Editing text

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Before any editing can be done, create a new project and add books to the project.

Editing a Bible basically is done by opening a project, and then editing the text. There is no need to save the text, because Bibledit takes care of that.

Standard Format Markers are markers that are put in the text to indicate the book, where a chapter starts, the verse, titles and so on.

A marker always starts with a backslash (\) at the beginning of a line of text in the editor. The most commonly used Standard Format markers are:

\id Identifies the book
\mt major title  (if only one level is used. If more than one used:)
\mt1 major title,  level 1
\mt2 major title, level 2  (equal to secondary title \st, but \st is no longer in use)
\c chapter
\s section heading
\p paragraph
\v verse

Here follows a part of the book of John.

\id JHN
\mt2 The Gospel according to
\mt1 John
\c 1
\s The Word became flesh
\v 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Explanation of markers used.

\id JHN

Identifies the book as John

\mt2 The Gospel according to

A major title, level 2. When printed it will have a font just a bit smaller than \mt

\mt1 John

A major title, level 1. When printed it will have a big font suitable for such a title.

\c 1

Indicates that chapter one starts here.

\s The Word became flesh

This is a section heading, and will be printed in the text as a heading, usually in bold.

\v 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

This is the text of verse one.

More information on USFM is available.

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