OmegaT does not recognise ANY files
Thread poster: Irina Kaspirovich
Irina Kaspirovich
Irina Kaspirovich
United States
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Sep 14, 2018

I just downloaded OmegaT for the first time yesterday. When clicking on "Open" it goes into the folders of my computer, but it does not show any files whatsoever. I have many .ODT files that it should show.
What should I do? Uninstall and reinstall? Contact them?


 
Susan Welsh
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Did you create a project? Sep 14, 2018

From what you say, I can't tell if you have actually created a new project.
No, you don't need to reinstall anything.


 
Didier Briel
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Create a new project first Sep 14, 2018

Irina Kaspirovich wrote:
I just downloaded OmegaT for the first time yesterday. When clicking on "Open" it goes into the folders of my computer, but it does not show any files whatsoever.

As Susan hints, if you haven't created a project first, all you will see with "Open" are the folders of your computer. Once you have created some projects, "Open" will show you existing projects (in addition to folders).

I have many .ODT files that it should show.

Not with "Open". It will only show folders and OmegaT projects (which are folders, too).

What should I do?

Did you read Learn to use OmegaT in 5 minutes!

Uninstall and reinstall?

In the case of OmegaT, it nearly never solves anything.

Contact them?

The better way is to contact other users for assistance:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/OmegaT/info

Didier


 
Irina Kaspirovich
Irina Kaspirovich
United States
Local time: 16:00
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Thank you both for your replies. Sep 14, 2018

Okay, I figured it out. I was watching a tutorial video how to use it, but what happened onscreen was different from what happened with my OmegaT, so I did not realise what I have to do. The video tutorial is a few years old and uses an older version. I finally figured out I have to type in the name of the new project

[Edited at 2018-09-14 19:44 GMT]


 


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