Edit phrases

PhraseExpress includes a powerful editor to compose, edit and configure your phrases.

To edit a phrase:

• Right-click any phrase (folder) in the phrase menu and select "Edit":
  
  
  
• Right-click the task bar icon and select "Open program window":
  
  
  
• SHIFT-click the task bar icon to edit the last used phrase:
  
  
  
• Press the hotkey you may have defined in the "PhraseExpress settings » Hotkeys" to edit the last used phrase.

Any above action will open the main program window where you edit your phrases:

1. Select the phrase in the tree view on the left.
2. Edit the phrase properties in the right window pane.

CTRL and/or SHIFT-click to select multiple phrases.

Right-click a phrase folder for bulk editing options.

Phrases cannot be edited in following situations:

• You do not have edit permissions.
• The phrase database file is write-protected on OS level.
• Another user is currently editing the phrase (if using a SQL server).
• The administrator has disabled editing in the PhraseExpress SQL Client Manager.
• The SQL server database is cached for offline-use.

Phrases have following properties:

Select any chapter on the right to learn more about the properties.