Alternating row background colors

memoQ can show the rows in the translation editor with alternating background colors. When every second row has a different background color, it is easier to read the document, especially if there are repeated segments.

How to get here

  1. Open the Options window: At the very top of the memoQ window - in the Quick Access toolbar -, click the Options (cogwheels) icon. The Options window opens.
  2. Under Category, click Appearance. The Appearance pane appears.
  3. On the Translation grid tab, click the Alternating row colors link. The Alternating row background colors window opens:

What can you do?

  • To simply set a different color for every second row: Click the Fixed alternate color radio button. Choose a color: click the colored button. memoQ paints the background of every second row with the selected color. Choose a light color for this setting.

    Locked or selected rows won't show this color: The background of every locked row remains grey, and the background of every selected row remains blue.

  • To set an alternate color that you can see in locked and selected rows, too: Click the Color and opacity radio button. memoQ covers these rows with a "colored veil". The background color will not change entirely: it will be modified according to the opacity setting. Choose a color: Click the color button next to Color. Then set the opacity in the Opacity spin box. Watch the Test box at the right edge: its lower half shows the effect of the selected color on white background. Choose a dark color and a low opacity value.

    Locked and selected rows will be recolored, too.

Click the No alternating colors radio button. Every row will have a white background again. This is the default setting.

When you finish

Click OK to save the settings and return to the Options - Appearance window. memoQ shows the word '[off]' next to the Alternating row colors link. Click Apply or OK to apply the change. The word changes to '[on]'.

Click Cancel to leave this window without any changes.