Alternating row background colors
memoQ can show the rows in the translation editor with alternating background colors. When every second row has a different background color, it is easier to read the document, especially if there are repeated segments.
How to get here
Open a document for translation. Right-click a segment in the translation editor. Choose Customize appearance. In the Translation environment – Customize appearance window, click the Translation grid tab. Then click the Alternating row colors link.
What can you do?
Change the background of every second row
- To simply set a different color for every second row: Click the Fixed alternate color radio button. Choose a color: click the colored button. memoQ paints the background of every second row with the selected color. Choose a light color for this setting.
Locked or selected rows won't show this color: The background of every locked row remains grey, and the background of every selected row remains blue.
- To set an alternate color that you can see in locked and selected rows, too: Click the Color and opacity radio button. memoQ covers these rows with a "colored veil". The background color will not change entirely: it will be modified according to the opacity setting. Choose a color: Click the color button next to Color. Then set the opacity in the Opacity spin box. Watch the Test box at the right edge: its lower half shows the effect of the selected color on white background. Choose a dark color and a low opacity value.
Locked and selected rows will be recolored, too.
Turn off alternating row colors
Click the No alternating colors radio button. Every row will have a white background again. This is the default setting.
When you finish
Click OK to save the settings and return to the Translation environment - Customize appearance window. After you turn on the alternate background color, memoQ shows the word '[on]' next to the Alternating row colors link.
Click Cancel to leave this window without any changes.