TransAbacus 2.0.2 User Manual
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1. e Keywords The keywords tag is a list of terms that defines what keywords apply to your webpage As the description tag this is used by search engines o Alt text Alt text Alternative text is the text a user can see when he she hovers over an image in a web page Search engines also use alt text to help return appropriate images as a result of a query e Body The body is the text the user reads on a web page Note Title Description Keywords and Alt text are extremely important for search engines therefore they must be translated when you localize a web page and so they have to be counted for budget purposes e Files This option allows you to count the amount of words for linked files The current version supports pdf txt and rtf file formats e Raw Count If this option is unselected TransAbacus will ignore repeated phrases by phrases we mean strings between dots commas and slashes This is a great option for those professionals that use computer assisted translation CAT tools like Trados All these options can be switched on off from the TransAbacus main window Count Settings Title Description Keywords Alt Text Body Files C Raw Count By default the Title Description Keywords Alt Text Body and Files options are selected and the Raw Count option is unselected this means that 1t will not count repeated sentences 10 TransAbacus 2 0 2 User Manual 5 Filters By pressing the Y button or by sel2. second list and keep the first list empty Note you can combine both lists In the previous example if you want to count only the pages in English but want to ignore those with the gallery pattern you can add this pattern on the first list and the en pattern on the second one 6 Advanced settings et By pressing the L button or by selecting Tools gt Options from the menu you will see the advanced settings window Advanced Settings EJE E Do not show pages with U words Do not show pages with errors Do not count numero strings Count the following file types pdt tat rtf The available options are e Do not show pages with 0 words If this option is checked TransAbacus will not show on the main screen the pages whose counting result is 0 this doesn t 12 TransAbacus 2 0 2 User Manual mean that such page has no words Surely a page with O word means that the Raw Count option was not selected and the sentences on the page matched with sentences previously counted in another page e Do not show pages with errors TransAbacus will not display pages that were not counted because of errors retrieving them 1f this option is selected Common causes are o The specified page does not exist on the server this is called broken link o The downloaded file is not a valid html page Pages with errors are marked with a FEN icon on the first column on the main window e Do not coun
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4. display just the first 5 pages files for the website being counted You can remove this limitation by buying a registration code at TransAbacus web page http www TransAbacus com When you buy a registration code you will receive an email with such code a 25 digit number To register TransAbacus you have to do the following steps Note You must be connected to the Internet to register TransAbacus Step 1 Go to Help gt Register F Edt Tools URL httpd Count Settings About Step 2 Enter the 25 digit registration code received by e mail and press OK EE TransAbacus Registration Please enter your registration code below Upon successful registration you will get the following message TransAbacus x Trans4bacus registered successfully TransAbacus 2 0 2 User Manual If you get an error message please check that 1 You are connected to Internet 2 Youcorrectly entered the registration code received by email when you bought TransAbacus 3 You haven t used the registration code before If you still have problems registering TransAbacus send an email to support transabacus com Note If you have registered TransAbacus you can view the registration code used by clicking Help gt About 2 1 Unregistering TransAbacus TransAbacus registration code is valid for one PC only If you want to move your registration code from one PC to another you must first unregister T
5. ecting Tools gt Filters from the menu you will be able to add URL patterns to Trans Abacus DO NOT COUNT URLs with these pattems Pattem Vs COUNT ONLY URLs with these pattems Pattem On the first list the user may enter the URL patterns that TransAbacus will exclude during the counting process For example if a site has pages both in English and Spanish with the structure www example com en pages in English www example com sp pages in Spanish and we want to ignore the pages in Spanish we simply add the es pattern in the list To do this we add the pattern in the text box and press the Add button To delete a pattern we click it and press the Delete button To delete the entire list we press the Clear button represent one or more alphanumeric characters For example you can use the pattern sp gallery FR Note You can use the special character in a pattern to 11 TransAbacus 2 0 2 User Manual On the second list we can add the only URL patterns that should be taken into account during the counting process If this list is empty all the pages will be counted unless they match with a pattern on the first list For example 1f we have a multilingual site with the following structure www example com en pages in English www example com sp pages in Spanish www example com fr pages in French and we only need to count the pages in English we can add the en pattern on the
6. es and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law Cancel Step 2 Press Next You will be able to change the installation folder although we recommend you to use the default one TransAbacus 2 0 2 User Manual ie TransAbacus Select Installation Folder The installer wall install Trans4bacus to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below onclick Browse Folder C Program Files T rans bacus EE Install T rans bacus for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer L 7 Everyone e Just me Step 3 Press Next again A confirmation window will be shown ie TransAbacus Confirm Installation The installer is ready to install Trans4bacus on pour computer Click Best to start the installation TransAbacus 2 0 2 User Manual Step 4 Press Next to let the installation begin If the installation completed successfully you will see the following window ie TransAbacus Installation Complete Trans4bacus has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Please use Windows Update to check for any critical updates to the MET Framework TransAbacus 2 0 2 User Manual 2 Registering TransAbacus When you install TransAbacus on your PC the software is installed by default in trial mode The trial version of TransAbacus has the same functionalities as the full version except that it is limited to
7. nus we suggest finding the URL of the web page sitemap and use this URL for TransAbacus e It does not support password protected pages Tip Most password protected sites use cookies If you need to count a website with password protected pages we suggest you to open the password protected page in your browser entering the username and password and keep it opened while TransAbacus counts the words of the entire site TransAbacus will use the cookie created by your browser TransAbacus 2 0 2 User Manual Installation 1 1 TransAbacus requirements To install TransAbacus on your PC you need the following requirements e Windows 98 Windows 2000 SP 4 Windows XP SP 2 Windows Millennium Windows 2003 Server Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 e NET Framework 2 0 installed 1f you don t have this you can download it from our web page 100 MB RAM 20 Mb free hard disk space 1 2 Installing TransAbacus To install Trans Abacus follow these steps Step 1 Run TransAbacus 2 0 2 Setup msi installer The following welcome window will be shown i TransAbacus aka Welcome to the TransAbacus Setup Wizard Lap The installer will guide you through the steps required to install Trans bacus on your computer WARNING This computer program ie protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalti
8. rans Abacus from the first PC so you can use 1t on the second PC Note You must be connected to the Internet to unregister TransAbacus Upon successful unregistration you will get the following message Trans bacus x Unregistration successful Note When you unregister TransAbacus it will behave as a Trial version until you register it again using the same registration code or using another one TransAbacus 2 0 2 User Manual 3 Quick start guide To use TransAbacus 1s as simple as following 2 steps Step 1 Enter the URL of the website you want to count in the URL textbox Step 2 Press the Count button Step 2 Press the Count button Step 1 Enter URL here File Edit Tools Help Dig iyo URL Count i Z Title a Statistics Pages ead pending failed Documents read pending failed Status Optionally if you want to clear the results window press this button Optionally if you want to cancel the counting press this button TransAbacus 2 0 2 User Manual 4 Counting options TransAbacus lets you count the following items for a web page e Title The title tag 1s what you see at the top of your Internet Explorer browser for each web page you visit e Description The description tag is a text that describes the site It s mainly used by search engines sometimes search engines display it in the results of a search query under the title
9. t numeric strings If this option is checked TransAbacus will not count numeric strings e Count the following file types By default all file types are counted This option allows you to filter file types that are being counted File type icons appear in the first column of the main window The icons for the file types are O pdf file o L txt and rtf file 13 TransAbacus 2 0 2 User Manual 7 Exporting results 7 1 Saving results to a file TransAbacus allows you to save the results of your word counts in two formats The supported formats are csv and txt Files formatted as csv may be opened with MS Excel Files formatted as txt may be opened with MS Word or with Window s Notepad To export the results press the button or select File gt Save as option on the main menu A standard dialog box will appear where you can select the path to store the results the file name and the file type 7 2 Copy your results to another application You can also select the results you want to export with the mouse and copy them using Ctrl C or Edit gt Copy on the main menu and then paste the results in another application 14
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