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MQXLIFF export settings

When there's a change in a project, memoQ can automatically export documents to bilingual MQXLIFF files. This works in projects that you create from project templates.

For example, you can set up a project template to export a new document into MQXLIFF automatically after the document is imported, pre-translated, and has its pre-translated segments locked. Then memoQ will do this in all projects that you create from that project template.

To learn more: See the topic about exporting bilingual documents manually.

How to get here

  1. Open Resource console. Choose Project templates.

    To set up the template for online projects: Use an online template for this. Choose your memoQ server at the top of Resource console. Click Select.

  2. Select the project template that you want to set up with automated actions that use custom scripts. Right-click the selection, and click Edit.
  3. In the Edit project template window, choose Automated actions. Click the Project automation tab if you don't see it at first.
  4. Under Available triggers, click an event when you want memoQ to export the MQXLIFF files. For example, if you want to run this after a document is imported, click After document import.
  5. Next to Actions added to the selected trigger, click the + sign. The Select actions you want to add to the trigger window appears.
  6. Click Export to MQXLIFF. The MQXLIFF export settings window appears. This action saves the MQXLIFF file on the local computer.

    To set up the template for online projects: Choose Export to MQXLIFF on server instead. This saves the MQXLIFF file on the server, in the project file store.

If you can't add this action because it's already there: Under Actions added to the selected trigger, click Export to MQXLIFF or Export to MQXLIFF on server. Next to the list, click the Settings button. The MQXLIFF export settings window appears.

The window looks like this if you're setting up the template for a local projects (you chose the Export to MQXLIFF action):

The window looks like this if you're setting up the template for online projects (you chose the Export to MQXLIFF on server action):

What can you do?

When you finish

To add the action to the project template: Click OK.

Nothing will be exported when you click OK: To export bilingual documents automatically in an ongoing project: Create a project from this project template, and start working on it. Check the output folder for exported files.

To return to the Edit project template window, and not add an action to the project template: Click Cancel.