Some popular editing application such Ms Word or LibreOffice are able to save their documents as HTML web pages. CafeTran can make use of this ability to preview the source document as it is being translated.


  1. Open the source document in Ms Word and save it as a Web Page (*.htm, *.html).
  2. In CafeTran, go to the menu Resource > Open HTML web page for source preview... and choose the source document saved in Ms Word as a web page.
  3. A view of the source document will open in the tabbed pane as a resource. Most of the currently-translated segments will be highlighted in this view.