Hi,

I am using a "cloud" software which is very nifty and quite good, but since the 
text I am working on (a translation, this is a erb-based computer aided 
translation tool called XTM) has tags (in translationese, it marks formatting 
or xml/html codes).

My problem is: there is a way of inserting the tags with keyboard shortcuts, 
but they don't work on the iMac keyboard (the corded one - I need the numeric 
keypad). I tried the fn key combination at no avail, not to mention all other 
combinations under the sun. 

The combination I need is Alt+0, +1, +2, etc. to insert the tags - of course I 
can copy and past them. But it's quicker with the shortcuts.

I know there isn't an insert key on the mac, but this is another key that is 
missing Alt+Insert to copy the source text into the target segment.

I've already trawled the web for an answer and the software manual makes no 
mention to mac keyboards - in fact, there are thousands of translators using 
macs and amazingly a few handful of programs, and we have to use wretched 
Windows to run them. Apparently software developers are stuck with .net….. and 
can't port them to Mac (or so I understood it was the reason, I am bit of 
ignorant regarding writing software). Don't think writing to the program 
support will be a good idea as I am sure they don't know the answer.

Any help/light will be appreciated.

Ana


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Ana Luiza Iaria, MSc,  FCIL, CL (Translator), MITI, ATA member
English  > Brazilian Portuguese Translator
Crawley, England (GMT)
Skype and Twitter: anaiaria
Web: http://www.translationsbrazil.co.uk/
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