Convert Excel File to TMX

About this task

Procedure

  1. In main menu, select FileConvert Excel File to TMX option or click the importExcel.svg Convert Excel File to TMX button on the top toolbar.
    The following dialog appears:
    Convert Excel File to TMX Dialog
  2. Type the name of the Excel file to be converted in the Excel File text box or use the associated Browse... button to select a file from the system.
    A preview of the the initial ten rows of the first worksheet is automatically loaded when you use the Browse... button:
    Excel Preview Panel
  3. If you typed an Excel file name on the Excel File text box, click the Refresh Preview button to generate a preview.
  4. Type the name of the TMX file to generate in the TMX File text box or use the associated Browse... button to select a file name and location.
  5. Use the Sheet drop-down control to select the worksheet that you want to convert.
  6. Click the Set Languages button if language codes are not included in the file or you wish to change the automatically detected ones.
    The following dialog appears:
    Excel File Languages Dialog
  7. Use the drop-down selectors to associate a language to each column. Click on the Set Languages button when finished.
    The preview panel is updated to display selected languages for each column:
    Excel Preview Panel with Languages Selected
  8. Click the Convert Excel File to TMX button.

Results

A TMX file containing all text from the Excel document is generated in the selected location.