A project is a name under which a Bible is stored.
To create a new project, choose Menu / File / Project / New. The Project Properties dialog opens.
Type in a name of the project, optionally make settings and add some books, and click OK.
Adding books to the project can be done in two ways:
1. Add templates for the books immediately when creating a project or later through menu File - Project - Properties. The templates contain markers only, and no text.
2. Add existing books by importing them into the project.
In menu File - Project - Properties, books can be removed.
Via menu File - Project - Delete a project can be deleted. The project that is currently open is not shown in the list of projects that can be deleted.
In the editor, just press Ctrl+O, or do it through menu File - Project - Open, and you'll be presented with a list of projects that can be opened. Click the project that you wish to open, or otherwise type the first few characters of the name of that project, and then press Enter.
A project can be closed with Ctrl+W, or via the menu, File - Project - Close.
Printing a project goes via menu File - Project - Print.
In that dialog you've the option to include or exclude certain books, and to set which portion of any book will be printed. Remove the tick to exclude it. Focus it, and then press the appropriate button to select the portion to be printed.
Once printed it will open in a pdf viewer, and you can print the whole project or part of it from there.
See also Printing.
A project can be exported to other formats. See menu File - Project - Export, and choose a format there.
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.
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.
When exporting to a SWORD module, the module is created and installed straightaway, and can be immediately seen in for example 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 the module is visible in BibleTime.
Normally you can leave the settings in the dialog as they are. Changes can be made, however.
Name is the name for the module. The actual name given to the module consists of the project name plus the name given here.
Description is a short (1 line) description of the module, such as its title. The actual description gets the project name prefixed.
About is a lengthier description and may include copyright, source, etc. information. The actual description gets the project name prefixed.
LCSH is the Library of Congress Subject Heading. You may search the Library of Congress catalog at http://catalog.loc.gov/ or use it as a guide for determining an appropriate LCSH for books that are not in the Library of Congress.
License describes the license under which the module is being distributed.
Version is the module's revision number of the module. Incrementing it when changes are made alerts users of the SWORD Installers to the presence of updated modules. Please start with version 1.0 and increment by 0.1 for minor updates and by larger values for more major updates such as a new text source.
Language is the primary language code of the module. You can select one from the list, in which case BibleTime correctly displays the language. Or you can enter a language by hand, in which case BibleTime puts it under "Unknown language". See the Ethnologue, http://www.ethnologue.com, to find your language, and enter the code or the name.
Install path is where Bibledit will install the module. This is the place where BibleTime expect the module to be installed.
Module path is the directory where a zipped module will be stored. This module is fit for immediate distribution.
Exporting to SWORD produces a file sword_osis_input.txt in the temporary directory. This file will be compiled by osis2mod, the SWORD compiler.
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.
A project can be copied in its entirety to a new name. See menu File - Project - Copy to. This new name will then be an exactly copy of it and can from now on be dealt with as all other projects.
A whole project can be compared to another one. Any differences are highlighted.
Words that have been added are printed in bold. Words removed will appear stroked out.
If only the changes are printed, then the references, that have a change, will be loaded in the Reference Area for easy review.
See the Project menu, Parallel Bible.
The so called "Parallel Bible" contains parallel versions for only one book, and is intended for producing worksheets for use during translations sessions. The members of the team each get a pile of sheets with all relevant versions printed in parallel on it, verse by verse. Without these sheets each member might have a lot of Bibles strewn about him on the desk, but with these sheets things get more compact. And there will still be Bibles enough on the desk, as many Bibles are not available in electronic format, and hence cannot be printed on the worksheets.
Commentaries can also be printed on the worksheets, provided they are available as projects in Bibledit.
The Parallel Bible will be printed with the currently opened project at the top, and it will print the book that is currently opened. Therefore, to change the first project on the sheets, just open another project, and for changing the book to be printed, just go to another book.
To add another project to your Parallel Bible, press the "Add project" button and select the project to be printed. Added projects can be removed with the Remove button.
Normally all parallel verses are kept together on one page for greater readability. Depending on the number of Bibles printed in parallel, this may leave a lot of whitespace at the bottom of the page. To save paper you can uncheck the option in the dialog, so that the parallel verses no longer are kept together and the paper is filled with text to the bottom.
You can set which portion of the text to print. There are two controls that influence this.
The "Change" button for the portion. This selects which portion to print.
The "Include verses 0" checkbox, whether to include the verses 0 from any of the chapters. Verse 0 is anything before verse 1.
At the end press button Ok to get the Bible in .pdf format.
Add a new chapter to a book by inserting the "c" USFM marker, or by choosing Insert - Chapter.
To remove a chapter from a book, choose Edit - Chapter number. In the dialog that comes up, choose "Delete the chapter" and press OK. The chapter that is currently visible will be deleted.
To change the number of a chapter, choose Edit - Chapter number. In the dialog that comes up, choose a new chapter number from the list or enter it manually, and then press OK.