# OmegaT 1.7.3 User Manual - Table of Contents

## About OmegaT
Installing and running OmegaT

## Basics

Start using OmegaT in 5 minutes!
  → a tutorial with links to all the other parts of the manual.
The user interface
  → all the windows and dialogs
Main menu and shortcuts
  → all the functions available from the main menu and their shortcuts
Files to translate
  → supported file formats, converters, right-to-left language issues
Working with plain text
  → plain text files specific encoding issues
Working with formatted texts
  → tags, tag operations and validation
Translation memories
  → project translation memories, external memories, memory exchanges
Glossaries
  → glossaries use and creation
Searches
  → search parameters and wild cards use
Preventing data loss
  → backups and data restoration

## Customizing OmegaT

Project properties
  → folder organization, language settings
Font settings
  → main windows display font
File filters
  → source and target files handling
Source segmentation
  → per source language, generic segmentation
Editing field behaviour
  → automatic target insertion

## Appendices

Files and directories
  → all the files and directories used by OmegaT
Languages and language codes
  → for project language properties as well as segmentation rules
Regular expressions
  → for searches as well as segmentation rules
OmegaT on the Web
  → user support, development, contributions

## Credits

This user manual is the joint work of Jean-Christophe Helary, Samuel Murray, Maxym Mykhalchuk, Henry Pijffers and Vito Smolej.

It would not have been possible to write such a manual from scratch without the original documentation that Marc Prior has authored and maintained until OmegaT version 1.4.2, Dmitri Gabinski has updated for OmegaT version 1.4.4, and without the input from the user list and the support of the many people who participate to the development of OmegaT. Let us extend our thanks to all the people in the OmegaT community for their energy and inspiration.

## Contact

This manual is not perfect and will be modified over the course of time and following the evolution of OmegaT. If you notice discrepancies between what is described here and OmegaT's behaviour do not hesitate to contact Vito Smolej at vitosmolej AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net.

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