How to Select Tasks to Run to Prepare your Project

When you create a project, you select the preparation steps (batch tasks) and the order (task sequence) in which they are to be performed on the files of the newly created project. These tasks are automatically performed when the project is created. The default task sequence that is automatically selected is the Prepare without Project TM, This prepares your files for translation.

You select theses preparation steps in the new project on the Project Preparation page of the New Project wizard.

Select a Predefined Task Sequence

Select a predefined task sequence from the Task Sequence drop-down list. The default task sequence is Prepare without Project TM, SDL Trados Studio also provides you with the Analyze Only task sequence which allows you to produce translation analysis figures without pre-translating any of the files. For descriptions of the different pre-defined task sequences see, Batch Task Sequence Descriptions.

Create a Custom Task Sequence for this Project

1.     Select Custom from the Task Sequence drop-down list. A list of batch tasks available to include in this project is displayed.

2.     Select the batch tasks you want to include in this project from the Available Tasks box and click Add to include the steps in this project. Tasks that are displayed in gray are not available for selection. This may be because they are already selected or the task does not support the current input file types.

3.     When you click Finish to create the project, this task sequence will run. This task sequence will not be available to use in new projects you create in the future.

Create a Custom Task Sequence that you can Use in the Future

1.     Click Task Sequences to display the Task Sequences dialog box.

2.     Click Add to create a new task sequence and display the New Task Sequence dialog box.

3.     Select the batch tasks you want to include in this project from the Available Tasks box and click Add to include the steps in this project. Tasks that are displayed in gray are not available for selection. This may be because they are already selected or the task does not support the current input file types.

4.     Click OK to close the New Task Sequence dialog box.

5.     Click Close to close the Task Sequences dialog box.

6.     On the Project Preparation page of the New Project wizard, select the newly created task sequence from the Task Sequence drop-down list

7.     When you click Finish to create the project, this task sequence will run. This task sequence will be available to use in new projects you create in the future.