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A LiveDocs settings profile tells memoQ how to get matches from LiveDocs corpora. This means two things:

  • Match thresholds. These are two numbers: One of them sets the minimum match rate of any match that memoQ shows. The other tells memoQ what counts as a good match. (You can pre-translate documents with good matches or better. That's where memoQ uses this second number.)
  • Penalties: A match is not always reliable. The match rate is supposed to tell how much you need to work on the translation you got. But it can actually be worse if the translation is bad, or - in the case of LiveDocs - comes from an aligned document pair, and there is a misalignment. For these cases, you use penalties - so that the match rate will be lower than memoQ originally computed.

    Using alignment? You may need to look at penalties: If at least one of your LiveDocs corpora contains aligned document pairs, you may need to check the penalties. Otherwise, you may not receive matches from that LiveDocs corpus when you pre-translate your project for good matches.

    To learn more about penalties: See Help about editing LiveDocs settings.

You cannot edit the default LiveDocs settings. Either you need to make a copy of the default LiveDocs settings profile, or you need to create a new one.

Belongs to a project, not to a LiveDocs corpus: You choose a LiveDocs settings profile for a project, not for a LiveDocs corpus. If you choose a LiveDocs settings profile for a project, memoQ uses them for all LiveDocs corpora in the project. Then again, in a different project, you can use different LiveDocs settings for the same LiveDocs corpora.

How to get here

  1. From the Dashboard, create or open a project. Or, check out a project from a memoQ server.
  2. Under Project home, click Settings. The Settings pane appears, with the General tab.
  3. Click the LiveDocs settings icon. It looks like this:

    The LiveDocs settings tab appears.

What can you do?

  1. In the list of LiveDocs settings, select the one you need to copy.
  2. Under the list of LiveDocs settings, click Clone/use new.
  3. The Clone LiveDocs settings into a new resource window opens. It's the same as the Create new LiveDocs settings window.
  4. Type a name for the LiveDocs settings profile. You may also type a description.

    To learn more: See Help about the Create new LiveDocs settings window.

  5. Click OK.

    The LiveDocs settings profile appears in the list at the top. Its check mark will be checked - it will be ready to use in the project.

Always clone the default LiveDocs settings: You can't edit the Default LiveDocs settings profile. If you need a resource that you can edit, make a copy of (clone) the default one.

To use a LiveDocs settings profile, you need to add it to the project. You should add a LiveDocs settings profile before you send documents to translators. A project always has exactly one LiveDocs settings profile.

If you do not make a change, memoQ will always use the Default LiveDocs settings profile for the project. To use another:

  1. In the list of LiveDocs settings, find the LiveDocs settings profile you need.
  2. Click its check box on the left.

    The LiveDocs settings profile moves to the top of the list. The check box of previous one will be cleared.

Normally, memoQ will take LiveDocs settings profiles from your own computer. However, you can use online LiveDocs settings profiles from memoQ servers that you have access to.

To view the LiveDocs settings profiles from a memoQ server or from a memoQ cloud:

  1. On the Project ribbon, there is a memoQ server icon, or a memoQ server dropdown. Click the icon or dropdown.

    2. Type or choose the address of the memoQ server, and click the Select button.

    You may need to log in to the memoQ server: If you have not used the server before, the Log in to server window opens. Type your user name and password for that server, and click OK.

  2. memoQ will show the LiveDocs settings profiles from that server.

    You must have permission for the LiveDocs settings profiles: It is not enough to have access to the memoQ server. To use a LiveDocs settings profile, you need at least Use permission over the LiveDocs settings profile itself. If you are not sure, contact the owner of the memoQ server.

  3. To use a LiveDocs settings profile from a memoQ server, simply check its check box.

If there are too many LiveDocs settings profiles on the list, you can filter the list. At the top of the LiveDocs settings tab, there is a Name/description box.

Type a word or two in the Name/description box. It will narrow the list immediately to those LiveDocs settings profiles that have those words in their names or descriptions.

To sort the list by a detail: Click the header of the column you need. For example, to sort the list by name, click the Name header at the top of the list.

You can export a LiveDocs settings profile into an .mqres file. An .mqres file is an XML file where memoQ saves resources like segmentation rule sets, QA option sets, LiveDocs settings etc. These are called light resources because they don't contain a large amount of linguistic data.

To export a LiveDocs settings profile:

  1. In the list, select the LiveDocs settings profile you need to export.
  2. Under the list, click Export. A Save As window opens.

    Or: Right-click the LiveDocs settings profile. From the menu, choose Export.

  3. Find a folder and a name for the file, and click Save. memoQ will export all details from the LiveDocs settings profile in the file.

    You can also import a LiveDocs settings profile from a .mqres file. When you import an .mqres file, memoQ will always create a new LiveDocs settings profile.

Because memoQ saves all kinds of resources in .mqres files, you need to make sure that your .mqres file contains a LiveDocs settings profile.

To import a LiveDocs settings profile from an .mqres file:

  1. At the bottom of the LiveDocs settings tab, click Import new. An Open window appears.
  2. Select the .mqres file. Click Open.
  3. The Import new LiveDocs settings window opens. It's the same as the Create new LiveDocs settings window.
  4. memoQ will pick up the name of the LiveDocs settings profile from the .mqres file. However, you can give it a new name, and type a new description, too.
  5. Click OK.

To learn more: See Help about the Create new LiveDocs settings window.

If at least one of your LiveDocs corpora contains aligned document pairs, you may need to check the penalties. Otherwise, you may not receive matches from that LiveDocs corpus when you pre-translate your project for good matches.

  1. In the list of LiveDocs settings, select the one you need to edit.
  2. Under the list of LiveDocs settings, click Edit.
  3. The Edit corpus settings window opens.
  4. Change the TM options as necessary.

    To learn more: See Help about the Edit corpus settings window.

Cannot edit the default LiveDocs settings profile: You can't edit the Default LiveDocs settings profile. If you need a resource that you can edit, clone the Default LiveDocs settings profile first.

  1. In the list, select the LiveDocs settings profile.
  2. Below the list, click Properties.
  3. The Resource properties window opens. It's the same as the Create new LiveDocs settings window.
  4. If necessary, change the name or the description of the resource. Click OK.

To learn more: See Help about the Create new LiveDocs settings window.

  1. In the list, select the LiveDocs settings profile.
  2. Below the list, click Delete.
  3. The Confirm delete message box opens. To delete the resource, click Yes.

When you finish

Your changes are saved automatically.

On the Settings pane, choose another tab.

Or, choose another pane in Project home.

Or, return to your work: Click a document tab at the top of the memoQ window (in the same row as the Project home tab). In most cases, you will return to the translation editor.

Project managers, you can switch windows: You can open several online projects for management. Each online project opens in a separate window. To switch between them and the Dashboard or Project home (if you have a local project open): press and hold down Alt, and press Tab a few times until you get to the window you want. Or: On the Windows taskbar, click the memoQ icon, and then click the window you want to switch to.