Disabling "Insert/Overwrite" button in SDL Trados 2019
Thread poster: Yasutomo Kanazawa
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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Jun 24, 2020

Is there a way to disable the Insert/Overwrite button in SDL Trados 2019? I would like to use Trados in the Insert mode, but once in a while, I hit the Insert key by mistake and the mode is switched to OVR. To avoid further switching, I would like to know a way to solve this problem.

 
mengtzu
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use SDL's customer center Jun 26, 2020

should you post the same agony (again), you could find the real answer there

proper Link is..
https://community.sdl.com/product-groups/translationproductivity/f/studio

[Edited at 2020-06-26 06:36 GMT]


 
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@Mengtzu Jun 26, 2020

Thanks!

 
Platary (X)
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Toggle button Jun 26, 2020

Hello,

The button is a toggle one. In your case, you have to do it with the Insert key of your keyboard. If using a laptop use Fn + Enter (or Insert).

Hope this helps!

[Modifié le 2020-06-26 10:25 GMT]


 
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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Maybe I didn't make myself clear enough Jun 26, 2020

Adrien Esparron wrote:

Hello,

The button is a toggle one. In your case, you have to do it with the Insert key of your keyboard. If using a laptop use Fn + Enter (or Insert).

Hope this helps!

[Modifié le 2020-06-26 10:25 GMT]


I know how to switch between Insert and OVR. What I wanted to ask was if there is a way to set the either mode permanently (definitely INSERT and not OVR). I know that this is possible in Word. I was wondering if there is a button in the Trados Display where you can set this.


 
James Plastow
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use ahk Jun 26, 2020

I had this problem too but resolved it by using autohotkey. You can just reassign the insert key to the shift key.
The only code you need is
Insert::LShift


 


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