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OmegaT not saving Footnotes in DOCX format
Thread poster: Arathra (X)
Arathra (X)
Arathra (X)
Italy
Italian to English
Sep 11, 2017

I've only just started using OmegaT so I may be missing something obvious here, but when I add a DOCX file to the project, translate it, and then create a translated version, the footnotes are always missing.

All the other formatting is fine as far as I can see, it's just the footnotes are lost.

Is there something I'm not doing here or a setting I've missed?

Thanks!
 
Susan Welsh
Susan Welsh  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 02:46
Russian to English
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that's strange Sep 11, 2017

I've never had such a problem. If someone more knowledgeable than myself doesn't answer, you can send me one of the source documents and I'll see what happens when I do it (using MT translation).
When you ask a question, you should specify what version of OmegaT you are using (although I don't think it would make any difference for this particular question).
 
Didier Briel
Didier Briel  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 08:46
English to French
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No problem either Sep 12, 2017

Susan Welsh wrote:
I've never had such a problem.

It works fine here too.

Have you checked tags?
Wrongly placed or missing tags can make text disappear in .docx documents.
See https://sourceforge.net/p/omegat/bugs/719/

Didier
 
Mair A-W (PhD)
Mair A-W (PhD)
Germany
Local time: 08:46
German to English
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tags Sep 12, 2017

Arathra wrote:

I've only just started using OmegaT so I may be missing something obvious here, but when I add a DOCX file to the project, translate it, and then create a translated version, the footnotes are always missing.

All the other formatting is fine as far as I can see, it's just the footnotes are lost.

Is there something I'm not doing here or a setting I've missed?

Thanks!


Works for me - I'd second the suggestion to check you have all your tags preserved. If you lose the reference to the footnote, I believe the footnote itself will not be visible.
 
Arathra (X)
Arathra (X)
Italy
Italian to English
TOPIC STARTER
solved - thanks Sep 12, 2017

Thank you for your help.

As suggested, it was a tag issue and most likely me playing with the settings somewhere.

I wiped the project (it was a test) and started from scratch and this time when it came to the footnote a box popped up telling me that I hadn't added in the appropriate tag - AutoFix sorted that. So I have now Allow Tag Editing unchecked and Validate Tags checked.

Again, thanks
 


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