Documentation
User manuals
OmegaT is supplied with a comprehensive user manual. To call up the manual from within OmegaT, simply select Help > Users manual, or press F1.
An Instant Start Guide, which guides you through the main procedures and functions of OmegaT, is displayed in the OmegaT user interface by default.
You can also call up the user manual without launching OmegaT. It can be found in the "docs" folder in your OmegaT program folder.
HOWTOs
"How to" documents on this site, containing information on certain procedures and features of OmegaT for advanced users which are not covered by the manual.
| Creating a new file filter | Explains how to create a filter for a new file format to be translated by OmegaT. |
| Localizing OmegaT | Administrative and technical procedure for localizating OmegaT. |
External documentation
Information on procedures and features of OmegaT for advanced users which can be found on other sites.
| Translating NetBeans IDE | Procedure for using OmegaT to localize the NetBeans IDE. |
| How to translate Magento | Procedure for using OmegaT to localize Magento. |
| Translating with Rainbow and OmegaT | A step-by-step guide on how to use the Text Extraction and the Text Merging utilities from Rainbow to pre- and post-process files to be translated using OmegaT. These utilities enable OmegaT to be used to translate file formats for which XLIFF conversion filters are available. |
