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A section break is created from the right-click menu and deleted again, and AV explains when sections are fixed.
Before you start
- A document open in the editor.
- A document open in the editor, with a TM and a termbase.
Sections, joining and splitting
A section break is created from the right-click menu and deleted again, and AV explains when sections are fixed. Two segments split wrongly at an abbreviation are joined with Ctrl+J, and a segment is split with Ctrl+T.
Step by step
What a section is
A section is a stretch of the document AV treats as one unit. You choose where they start.
Right-click a status cell and choose Create Section Break Above
The quick-start guide has two sections. To start a third at Cutting the grass, click its status cell, right-click it and choose Create Section Break Above.
A new section bar appears
A new section bar appears above the heading: Section 3. There is no toolbar button or shortcut for this; it is on the right-click menu only.
Right-click a section bar and choose Delete Section
To remove one, right-click the section bar and choose Delete Section. The section joins the one before it; no text is lost.
When sections are fixed
Some files and modes keep the sections as they are, and AV says why when you try.
Click a status cell, Shift+click the next and press Ctrl+J
The segmenter split approx. from 28 kg, as if the sentence ended there. Click the first row's status cell, Shift+click the second, and press Ctrl+J.
Put the caret in the source and press Ctrl+T
The other way round: put the caret in the source where the new segment should start, here before a full box, and press Ctrl+T.
The keyboard shortcuts
The editor's shortcuts list (F1), then the keys that do most of the work: moving between rows and sections, inserting TM matches, terms and regex hits, copying the source, moving words and phrases, Concordance, the side panels, confirm-and-move, query and lock, and find and replace.
Step by step
Press F1 for the shortcuts list
Press F1 (or Ctrl+/) for the list of every shortcut in the editor, in six groups. The keyboard button on the toolbar opens it too. Esc closes it.
Alt+Down, Alt+Up, Alt+Page Down
Alt+Down and Alt+Up move to the next or previous row, in the same column. Alt+Page Down jumps to the first segment of the next section.
Ctrl+1 inserts the best TM match
With the TM panel open, Ctrl+1 inserts the best match; its header lists Ctrl+1 … Ctrl+0 for the others. A 95 % match still needs checking: the TM says TrimDeck 40, so correct it to 46.
Alt+Shift+1 for a term, Ctrl+Shift+1 for a regex hit
The termbase panel lists the terms in the source, and the regex library's matches below them. Alt+Shift+1 inserts the first term, Ctrl+Shift+1 the first regex match. Each heading shows its keys.
Ctrl+Shift+S copies the source
Ctrl+Shift+S copies the source into the target: useful for a product name or a heading that stays as it is.
Ctrl+Shift+N and Ctrl+Shift+B move a word
This TM match has a word in the wrong place: mit dem ein Hebel. Put the caret in ein and press Ctrl+Shift+N: it swaps with the next word. Ctrl+Shift+B moves it back.
Select words to move a phrase
Select several words and they move together. Select mit dem Hebel and press Ctrl+Shift+B twice: it moves back past Schnitthöhe, then past die.
Select source words and press Ctrl+K
Select words in the source and press Ctrl+K (or F2) to search the TM for them: every sentence that uses safety key, and how it was translated.
Ctrl+Shift+E steps through the side panels
Ctrl+Shift+E steps through the side panels: none, both, TM only, termbase only, and back to none. The message bar says which is active.
Ctrl+Shift+Enter confirms and moves on; Ctrl+G
Ctrl+Shift+Enter confirms the segment and moves to the next one still to do. Ctrl+G jumps to the next segment that matches your choice; Ctrl+Shift+G changes the choice.
Ctrl+Q queries a row; Ctrl+L locks it
Click a row's status cell. Ctrl+Q marks it queried, for something to ask about; Ctrl+L locks it so it can't be changed. Press the same keys again to undo.
Ctrl+F for find and replace
Ctrl+F opens find and replace, for the source or the target.
Formatting View and the notification log
When to switch to Formatting View, then an export with empty segments: the message bar gives the outcome, and the notification log holds the details, with filters, Export… and Clear.
Step by step
When to switch to Formatting View
Do the wording in Standard View. Switch to Formatting View when a sentence has a link, a tab or an image inside it: Standard View can't place those. Before you export, press F8 there until nothing is missing.
Words in Standard View, codes in Formatting View
In short: words in Standard View, codes in Formatting View. Formatting View has its own guide.
Export with empty segments: read the message bar
Export the file with segments still empty. The message bar gives the outcome and says the details are in the notification log. The badge on Log counts the warnings.
Click Log to open the notification log
Click Log. Newest first: one entry for each empty segment, the export and where its report went. Those details are only here, not in the message bar. The boxes at the top filter by kind.
Click Export… to save the log, or Clear
Export… saves the log to a text file, for a colleague or for support. Clear empties it. The log lasts until you close AV.
In short
Sections, join and split shape the document; a dozen keys do most of the work; Formatting View is for codes; the notification log keeps the details.
Recorded on 8 November 2026 and 12 November 2026 with AV 0.2.13. The videos replay AI model answers recorded earlier, so what an AI model writes for you may differ.