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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Once you have selected files, the <b class="uiTerm">Translate</b> button becomes active. Note that there are 3 ways to start the actual translation. The <b class="uiTerm">Translate</b> button  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/trans_icon.gif" border="0"> on the main dialog box and on the menu bar do the same thing &ndash; as the does the <b class="uiTerm">Translate</b> item on the <b class="uiTerm">File</b> menu.
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      <p class="para_topic">You can now start the translation process by selecting the <b class="uiTerm">Translate</b> button. You will receive a notification the translation has started &ndash; as a separate process.
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      <p class="para_topic">This message box will remain until the translation ends. You can dismiss the message box by selecting <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>. The translator will continue to run whether the message is there or not.
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      <p class="para_topic">After the translation is started you can continue use the user interface or you can exit. Exiting the user interface will NOT stop any translations that have been initiated but not completed.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">For our getting started effort, lets continue with more translation activities while the IGES import activity is running.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">First, note that the <b class="uiTerm">Translate</b> button has gone inactive  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/inactive.gif" border="0"> this indicates that a translation for this file list, with the current settings, using the list of output names has already been initiated. We assume you'd want to change something before re&ndash;starting the translation.
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