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Disabling Overtype mode in SDL 2022
Thread poster: Dilyana Tineva
Dilyana Tineva
Dilyana Tineva
Germany
Local time: 00:02
English to Bulgarian
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Mar 21, 2022

Hi,

I have trouble with overtype mode, which turns on automatically every time I want to edit a segment by copy-pasting a text. Thant's not only annoying, but also problematic, as it leads to typing mistakes, which sometimes I just can´t see.

Can you please give me a solution? (please, don´t tell me to turn it off on the Keyboard, I just want to disable it entirely)

Thanks!
 
Stepan Konev
Stepan Konev  Identity Verified
Russian Federation
Local time: 01:02
English to Russian
You can re-map the shortcut to Save all Mar 21, 2022

All you need to do is to edit a file here:
C:\Users\[YOUR USER NAME]\AppData\Roaming\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\Studio16
File name is UserSettings.xml
Before you edit it, make a copy (just in case).
The steps are as follows:
1. Assign a custom shortcut for the Save all function: Ctrl+Shift+Insert
2. Click OK to save it and close Trados.
3. Go to the above-mentioned location a... See more
All you need to do is to edit a file here:
C:\Users\[YOUR USER NAME]\AppData\Roaming\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\Studio16
File name is UserSettings.xml
Before you edit it, make a copy (just in case).
The steps are as follows:
1. Assign a custom shortcut for the Save all function: Ctrl+Shift+Insert
2. Click OK to save it and close Trados.
3. Go to the above-mentioned location and open the the above-mentioned UserSettings.xml
4. Search for 'SaveAllDocumentsAction'
5. Remove ', Shift, Control' for the string to read as '<Value>Insert</Value>'
6. Save and close the file.
7. Open Trados, go to Options, Shortcuts and check if the Insert button is now assigned to the 'Save All' command.
Now when you press Insert by mistake, your file simply saves and the INS/OVR feature is no longer functional.

*I made a video here for a friend of mine. It is in Russian but I have added English subtitles for you. ▲ Collapse
 


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