Once the addin is installed, your Outlook Microsoft Word shows a new Translate option in the Home ribbon. If, after installation, you cannot see this button please close and reopen OutlookWord.
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Go to an email and select some text. Then press the Translate button and choose Translate Selection:
A dialog opens to let you choose the language of the text and the language into which to translate:
The dialog proposes an option to get either have the translation pasted directly into your mail. Otherwise, it is shown in Microsoft Word.
After a few seconds the gist translation is ready and opens in Microsoft Word:
Translate attachments
If an email has attachments then you can get them translated. Let's look at this sample email with two attachments:
Click the Translate button, choose Translate attachments and click the attachment you want to get translated:
into the Word document or opened in a separate Microsoft Word window.
In our example we chose to paste back the translation:
Translate complete documents
You can ask the addin to translate the entire document:
A dialog asks you for the languages and translation starts. Depending on the size of your document this may take anything from a few seconds to a few minutes.
A notification pops up on your screen (in the bottom right corner) when the translation was downloaded to your PC. Please read further:Note: Some attachments (such as images) may be grayed and cannot be selected. Read an explanation here.
View completed translations
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If you want the addin to "forget" your login, click the About link:
Now, in the About dialog click Disconnect to remove the saved credentials. The next time you ask for a translation the login dialog will open again.
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