Marchitan Irina,

senior lecturer, MA
Dep.Translation, Interpreting and Applied
Linguistics

 Before

you begin:
Choose a layout that displays all
the fields you wish to add to the
entry.

All fields are

displayed

Multiterm Classic

Only source language

and target language are
displayed

1. Choose Add
from the menu
Edit, or press
[F3]

 MultiTerm

switches to edit mode.

new tab called New Entry 1

opens in the entry pane.

It

contains an empty entry and

the background is grey.

 The

entry structure reflects the

termbase definition or those
parts of it that are available
according to the settings defined
in the currently selected layout.

You

cannot add entries

which are longer than 255
characters.

 Click

the field label or press the

[Enter] key to open the editing box
and add field content.
Press [Enter] or click the field label
again to close the editing box
when you have finished.

Press F2 to activate
Edit Mode

 To

add new fields to the entry, select a

parent field and right-click to display a
list of subordinate fields.

 You

can add any of the fields on

this list to the selected parent field.
If there is no list, the selected field
has no subordinate fields.

 To

delete a field, simply delete

the field contents and save the
entry.
The field label is no longer visible
after you save.
Alternatively,select the field
label and press [Delete].

 NOTE

- Deleting a field also deletes any

fields that are subordinate to
that field.

 Press

the tab key to jump from

one field to the next, adding
information as you go along.

 When

you have finished adding

fields and field content, use the
following commands to save or
cancel saving the new entry:

SAVE (F 12) or
Cancel (Shift + Escape)

 Select

Cancel from the Entry menu, or

right-click in the entry pane and select
Cancel to cancel the new entry and to exit
edit mode.
Alternatively, press [Shift]+[Esc] to cancel.

 As

well as creating new termbase

entries from scratch, you can
create new termbase entries
using the Add Copy command.
This command allows you to
create a copy of an existing entry
and use this as the template for a
new entry.

 1.

Locate and open the entry that

you wish to use as the template for
your new entry.

2. From the Entry menu, choose

Add Copy.
Alternatively, right-click in the
entry pane and choose Add
Copy from the shortcut menu,
or use F 8 button.

 3.

MultiTerm creates a copy of

the existing entry and opens it in
edit mode.
The new entry is an exact replica
of the original entry except that
MultiTerm has assigned a new
entry number.

4. Edit the new entry as required

and then save to confirm.
The new entry is saved to the
termbase and displayed in the
entry pane.

 It

is possible to edit TDB by:

- adding new fields,
- editing the content of existing
fields
- attaching multimedia files
- merging and deleting entries

 Termbase

entries are hierarchically

structured and all fields are nested
inside parent fields or the entry
and index/term levels.
You can add new fields to any field
that is already defined as a
parent field in the termbase
definition.

 To

find out whether an existing field

is a parent field or not, select the
field label and right-click to display
a list of subordinate fields.

 You

can add any of the fields on this

list to the selected parent field.
If there is no list, the selected field
has no subordinate fields.

 Select

a field from the list and click

to add it to your entry.
Click the field label or press the
[Enter] key to open the editing box
and add field content.
Press [Enter] or click the field label
again to close the editing box when
you have finished.

 To

cancel the addition of field content

while the editing box is still open,
press [Esc].
The editing box is closed and the
field remains empty in the entry
pane.

 Deleting

a field also deletes any

fields that are subordinate to that
field.

You

cannot delete a field that is

mandatory in the termbase
definition.

 Use

the Merge command in

MultiTerm to merge the content
of two or more termbase entries.

Before you begin, use the

Search for Duplicate Terms
(Ctrl+D) command to identify
duplicate terms in the termbase.
This helps you to locate entries
that you would like to merge.

 1.

Open each entry that you wish to

merge in its own entry tab in the
entry pane.
Make sure that each entry is opened
only once in the entry pane.
If the same entry is opened twice,
the merge feature is not available.

 To

open several entries press Ctrl +

mouse click in the list of terms

2. Open the entry into which you would

like to merge the other entries in the
current entry tab.

3. From the Entry menu, choose Merge, or

right click in the entry pane and select
Merge or press F9.

4. MultiTerm asks you if you are sure you

want to merge all open entries. Click Yes.

 MultiTerm

switches to edit mode

and merges the content of all
open entries into the entry that
is visible in the current entry tab,
also known as the master entry.

 5.

Edit the merged entry as

required.
6. To confirm the merged entry,
select Save from the Entry menu
or press [F12].
MultiTerm saves the merged
entry, returns to display mode
and displays the merged entry in
the current entry tab.

 After

the merging, the individual

entries whose content was
merged into the master entry
still exist in their original state.
You will of course keep the
master entry, but it is
recommended to delete the
other individual entries to
prevent duplication of content in
the termbase.

 To

cancel a merger, select

Cancel Edit from the Entry
menu, or right-click in the entry
and select
Cancel Edit from the shortcut
menu. The individual entries
remain intact.

 Use

the Delete command to delete

existing termbase entries.
Before deleting an entry, choose a
layout that displays all fields in the
entry.
A full layout will ensure that you
avoid deleting hidden fields by
mistake.

 1.

Locate and open the entry

that you wish to delete in the
entry pane.
2. Select Delete from the Entry
menu, or right-click on the entry
pane and select Delete.

 3.

MultiTerm asks you if you are

sure you want to delete the
entry. Click Yes, and the entry is
deleted from the termbase.

 You

can add multimedia files to

termbase entries, provided that the
termbase definition includes at least
one field that has been defined as a
multimedia field.

 Within

multimedia fields,
MultiTerm supports a wide range
of formats including simple
graphic formats such as BMP, JPG,
GIF, ICO, WMF, PNG and WMF, and
more complex formats such as
MP3 sound files and AVI videos.

 1.Search

the entry that requires a

multimedia file. Click on the
relevant term in the Hit List to
open the corresponding entry in
the entry pane.
2. Check the termbase definition to
make sure that it includes at least
one field that is defined as
a multimedia field.

 Multimedia

fields have the field

type Multimedia File.
3.Choose a layout that displays
multimedia files.
This will make your multimedia
files clearly visible in the entry
pane.

 1.

Open the appropriate entry in

the entry pane and select Edit
from the Entry menu.
2. Select the parent field to which
you wish to add a multimedia
field and right-click to display a
list of subordinate fields. Select
the multimedia field.

 3.

Click on the Browse button.

The Choose File dialog box
opens.
4. Locate the file you want to
attach and click Open.
The file name and path appear in
the editing box.

 5.

Press [Enter] or click the field

label again to close the editing box.
6. Select Save from the Entry
menu. If the multimedia file is a
graphic file, it appears directly in
the entry, otherwise it opens and
runs when you open the entry.

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