These include online dictionary lookup macros for English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, character count macros [for Word (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files], terminology management macros, editing macros and other useful macros for translators. They also contain a limited version of the WWW Search Interfaces for Translators, which are now directly accessible in MS Word.

1. Download the following Microsoft Word document to your hard disk by right-clicking HERE and selecting "Save target as" ("Italian: Salva oggetto con nome"), and save it as "macros_for_translators.dot" with the .dot extension.

2. Open the file from within Word, making sure that you reply ENABLE MACROS to activate the macros when asked. (if you are not asked, in Word you need to select Tools/Macros/Security and set the level to Medium then exit Word and repeat this step.)

3. Follow the instructions provided in the document...

If you would like to be informed of any updates to this set of macros, subscribe to the wwwsift mailing list. Since the websites on which some of these macros are based undergo changes from time to time, the macros require constant updating to continue to work.
Subscription is free, and the mailing list is a low-volume one relating solely to Internet searching using these techniques and the WWW Search Interfaces for Translators.

If you have any useful macros that you use during your work and would like to share them with your colleagues, get in touch!
I look forward to hearing from you!
Tanya Harvey Ciampi