Knowledge base

How to use Polyframe.

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Getting started

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Download and install Polyframe Start your free trial & activate a license A tour of the interface macOS menus & commands Keyboard shortcuts Language, AI keys and settings

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IDML files & projects

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Prepare an InDesign file Import IDML and start a project Save and open .PFP projects Unsaved-change protection Working with multiple target languages Export a translated IDML Export all target languages at once The Excel XML round-trip

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Translation & editing

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Translate and edit text in the grid Translation statuses Filtering, searching and sorting Edit repeated text together Check translation length Undo & redo

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Translation with AI

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Connecting an AI provider Writing a project brief Shorten, expand & fit length Paraphrase and translate without inline styles Micro-tag rules for special characters

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Memory & terminology

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Creating and attaching a memory How Memory matches text Entry types: Block and Term Import & export memory as TSV Memory duplicates and conflicts

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Quality control

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Inline-tag validation Export policy for inline styles The Warnings report Reading the project quality bar Showing non-printing characters

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