Create or edit a PowerPoint filter in memoQweb

PowerPoint presentations contain slides that are usually projected in a presentation. Or, people view them over the internet, either through a website or through a teleconference.

On this page, you can tell memoQweb how to import Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and newer (*.pptx) documents.

How to get here

  1. Log in to memoQweb as an administrator or a project manager.
  2. On the left sidebar, click the Resources  icon.

  3. On the Resources page, click the Filters  tile.

  4. Click the Create button in the top right corner of the page.
  5. In the dropdown, click Create new filter.

  6. In the Create filter window, fill in the Name and Description fields.

  7. In the Filter type dropdown, choose Microsoft PowerPoint filter.

  8. In the Create filter window, fill in the Name and Description fields.

  9. In the Filter type dropdown, choose Microsoft PowerPoint filter.

  10. Click Continue at the bottom of the page.

    The filter's page opens.

What can you do?

  1. At the top of the page, click the Details tab.

  2. Change the contents of the Name and Description fields as needed.

In the Choose content you want to import section, you can import or ignore certain parts of the presentation. Here are the options you have:

  • Master slides: Allows you to import master slides. Use this setting when they contain text to translate.

  • Notes: Allows you to import the notes for the slides. If your slides have no notes or you don’t need them, simply uncheck this box.

  • Comments: Allows you to import comments. Use this setting if your comments contain important information that you want to translate.

  • Alternative text of images (ALT text): Allows you to import ALT text. This feature is important for screen reader users as they rely on ALT texts in their everyday work.

  • Soft breaks as inline tags: Allows you to import soft breaks as inline tags. Clear this checkbox if you don't want to import them.

  • Sections: Allows you to import section titles, which are usually not visible in PowerPoint presentations. If you still need to translate them, select this checkbox.

  • Hidden slides: Allows you to import slides that don't appear in the presentation otherwise. Clear this checkbox if you don't want to import them.

Usually, memoQ uses its own definitions for whitespaces between characters.

However, when you import files created with DTP, they may contain custom whitespaces or spaces between characters (kerning). Such formatting can show as inline tags in your documents.

To import the files without these inline tags, in the Define formatting section, select the Ignore locally defined spacing and kerning checkbox.

In the Import markup as section, choose Inline tags. The other option imports all formatting markup as legacy memoQ tags, which is not recommended.

Choose how memoQ should import content from documents that were saved in Microsoft Office 2010 or newer.

Some parts of a document, like text boxes, are called extensions. In newer versions of Office, each extension is saved twice: one copy for the latest Office, and another copy that older versions (Office 2007 or earlier) can read. This way, your content works no matter which version you open it in.

You have three choices:

SettingImported extensionsExported file in new OfficeExported file in old Office
All Office versions (default)Both, some parts appear in memoQ more than onceLooks new, text is translatedLooks old, text is translated
Original Office version and newer onesNewLooks new, text is translatedLooks old, text is not translated
Downgrade document to Office 2007 OldLooks old, text is translatedLooks old, text is translated

When you finish

In the upper right corner, click Save.

If there is an invalid setting in the filter, a red dot appears on its tab (Settings or Details):

Correct the mistake and click Save again.