Re: Auto-suggestion tool

[Joe Pairman <joepairman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Hi Katarina,

If it's for a team of writers and you have a reasonable budget, perhaps one
of these solutions could be configured to your needs:

SDL Global Authoring Management System
http://www.sdl.com/en/xml/products/sdl-global-ams/#tab3

Acrolinx IQ
http://www.acrolinx.com/acrolinx_iq_en.html

Cheers,
Joe

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 5:12 AM, Katarina Bovin <office -at- abc-tech -dot- se> wrote:

> Thank you very much Jessica and Margaret for your tips about Word's
> built-in functions. They are good, but ideally I would like the computer to
> give suggestions within the subject I am writing (how far has the
> development of computers can read brain waves come? :-). Well, I should let
> you know that I am comparing a bit with the functions in my translation
> tool, where the suggestions popup in a suggestion list, but then again the
> term suggestions are generated from a translation memory.
>
> Have a nice evening!
>
> All the best,
> Katarina
>
>
> 2012/3/16 Weissman, Jessica <WeissmanJ -at- abacustech -dot- com>
>
> > No way that I know of.  Autocorrect is designed for one-to-one
> > substitutions.
> > ________________________________________
> > From: katarina -dot- bovin -at- gmail -dot- com [katarina -dot- bovin -at- gmail -dot- com] On Behalf Of
> > Katarina Bovin [office -at- abc-tech -dot- se]
> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 4:01 PM
> > To: Weissman, Jessica
> > Subject: Re: Auto-suggestion tool
> >
> > The only problem (as far as I can see it) is that you need to press F3 to
> > see the suggestion. What if you are not sure which term to use and wish
> to
> > see some suggestions from your own dictionary after you have typed 1-3
> > letters?
> >
> > /Katarina
> >
> >
> > 2012/3/15 Weissman, Jessica <WeissmanJ -at- abacustech -dot- com<mailto:
> > WeissmanJ -at- abacustech -dot- com>>
> > This is precisely what Word's AutoCorrect feature does.   You can add
> your
> > own items to the built-in list.
> >
> > -  Jessica
> >
> >
>
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