Unit 3 - Text Alignment
3.2.2 - eXercise

To start an alignment project in bitext2tmx take the following steps:
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1. After you have downloaded the bitext2tmx application and installed it on your computer, open it by double clicking the icon.
2. Then go to the menu command File and choose Open.
3. In the Source & Target Text Selection dialog box first browse to a location of a prepared Source File (you may use the same text as in previous exercise but it must be saved as a *.txt).
4. Then use the drop-down menu in the Source Language field and choose a language that corresponds with your source text. In the Encoding Selection field choose UTF 8.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 also for the Target File. Press OK button and wait for the files to load in the main editor pane.
6. There you may adjust the alignment with the use of Split/Join and other buttons at the bottom of the pane.
7. When you are satisfied with the result of alignment, save the output as a TMX file by clicking File and Save as.
