AutoCorrect settings

Usually, you can't just type a smart quote. But memoQ knows what smart quotes you need for which language and can automatically turn the straight quote into a smart one, just like in Microsoft Word.

To turn on smart quotes: Check the Replace straight single and double "quotes" with smart ῝quotes῞ check box.

To define or change smart quotes as you need: Click the Customize smart quotes link under the check box.

You can choose from different capitalization options (all of them are turned on by default):

• Capitalize first letter of target segments - check this check box to make sure that each target segment starts with a capital letter.
  • Only when source is capitalized - check this check box if you want to start with a capital letter, only when the source segment begins with a capital letter. Be careful with this correction; you may end up with incorrectly capitalized segments.
• Correct TWo INitial CApitals - check this check box if you often start sentences or names with two capital letters instead of just one. memoQ will automatically change the second letters of words into lowercase. You can't add exceptions here.
• Correct accidental usage of cAPS lOCK key - allows memoQ to correct your input if you forget to switch off CapsLock. memoQ recognizes if the first letter of a segment is lowercase and the rest are uppercase. Don't turn off this setting.

You can have many AutoCorrect lists. Under AutoCorrect lists, you can select one or more of them. Use the check boxes for that.

In the translation editor, memoQ will use all of the lists that you select here.

To create a new AutoCorrect list: Click New list. The Create new AutoCorrect list window opens.

To remove an existing AutoCorrect list: Uncheck the list you need to remove, and click Delete list. In the Confirm delete window, click Yes.

You can add new word pairs (error-correction pairs) to an AutoCorrect list or add shorthands to insert longer expressions.

At the beginning, there are no AutoCorrect lists in memoQ. To use AutoCorrect, add a list first.

1. Under AutoCorrect lists, click New list. The Create new AutoCorrect list window opens.

2. Type a name and description for the AutoCorrect list. Click OK.

3. The new AutoCorrect list appears on the list. To use it in memoQ: Check its check box.

4. To add a new word pair to the list: In the Replace field, type a mistyped word (for example: teh). In the With field, type its corrected version (for example: the). Click the Add button.

   Why is the With box so much longer? You can use AutoCorrect to create shorthands for repeated expressions. For example, if you translate mathematics, and you need to type Let us suppose that many times, you can add some brief nonsense (like lus) to Replace, and type Let us suppose that in With. Then, if you type lus in the translation editor, and press Space, memoQ expands it to Let us suppose that.

AutoCorrect doesn't belong to a project: If you turn on an AutoCorrect list, it will be active in all your memoQ projects. You can't choose which AutoCorrect lists you want to use in a particular project.