Who was the idiot that decided to use ctrl+shift+s for copy source, and how can I change it? Thread poster: jensskarpe
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jensskarpe 
Spain
Local time: 14:11
Member (2013)
Swedish to Spanish
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Hi,
Copy source is maybe the most used commando for translators, so why would anyone use a ctrl+shift commando for that? Even worse is that if you by accident hit ctrl+shift+a (next to s on most keyboards), you automatically copy source for the complete document, which then gets synchronised and cant be cancelled, so you only option is to pretranslated the document again, meaning all will appear as 100% or higher matches. I am convinced that this has happened more than once to many other t... See more Hi,
Copy source is maybe the most used commando for translators, so why would anyone use a ctrl+shift commando for that? Even worse is that if you by accident hit ctrl+shift+a (next to s on most keyboards), you automatically copy source for the complete document, which then gets synchronised and cant be cancelled, so you only option is to pretranslated the document again, meaning all will appear as 100% or higher matches. I am convinced that this has happened more than once to many other translators, so if anyone can provide a fix for this it would be appreciated.
Regards, Jens ▲ Collapse
| | | | Baran Keki
Türkiye
Local time: 15:11
Member
English to Turkish
| F*****g MemoQ | Mar 5, 2023 |
jensskarpe wrote:
I am convinced that this has happened more than once to many other translators, so if anyone can provide a fix for this it would be appreciated.
Regards, Jens
Yes, I can confirm that it has happened to me more than once. I nearly broke my leg once kicking a chair so hard in my frustration after having done just that when working as an in-house. Good thing that my boss didn't hear about it, otherwise she'd have deducted the cost of the chair from my wages...
Sorry, I have no fix for you, other than to say stay away from MemoQ (I quit my in-house job to do that).
| | | | Stepan Konev
Russian Federation
Local time: 15:11
English to Russian
| Assign your shortcut | Mar 5, 2023 |
I have changed the shortcut to Ctrl+Insert. No prob.
Go to memoQ - Options - Keyboard Shortcuts - Clone the Default settings - Edit the cloned settings - Type 'copy source' - Assign a shortcut of your choice
[Edited at 2023-03-05 17:06 GMT]
| | | | jensskarpe
Spain
Local time: 14:11
Member (2013)
Swedish to Spanish
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TOPIC STARTER | Thanks Stepan | Mar 5, 2023 |
Thanks Stepan, I will try this.
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LEXpert
United States
Local time: 07:11
Member (2008)
Croatian to English
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| Probably the sample people who put Delete and Rename next to each other | Mar 5, 2023 |
in the Windows/File Explorer right-click menu.
But yes, in MemoQ I know the accidental Select-All plus Replace-All all to well.
| | | | | Simple enough... | Mar 6, 2023 |
jensskarpe wrote:
Who was the idiot...
In my view, instead of airing your frustration this way, it would have been more practical for you to research about how to change the shortcuts in memoQ. A simple search with something like "how to change shortcuts in memoQ" or "can I change shortcuts in memoQ" takes you to this place in 3 seconds: https://docs.memoq.com/current/en/Places/customize-memoq-shortcuts.html
| | | | | Must be the same person who invented Ctrl+Z | Mar 6, 2023 |
I pressed Ctrl+Shift+A. All segments were selected.
I pressed Ctrl+Shift+S. All source segments were copied to the target. None was confirmed.
I pressed Ctrl+Z. Everything became as it was before I pressed Ctrl+Shift+A.
| | | | Stepan Konev
Russian Federation
Local time: 15:11
English to Russian
| Not for online projects | Mar 6, 2023 |
Epameinondas Soufleros wrote:
I pressed Ctrl+Z. Everything became as it was before I pressed Ctrl+Shift+A. Actually you can't use Ctrl+Z when you work in online projects.
Changes are synchornized whenever you leave a segment (with Auto Save), or when you manually command memoQ to synchronize a document.
Now imagine a scenario where you accidentally copy source to target in all translated and confirmed segments and then leave the segment...
[Edited at 2023-03-06 16:18 GMT]
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