Bibledit for Windows Tutorial
(most of this tutorial applies to Linux but some things may be slightly different)
Lesson 1 - Open, Close, and Help
To start using Bibledit: Click Start->All Programs->Bibledit->Bibledit
You will see the Bibledit Menu window open up
To get help using Bibledit: Click Help->Contents
The help webpage will open: Click the Tasks or the Tools link
Bibledit help has 2 main sections Tasks and Tools
The Tasks section discusses general Bibledit tasks that a user will typically want to do.
The Tools section describes each Bibedit menu item.
For example, if I click Tasks and then Import then the help page shows a variety of topics about importing texts and where to get some standard Bible to import. If I click Tools and then Import then the help page shows a description of the Import text dialog that appears when you choose the File->Project->Import menu item.
To close Bibledit click the X in the upper right corner of the Menu window
Lesson 2 - New Project, templates, navigation and goto
Open Bibledit.
Click File->Project->New: This will open the New Project Dialog
Choose Books:
Click OK: This will create the new project
The book of Matthew will open in a window below the menu window.
To go to a different chapter, choose the chapter number from the Menu window.
The fastest way to jump to a new reference in a different book is to use the Goto command.
Press CTRL+G: You will see the Goto reference dialog box.
Practice typing in verses and jumping to a new verse and typing some more.
To close a project simply close the text window. A project is automatically saved as you work on it.
To open a project click File->Project->Open and choose the project you want to open
Printing
To print a project in Bibledit click File->Print
Lesson 3 - Editing (styles) /searching/footnotes
Styles are used to format text in Bibledit.
To open the styles window in Bibledit click File->Styles->Open
Select the text that you want the style to be applied to and then double click the style name
To add a footnote place the cursor at the end of the word to be footnoted and double click the footnote style
Click ok
Type the note after the footnote number
To delete a footnote, delete the footnote number from the Bible text.
To search go to Edit->Find or CTRL+F
Type in the term you want to search for.
The references window will open with a list of references where that word occurs. Double click the reference to jump to that verse.
Lesson 4 Multi views/project notes/import
To open a second project, go to File->Project open and choose another project to open
When 2 projects are open they both move to the same reference.
.A project note is a note about the current passage. These can be reviewed later for checking
To create a project note press CTRL+N
The project notes window will open.
Type the note,
choose a category and click ok
To review all the project notes click View->Project notes
Choose the option: “any verse”,
Click OK
Lesson 5 checking/verse/keyterm/Export/Quotation marks
To check if the chapter and verse numbers are correct click Check->Chapters and Verses. A list of missing references will show in the references window
Keyterm check
To check keyterms click Check->Key terms. This will show the keyterms window
Select a keyterm
Double click the correct word in the red verses
Export for back translation
File->Project->Export->Unified Standard Format markers
Click your username in the left column, choose My Documents->Adapt It Unicode Work->Export. Then click Open
Quotation marks
Use < and > for single opening and closing quotes and << and >> for double opening and closing quotes. Bibledit will automatically replace these symbols with curved quotation marks when the text is printed or exported.
Lesson 6 backup/merging/collab
Lesson 7 prefs/tools?