Igor Says (TIPS)

• Always start CafeTran by running Start.jar (and not Cafetran.jar). The Start.jar file reads RAM memory setting for java (this is a cafetran.conf file in the installation folder). This setting is important when you load large TMX bases.

• To quit CafeTran on a Mac, always use Control+Q or Exit from the Project tab, and not Command+Q or Exit from the CafeTran tab. If you use Control+Q, CafeTran remembers the settings.

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• You can assign more RAM to CafeTran by opening the file cafetran.config in a text editor, and changing  -Xmx1024m in, for example, -Xmx2048m 

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• To convert a database to a CT TMX: Create a new memory (menu Memory>New memory), and then select Memory>Conversions>Import entries from glossary. When import is finished, save the memory to a tmx file (Memory> Save). 

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• How to go back to a previous segment.
  
  
  1. Use the menu command Translation>Review segment (its keyboard shortcut or a left arrow button on the target window toolbar).
  2. Click at a segment number in the segments window.
  3. Type a segment number in the search field and press Enter.
  
  
  Each of the above methods sets the desired segment for edition. When you have changed the translation of the segment, press "Next segment"
  right arrow button in the target window (or Translation>Next segment menu Command) to apply the change. If you also wish to apply the
  change in the used memory, press the "Add segment to memory" right arrow cup button ( in the target window instead (menu Translation>Add segment to memory).