug 27, 2016

Esme,

Thank you - the list might be useful for some rare-occasion users - but in practice it's hard to use this method when you have such characters every second word...
 
Justyna Bernat
Justyna Bernat
Poland
Local time: 05:30
English to French
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Same issue with Wordfast Pro 5 Apr 7, 2018



You can download this pref file at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_JjtVOA_tb5VFhPenVaWmw2ajg/view?usp=sharing

Thanks again Matt!

[Edited at 2016-08-23 15:53 GMT]



I am using Wordfast Pro 5 now and still have the same issue...
The above pref file is not recognized by the software.
Do you guys have another solution?
 


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