Export

Exporting a project

You can export the text of a project to various other formats. See menu File - Project - Export, and choose a format there. The various formats are briefly described below.

Unified Standard Format Markers files

This will ask you to select a directory to put all the USFM files in. Bibledit will put one USFM file per book into that directory.

Zipped Unified Standard Format Markers

This is the same as the option above, with this difference that all the files will be stored in a zipped archive.

BibleWorks Version Database Compiler

When exporting the project to BibleWorks Version Database Compiler, a text file is produced that can be imported in the BibleWorks Version Database Compiler for display in BibleWorks. See the BibleWorks online help for detailed information.

SWORD module and OSIS file

When exporting to a SWORD module, the module is created and installed straightaway, and can be immediately seen in BibleTime. Normally Bibledit will install the SWORD module to subdirectory .sword in the home directory, but this can be changed. Provide a name for the module and export it. After restarting BibleTime or Xiphos or another Sword enabled Bible reader, the module should be visible in the program.

While creating a Sword module, there is a dialog where settings can be made.

Module path is the directory where a zipped module will be stored. This module is fit for immediate distribution.

Exporting to SWORD produces an intermediate OSIS file, which is placed in the home directory. This file will be compiled by osis2mod, the SWORD compiler.

Currently there are two methods for exporting to an OSIS file and a Sword module. There is the "Old method". This divides the text into books, chapters and verses. Then there's the "New method". This divides the text into books, sections and paragraphs. At the moment of writing the osis2mod compiler is not capable of producing a proper Sword module out of the OSIS file created with the new method.

If one method fails to produce the result that you'd like to see, try the other one.

OpenDocument

This will ask you where to save the file, and then does the export. The file can be opened in the various wordprocessors that support OpenDocument, such as AbiWord, KWord, OpenOffice, etc. The main purpose of this export is to be able to transfer the formatted text into other applications. For that reason several style settings, like two columns, are unsupported.

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