Program Operation

Chapter 3. Program Operation

BibleTime is mainly operated from the Module Tree (this tree is called the "Main Index"). The second important place to work with BibleTime is the MDI area (MDI = Multiple Document Interface).

Main Index

This is the pane on the left side of the BibleTime window. It contains the tree of installed documents (Sword Modules), as well as any bookmarks you enter.



Selecting a document to view

To select a document, click with the left mouse button on the desired document group (Bibles, Commentaries, Lexicons, Books, Devotionals or Glossaries) to display the contents of a document group, click with the right mouse button on the icon for the desired group. To open a document, click on it's icon.



Tip

Drag & Drop Works Here

A document can be opened from an already opened document. Simply click with the left mouse button on the verse number (pointer changes to hand) and drag it to the module list. Drop it on the name of the module you want to open, and it will open that module to the verse you dragged over. If you drag a verse number to an already open module, it will automatically jump that module to the location of the verse that was dragged over. This works for Bibles and Commentaries only.

There are two other functions accessible through clicking with the right mouse button on the document name. "About This Module" opens a window with information about copyright and other pertinent things about the selected document. "Unlock This Module" opens a small dialog for encrypted documents. This allows those with the key to enter it to decrypt the document and make it human-readable. Crosswire Bible Society must encrypt modules unless either the copyright holder provides permission for distribution as a sword module, or the text has passed into the public domain (copyright has expired). See information on locked modules on the Crosswire Bible Society web site.

Accessing the search dialog

You can search in a module by clicking with the right mouse button on the module name in the module list and selecting "Search in module(s)". By pressing shift and clicking on other module names you can select more than one. Then follow the same procedure to open the search dialog. You will be searching in all of these documents. A complete description of the operation of the search features can be found here.



Accessing bookmark functions

Tip

Drag & Drop Works Here

Click with the right mouse button on the bookmark group of the module tree window and select "Create new folder" to create a new bookmark sub folder. You can use normal drag 'n' drop functions to drag verse numbers from search dialog results to the bookmark folder, and to rearrange bookmarks between folders. There is an import/export function for bookmarks also. From the right-mouse-button menu, select "Export bookmarks". This will bring up a dialog box for you to save the bookmark collection. They can be shared with other BibleTime users, archived, etc. They can be imported in the same way. You can also click with the right mouse button to change folder names and bookmark descriptions, and delete folders and bookmarks.



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