GlobalSight Filters

Filters are used to define how the data in files is shown to the translator.

You can configure filters using the Filter Configuration in Data Sources->Filter Configuration. Make sure that you have permission.

GlobalSight provides many filters, mostly out of the box.

Configuring Filters

You can configure filters using the Filter Configuration. Before starting, make sure that you have permission to configure filters.

To configure filters, click Data Sources->Filter Configuration from the top menu or from Data Sources on the home page.

Filter List

Filter	Available	Configurable
ASP	OOB
C++/C	OOB
CSS	OOB
ColdFusion	OOB
Excel 2003	OOB	Configurable
Excel 2007	OOB	Configurable
Excel 2010	OOB	Configurable
Frame 9	OOB	Configurable
HTML	OOB	Configurable
InDesign (INDD & IDML)	OOB	Configurable
JHTML	OOB
JSP	OOB	Configurable
Java	OOB
Java Properties	OOB	Configurable
JavaScript	OOB	Configurable
MIF	Use Frame
Open Office	OOB	Configurable
Passolo LPU	OOB
Plain Text	OOB
PowerPoint 2003	OOB	Configurable
PowerPoint 2007	OOB	Configurable
PowerPoint 2010	OOB	Configurable
Portable Object	OOB	Configurable
RC File	OOB
Regular Expression
RTF	OOB
SGML	OOB
Un-extracted	OOB
Word 2003	OOB	Configurable
Word 2007	OOB	Configurable
Word 2010	OOB	Configurable
WorldServer xlz	OOB
XML	OOB	Configurable
XSL
XPTag	OOB

Configuring Internal Tags

You can now use regular expressions to protect text within segments produced by the HTML, XML, Java Properties, or Microsoft Office filters.

GlobalSight now supports the ability to define sections of text within a segment that should be protected as a tag during translation. These internal text sections can be defined with a regular expression or as fixed text. The feature is available for the HTML, XML, Java Properties, and Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 filters. The Office 2010 filter is not yet supported.

Defining internal text

Internal text is treated as its own filter configuration, which is then referenced by the other filter configurations that use it.

To create a new internal text configuration:

1. Click Data Sources-> Filter Configurations
2. Click Add next to Internal Text Filter
   
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3. Click Add in the Internal Text Filter dialog to define an internal text pattern. You can enter a static pattern or a regular expression, using Java regular expression syntax
4. Click Save when you are finished
   
   

You can add multiple patterns, as well as enable or disable individual patterns by checking the left-most column. Click Save when you are finished.

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To apply the new text configuration:

1. Open a new or existing HTML, XML, Java Properties, or MS Office filter configuration that you want to apply the new internal text configuration to
2. Select your newly-created internal text configuration from the Internal Text post-filter drop-down
3. Click Save when you are finished

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Create a job normally with a file profile that uses the filter configuration that you just defined. The text that matches the Internal Text configuration is converted into a tag during import. These tags are rendered in a special color in GlobalSight's on-line editor.

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Editing Filter Names

You can edit the names of filters that have already been created.