Modes to choose a Bible verse
- You can choose a verse by clicking the “verse choice” button ( ) n the Bible panel toolbar.
- You can look up a verse by typing the number of the verse into the “Look up Scripture reference“ box which is in front of the “verse choice” button.
Choosing a Bible translation
You can see the downloaded Bible translations on tabs on the top of the Bible panel. You can choose a Bible translation by clicking on these tabs. There is a special tab on the right side by which you can set the parallel view of the Bible translations.
How to change chapters:
You can change chapters in the toolbar of the Bible panel by “Previous chapter” ( ) and “Next chapter” ( ) buttons.
What is happening when clicking?
There are two switches to set what is happening when you click on the text:
- If the “Language translation mode” ( ) is active: when you click on a word a foreign language translation comes out in a window: e.g. English-German translation.
- If the “Strong number analysis mode” ( ) is active: when you click on a word a Strong number analysis comes out to every single word of the given verse on the dictionary panel.
How does bubble help mode work?
When you move the mouse over the text a bubble help comes out in certain cases if the bubble help mode ( ) is active. Content of the popup window is displayed according to the following rules:
- If you click on the verse number: the program looks up and displays the commentary belonging to the given verse from the default commentary. If it does not find the verse number it displays the nearest, most probable verse commentary.
- If you click on the (superscript) footnote identifier: you will see the footnote belonging to the identifier.
- If you click on a word that a Strong number belongs to: you will see the Strong number, the Hebrew/Greek root and its meanings which are taken from the default Strong dictionary by the program.
- If you click on a word without a Strong number: the program looks up and displays the interpretation of the word from the default normal dictionary.
- If you click on a cross reference the program displays the text of the verse reference. If the cross reference is a collection reference then the verses belonging to the collection are displayed.
Inversion of bubble help mode
If you press SHIFT continuously it inverts the state of the switch while you press the key.
It means that if bubble help mode is on and you move the mouse over a reference while you press SHIFT key, the small window will not come out.
On the other hand if bubble help mode is off and you move the mouse over a reference while you press SHIFT key, the small window will come out.
The small bubble window disappears when you press SHIFT or ESC.
How to prepare bubble help for work?
Bubble help ( ) works with the default dictionaries which can be set in the program's settings (Settings/ Default dictionaries). You can set different dictionaries to Hebrew Strong numbers, to Greek Strong numbers, to word and commentary analysis.
Other modes of clicking:
- You can select a text with the mouse e.g. for copy.
- By right click a context menu comes out with the options connected to the word.
Switch On/Off buttons:
In the default setting the Switch On/Off buttons are in the “Other” ( ) option of the toolbar. They can be used only if they can be applied to the choosen Bible translation. You can switch on/off the followings:
- Strong number ( ) (it can be used only if the chosen Bible translation contains Strong numbers)
- Cross references ( )
- Morphological tags ( ) (it can be used only if the chosen Bible translation contains morphological tags)
- Footnotes, Comments ( ) (it can be used only if the chosen Bible translation contains footnotes)
How can more Bible translations be displayed next to each other?
The right tab page (marked with '+') of the Bible panel can be used to display parallel view. You can choose four translations for parallel view (next to each other) or for comparative view (below each other).
How can I get back to a verse previously looked up?
- You can see the list of verses previously looked up when you press “Verse history” ( ) in the toolbar.
- You can use “Previous reference” ( ) and “Next reference” ( ) buttons as well.
How to copy a verse to clipboard, pasting into notes
- The simplest way is to select the verses with the mouse than press Ctrl-C which copies the selected part to the clipboard.
- You can copy a verse to clipboard by pressing “Verse copy” button ( ) in the bottom toolbar of the Bible panel. In the default setting the starting point is the current verse, but if you selected a verse interval, the selected verse interval is the starting point.
You can paste the content copied to clipboard to any text field after a right click. You can use Ctrl+V key combination as well. When making a note there is a 'paste button' ( ) for this, too.
Highlights
Highlight functions are available in the toolbar of the Bible panel at “Highlights” icon ( ) (in the default setting it is only available in “Other” ( ) option at the last icon))
You can use the following types of highlights:
- Background highlight ( )
- Font color highlight ( )
- Bold highlight ( )
- Italic highlight ( )
- Underlined highlight ( )
The program always highlights the text part which was previously selected by the mouse.
Playing Audio Bible
You can import most of the audio Bibles in mp3 format, you can make them ready to be used by the program. You can play the imported mp3 Audio Bible versions in the program.
- 1.) Download the mp3 files. If the downloaded file is a zip file, you have to unzip it.
- 2.) Put the mp3 files into an optional directory.
- 3.) Enter the place of directory in the window when importing the audio Bible.
- 4.) Import the files.
Font size enlargement, reduction
You can enlarge ( ) or reduce ( ) the font size. (In the default setting you can set it in the “Other” option ( ) at the last icon.)
Using English – Spanish (or e.g. English – German) translator for the English Bible
You can use the program as a traditional English – Spanish or Spanish – English (etc.) dictionary if you switch on the language translator mode ( )
How can I look up the original meaning of a word?
- If there is a Strong number belonging to the word you have to switch on Bubble help ( ) and move the mouse over the word. You will immediately see the original meaning of the word in a small window.
What are the Strong numbers listed at the end of the verses?
The words belonging to the Strong numbers listed are in the original Bible but the numbers are not assigned to the words in the verse.