Although in the realm of tools this one is minor, to me it is major, I do a lot of work and I take notes on most of it, those notes I insert into my BibleWorks resource notes. It is easy to you and easy to understand how it works.
When you first go over to the Analysis Window, one of the tabs is specifically set up for notes. This is easy to get to and gets you to your notes very fast.
Once there you will notice two boxes you can check or uncheck on the top of the tab. One just says autoload and this is if you want your notes to load automatically, or if you would prefer to have to load your notes, or very certain notes only when you want to use them. If you choose to not autoload your notes it may help with the load up speed of the overall program. The other box is if you want chapter notes. If you check this then your notes will be on the chapter level. If you uncheck this box your notes will be taken on a verse by verse basis.
Another option with the notes page is to tell BibleWorks where to find them. If you do not tell it where to find them then it will simply store and load all your notes from the NOTES in your program files. To change this you click on the button that has four yellow squares connected by lines with three on one side and one on the right side, all connected. This will give you the option to choose a folder or create a new folder for your notes.
The last thing that you really need to know is about how to search your notes. You can do this by clicking on the Binoculars icon to search your immediate notes, to search in all your notes in the folder or directory, you can do this by clicking on the binoculars above the folder icon.
you can see even by this very simple look at the notes that they can be very helpful. I actually use them quite a bit, I have Bibleworks get my notes out of the dropbox which syncs up all my computers so that I can get to my notes on all my computers which have my Bibleworks installed on them.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Function 10: The Bibleworks Editor
Function 10: The Bibleworks Editor
The Bibleworks editor is just that, an editor, it comes with all the functions of a Rich Text editor with plenty of options for formatting and filing. This makes the editor a very valuable tool, however in our adventures here, most of us know how to use a RT Editor we know how to adjust fonts and text size. For sake of space and for my sanity in writing, I will not be going through all the more known features instead I will be focusing in on some the features that are unique to BW.
To open the editor, you can, click on the tab which is located in the analysis window. You can also open it to be a floating window, you can do this through the main file button locate on the top left side or by clicking the fourth button over on the main toolbar. Unlike other RT editors this one also saves straight to the BW directory in the ini file or the my documents, however, it is important that you know where it is saved and change it to where you would prefer. You can do this by clicking on the button that has four yellow squares three in line vertically and one horizontal from the middle, all connected by a lines. By clicking this you will be able to tell BW where you would prefer it to save and search for your files.
Some of the unique functions of the editor obviously come with the Bible, with the editor you can insert chunks of scripture with relative ease. However, with BW and with the use of original language there may arise a problem, and that is, which font do I use and should it be Unicode or not. I will save the Unicode vs. non-Unicode for a different blog, however the problem does not exist with the editor because BW equips the editor (and the notes window) with a very simple button so that you can highlight and chance the text either to Unicode or not in Hebrew or Greek fonts. The Unicode button has either the Hebrew Aleph (for Hebrew fonts) or the Greek Alpha (for Greek fonts) with a small yellow dot above the letters, if there is no yellow dot it means that it will change it to a non-Unicode font.
The Bible insertion tool for the text editor is found among the normal tools on the tool bar running across the top. It is a very useful and easy to use tool found in the editor and is unique to BW (I think, I have never seen it anywhere else). The first thing that can be noticed is two text boxes to type in or put in by another means the text you want inserted and the version you want inserted. On the right hand side of these boxes is a button that looks mildly like an open book with an arrow pointing up, this if simply pressed will insert the text in the box, if you click on the dropdown it will also give you the option of “fetching the current” this is the text which is in the current browse window and search version. Next to this is the same looking button but instead of an arrow you have a question mark. This, if clicked, will open a window which will allow you to choose the version you would like your text to be displayed in, if not already the search version. In this you can also choose multiple version to display. The next button over will insert the text into your document but in the form of a chart.
Another unique thing that you can do with this RT editor is create filters to filter your text through. What it does, is it takes text in your editor and applies a filter. If you click on right click on empty space and to edit->filter setup you can then adjust which kind of text you want to filter and what you want to come out of the filter. To be honest I do not at the present see many uses for this, but there are some, especially if you have a lot of small adjustments to make in very similar fashion, this would speed that process up or even if you wanted to change a lot of English lettering into Greek or Hebrew, but it will not toggle between Unicode and non-Unicode.
The Bibleworks editor is just that, an editor, it comes with all the functions of a Rich Text editor with plenty of options for formatting and filing. This makes the editor a very valuable tool, however in our adventures here, most of us know how to use a RT Editor we know how to adjust fonts and text size. For sake of space and for my sanity in writing, I will not be going through all the more known features instead I will be focusing in on some the features that are unique to BW.
To open the editor, you can, click on the tab which is located in the analysis window. You can also open it to be a floating window, you can do this through the main file button locate on the top left side or by clicking the fourth button over on the main toolbar. Unlike other RT editors this one also saves straight to the BW directory in the ini file or the my documents, however, it is important that you know where it is saved and change it to where you would prefer. You can do this by clicking on the button that has four yellow squares three in line vertically and one horizontal from the middle, all connected by a lines. By clicking this you will be able to tell BW where you would prefer it to save and search for your files.
Some of the unique functions of the editor obviously come with the Bible, with the editor you can insert chunks of scripture with relative ease. However, with BW and with the use of original language there may arise a problem, and that is, which font do I use and should it be Unicode or not. I will save the Unicode vs. non-Unicode for a different blog, however the problem does not exist with the editor because BW equips the editor (and the notes window) with a very simple button so that you can highlight and chance the text either to Unicode or not in Hebrew or Greek fonts. The Unicode button has either the Hebrew Aleph (for Hebrew fonts) or the Greek Alpha (for Greek fonts) with a small yellow dot above the letters, if there is no yellow dot it means that it will change it to a non-Unicode font.
The Bible insertion tool for the text editor is found among the normal tools on the tool bar running across the top. It is a very useful and easy to use tool found in the editor and is unique to BW (I think, I have never seen it anywhere else). The first thing that can be noticed is two text boxes to type in or put in by another means the text you want inserted and the version you want inserted. On the right hand side of these boxes is a button that looks mildly like an open book with an arrow pointing up, this if simply pressed will insert the text in the box, if you click on the dropdown it will also give you the option of “fetching the current” this is the text which is in the current browse window and search version. Next to this is the same looking button but instead of an arrow you have a question mark. This, if clicked, will open a window which will allow you to choose the version you would like your text to be displayed in, if not already the search version. In this you can also choose multiple version to display. The next button over will insert the text into your document but in the form of a chart.
Another unique thing that you can do with this RT editor is create filters to filter your text through. What it does, is it takes text in your editor and applies a filter. If you click on right click on empty space and to edit->filter setup you can then adjust which kind of text you want to filter and what you want to come out of the filter. To be honest I do not at the present see many uses for this, but there are some, especially if you have a lot of small adjustments to make in very similar fashion, this would speed that process up or even if you wanted to change a lot of English lettering into Greek or Hebrew, but it will not toggle between Unicode and non-Unicode.
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