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Wordfast Pro 5 taking ages to create project
Thread poster: Titus Haennni
Titus Haennni
Titus Haennni  Identity Verified
Switzerland
Local time: 23:12
English to French
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Oct 24, 2017

Pretty self explanatory. I just switched to WF Pro 5 from the 3 version and created my "first" project (a few remote TMs and a file, for an existing client). The software took ages to create the project! And I mean in the order of ten minutes. You could see the progress bar plodding along like an elderly donkey taking a stroll.
I would like to specify the project is nothing out of the ordinary. The file is in the 6 thousand words, and there are 4 online TMs... if that is enough to faze the... See more
Pretty self explanatory. I just switched to WF Pro 5 from the 3 version and created my "first" project (a few remote TMs and a file, for an existing client). The software took ages to create the project! And I mean in the order of ten minutes. You could see the progress bar plodding along like an elderly donkey taking a stroll.
I would like to specify the project is nothing out of the ordinary. The file is in the 6 thousand words, and there are 4 online TMs... if that is enough to faze the latest iteration of Wordfast PRO, I think I'll start asking for my money back.

I would like to know if there's anything I can do to avoid this in the future. I will be creating quite a few projects to migrate from WF 3 and I'd rather not have to wait for ages each time. ▲ Collapse
 
John Di Rico
John Di Rico  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 23:12
Member (2006)
French to English
Tech support Oct 30, 2017

Hi DrAT2,

This sounds like something that should be investigated by tech support. Have you submitted a ticket? Include as many details as possible (file types, size, contains images, remote TMs, etc.).

Best,
John
 


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