Options – Locations

In the Locations pane of the Options dialog, you can control where memoQ’s projects or resources are stored by default.

MemoQ options locations Options   Locations

Invoking

From the Tools menu, choose Options. Click the Locations category.

Use

Set locations to adjust memoQ to your way of organizing your hard drive.

· Projects folder:
o Custom folder: Select this radio button to specify a custom path, entering it directly or using the MemoQ ellipsis button Options   Locations button to browse for the desired location.
o User profile +: Select this radio button to enter the name of the projects folder. The resulting location will be set to C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\My Documents\[folder name you entered] or C:\Users\[username]\My Documents\[folder name you entered]
· Translation memories: Use this box to enter the full path specifying the location where translation memories will be stored, or use the MemoQ ellipsis button Options   Locations button to browse for that location.
· LiveDocs corpora: Use this box to enter the full path specifying the location where LiveDocs corpora will be stored, or use the MemoQ ellipsis button Options   Locations button to browse for that location.
· Term bases: Use this box to enter the full path specifying the location where term bases will be stored, or use the MemoQ ellipsis button Options   Locations button to browse for that location.
· Light resources: In this box, you can set the folder where all local light resources are stored by default. Enter the full path specifying the location where the resources will be stored, or use the MemoQ ellipsis button Options   Locations button to browse for that location.
· Use custom temporary folder check box and Location text box: By default, memoQ uses the system-level Temp folder to create temporary files, e.g. when creating online projects. This might result in path names that are too long for Windows to handle. If you check this check box, and specify a folder in the Location box, you can instruct memoQ to use a temporary folder other than the system default.

Navigation

Click OK to close the Options dialog, saving all changes, or click Apply to save changes while keeping the dialog open. Clicking Cancel will close the dialog without saving changes.

Options – Locations