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How convert an Excel file to a Passolo Glossay ( .GLO )

000014147 |11/26/2020 3:23 PM
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SDL Passolo
Question
How can I convert an Excel file into a .glo file for Passolo. Source  column is  D (English) and Translation is F (German)  for example.
Answer
In order to convert the file to a glossary follow these steps:

1. Copy source and target columns to a new excel file
2. Save the excel as a .txt (tab delimited )  

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3. Open the file in a text editor (Notepad++)
4. Edit the first line to include the language codes: 9 1 [TAB]  7 1 

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5. Save the file as a .glo 
6. Open the Glossary in Passolo and create Quick Index

Note: The Language codes needed at the begging of the Glossary can be found at Language Settings -> Primary ID and Sub ID

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