e-Sword Users Guide

Revision: 9/28/2013

e-Sword 10.2.1
By: Rick Meyers www.e-Sword.net

Guide Produced By:

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Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................... ii About this Users Guide .......................................................................................................... 1 About e-Sword ....................................................................................................................... 1 Goal of this Documentation .................................................................................................... 1 Documentation Author............................................................................................................ 1 Copyright and Distribution ...................................................................................................... 1 Whats New in e-Sword 10?..................................................................................................... 2 Reference Library................................................................................................................... 2 Search All Topics At Once ................................................................................................. 2 REFX File Format .............................................................................................................. 2 Support For Pictures .......................................................................................................... 3 New Editor with True Word Processing Power ....................................................................... 3 SermonAudio.com Integration ................................................................................................ 3 STEP Reader Still Included .................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 1: Getting to Know e-Sword ...................................................................................... 4 e-Sword Interface Overview ................................................................................................... 5 e-Sword Quick References: Tooltips .................................................................................. 5 Common Tasks Menu ........................................................................................................ 6 e-Sword Hotkey Reference Sheet...................................................................................... 6 The Main Toolbar and Main Menu .......................................................................................... 9 Main Toolbar Icon Summary .............................................................................................. 9 Maximizing Window Views ....................................................................................................11 Bible Books Navigation Tree .................................................................................................11 Introduction to the Bibles Window .........................................................................................12 The Compare Tab.............................................................................................................14 The Parallel Tab ...............................................................................................................15 Introduction to the Commentaries Window ............................................................................16 Introduction to the Editors Window ........................................................................................18 Introduction to the Dictionaries Window ................................................................................19 Introduction to the Reference Library ....................................................................................20
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Chapter 2: Customizing e-Sword ...........................................................................................21 Adjusting the Layout of e-Swords Main Screen ....................................................................22 Maximizing / Minimizing Window Panes With Push Pins...................................................22 Maximizing Window Panes With the Window Menu ..........................................................23 Making Window Panes Larger or Smaller .........................................................................24 Window Docking Introduction ...........................................................................................25 Docking Windows Getting Started .................................................................................26 Docking Windows: Overlapping ........................................................................................28 Floating Window Customization ............................................................................................31 Zoom Feature: A Gift for Old Eyes ........................................................................................32 The Zoom Icon ...........................................................................................................32

Zooming with the Mouse Wheel ........................................................................................32 Changing Fonts and Sizes ....................................................................................................33 Changing Text and Background Colors .................................................................................34 e-Sword Multilingual Settings ................................................................................................34 Changing the e-Sword Application Language ...................................................................34 Tooltip and Bookmark Options ..............................................................................................35 Search Options .....................................................................................................................36 Reset e-Sword Settings.........................................................................................................36 Hiding and Uninstalling Resources ........................................................................................37 Hiding Resources .............................................................................................................37 Permanently Delete Resources ........................................................................................38 Deleting Editor Notes ........................................................................................................38 Configuring Resource Tabs ...................................................................................................39 Display Tabs on a Single Row or Multiple Rows ...............................................................39 Resource Tab Sorting - Advanced ....................................................................................39 Renaming Resource Tabs ................................................................................................40 Resource Tab Conflicts ....................................................................................................40 Changing the e-Sword Resource Location ............................................................................41 Downloading Additional Resources .......................................................................................42 Unofficial Resources .........................................................................................................42 Official Resources.............................................................................................................42 Installing Unofficial Resources ..............................................................................................44 e-Sword Module Installer ..................................................................................................44 Self Installing Resources ..................................................................................................44
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Support for Unofficial e-Sword Resources ........................................................................44 Chapter 3: The Bibles Window in Detail ................................................................................45 Navigating the Bible in the Bibles Window.............................................................................46 Using the Bible Books Window .........................................................................................47 Using the Lookup Scripture Reference Popup ..................................................................47 Viewing Your Previous Bible Search Results ....................................................................48 Viewing Your Verse History ..............................................................................................48 Recognizing Study Notes in the Bible Window ......................................................................49 Searching the Bible - Basic ...................................................................................................50 Quick Searching Context Menu ..........................................................................................52 Additional Search Options Wheel ..........................................................................................53 Searching Only the OT, NT, and Apocrypha .........................................................................54 Apocrypha ........................................................................................................................54 Extended Bible Search - Multiple Translations ......................................................................55 Search Results .................................................................................................................55 Searching the Bible - Advanced ............................................................................................56 Copying and Printing Bible Searches ....................................................................................57 Printing .............................................................................................................................58 Quick Copying ..................................................................................................................58 Copying/Printing Entire Bible Passages ................................................................................59 Copying and Printing from Parallel Mode ..............................................................................60 Working with Strong's Hebrew and Greek Numbers ..............................................................61 Strongs Number Basics ...................................................................................................61 e-Sword Modules with Strongs Numbers .........................................................................61 Viewing Strongs Number Definitions Without Leaving the Bible Window .........................61 Viewing Strongs Number Definitions in the Dictionary Window ........................................62 Searching by Strong's Numbers ............................................................................................63 The Compare Tab .................................................................................................................65 The Parallel Tab ....................................................................................................................66 Split Bible View .....................................................................................................................67 Analyzing Verses Passage Theme and Word Distribution ..................................................68 Using the Gospel Harmony ...................................................................................................70 Displaying Information about a Bible Translation ...................................................................71

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Chapter 4: Highlighting, Marking, and Bookmarking Resources ........................................72 Highlighting Text ...................................................................................................................73 Marking Text .........................................................................................................................75 Working with Bookmarks .......................................................................................................76 Setting Bookmarks............................................................................................................76 Accessing Bookmarks ......................................................................................................76 Bookmark Hotkeys/Shortcuts ............................................................................................77 Bible Markup File ..................................................................................................................78 Chapter 5: The Verse List Feature Saving Verses .............................................................79 Navigating Verse Lists...........................................................................................................80 Changing Verse Lists ............................................................................................................80 Creating a Verse List and Adding Verses ..............................................................................81 Adding a Verse from a Verse List .....................................................................................82 Deleting a Verse from a Verse List ...................................................................................82 Sorting Verses in a Verse List ...........................................................................................82 Viewing Verse Lists ...............................................................................................................83 Quickly Adding a Verse to a Verse List .................................................................................84 Creating a Verse List from a Search......................................................................................85 Updating a Verse List ............................................................................................................86 Adding a Verse from a Verse List .....................................................................................86 Deleting a Verse from a Verse List ...................................................................................86 Sorting Verses in a Verse List ...........................................................................................86 Deleting Verse Lists ..............................................................................................................86 Chapter 6: Printing in e-Sword ...............................................................................................87 The Print Preview Window ....................................................................................................88 Printing Bible Chapters..........................................................................................................89 Printing Selected Verses and Chapters .................................................................................89 Printing from the Editors Window ..........................................................................................90 Printing from the Commentaries ............................................................................................90 Printing from the Dictionaries Window ...................................................................................90 Printing from the Reference Library Window .........................................................................90 Printing Bible Reading ...........................................................................................................91 Printing Daily Devotions ........................................................................................................91 Printing Prayer Lists ..............................................................................................................91
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Printing with the STEP Reader ..............................................................................................91 Chapter 7: The Commentaries Window .................................................................................92 Using Commentaries .............................................................................................................93 When to Synchronize/Unsynchronize a Commentary ............................................................94 Selecting Between Verse, Book, and Chapter Comments .....................................................95 Viewing Next Comment and Previous Comment ..............................................................95 Viewing Commentary Information .........................................................................................96 Viewing All Commentary Entries Birds Eye View................................................................97 Searching a Commentary......................................................................................................98 Searching More Than One Commentary Simultaneously ......................................................98 Chapter 8: Introduction to the Editors ...................................................................................99 New Editor Features in e-Sword 10 .....................................................................................100 Editor Hotkeys .....................................................................................................................100 Using the Editor Word Processing ....................................................................................102 Find (Ctrl-F), Replace (Ctrl-R), Go To (Ctrl-G) ................................................................102 Spell Check (F7) .............................................................................................................103 Thesaurus (Shift-F7) .......................................................................................................103 Cut (Ctrl-X), Copy (Ctrl-C), Paste (Ctrl-V) .......................................................................103 Pasting Formatted Text (F11 Toggle) ............................................................................103 Undo (Ctrl-Z) and Redo (Ctrl-Y) .............................................................................103

Insert Bookmark .............................................................................................................104 Insert Hyperlink ........................................................................................................104

Insert Table.....................................................................................................................105 Dragging Table Boundaries ............................................................................................105 Table Properties (Table Settings) ...................................................................................106 Adjusting Rows and Columns .........................................................................................107 Insert Picture ..................................................................................................................107 Image Attributes .............................................................................................................108 Header and Footer..........................................................................................................110 Page Layout ...................................................................................................................111 Show/Hide Formatting Symbols ......................................................................................111 Font Selection and Size ..................................................................................................111 Bold (Ctrl-B), Italic (Ctrl-I), Underline (Ctrl-U) ..................................................................112
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Font Color .......................................................................................................................112 Highlight .........................................................................................................................112 Format Scripture Tooltip (Ctrl-J)......................................................................................113 Align Left, Align Center (Ctrl-E), Align Right, Justify ........................................................113 Numbering and Bullets ...................................................................................................114 Bullets and Numbering Format .......................................................................................114 Indent Paragraph (CTRL-TAB) and Outdent Paragraph (SHIFT-TAB) ............................114 Format Paragraph...........................................................................................................115 Border.............................................................................................................................115 Columns .........................................................................................................................116 Page Break .....................................................................................................................116 Save Notes .....................................................................................................................116 Understanding Where the Editors Read Notes Files. ..........................................................117 How to Backup Your Notes - Advanced ..............................................................................117 Storing/Sharing Your Notes on DropBox.com .....................................................................117 Chapter 9: Journal Notes......................................................................................................118 Viewing Journal Notes.........................................................................................................119 Creating a Journal Note ......................................................................................................120 Editing a Journal Note .........................................................................................................120 Deleting a Journal Note .......................................................................................................121 Viewing All Journal Notes Overview .................................................................................122 Searching Journal Notes .....................................................................................................123 Additional Search Options Wheel ........................................................................................123 Copying from the Bible to Your Journal Notes .....................................................................124 Copying from Other Windows to Journal Notes ...................................................................125 Copying the Entire Text ..................................................................................................125 Copying an Excerpt ........................................................................................................125 Importing and Exporting Journal Notes ...............................................................................126 To import a file: ...............................................................................................................126 To export a Journal note: ................................................................................................126 Managing More than One Journal Notes File - Advanced ...................................................127 Creating a New Journal Notes File .................................................................................127 Opening a Journal Notes File .........................................................................................127 Changing Where e-Sword Reads Journal Notes - Advanced ..............................................128
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Chapter 10: The Study Notes ...............................................................................................129 Viewing Study Notes ...........................................................................................................130 Viewing All Study Notes ..................................................................................................130 Viewing a Specific Study Note ........................................................................................130 Creating a Study Note .........................................................................................................131 Editing a Study Note ...........................................................................................................132 Deleting a Study Note .........................................................................................................132 Viewing All Study Notes Birds Eye View...........................................................................133 Searching Study Notes........................................................................................................134 Additional Search Options Wheel ........................................................................................135 Copying from the Bible to Your Study Notes .......................................................................137 Copying from Other Windows to Study Notes .....................................................................138 Copying the Entire Text ..................................................................................................138 Copying an Excerpt ........................................................................................................138 Importing and Exporting Study Notes ..................................................................................139 To import a file: ...............................................................................................................139 To export a Study note: ..................................................................................................139 Managing More than One Study Notes File - Advanced ......................................................140 Creating a New Study Notes File ....................................................................................140 Opening a Study Notes File ............................................................................................141 Changing Where e-Sword Reads Study Notes - Advanced .................................................141 Chapter 11: Topic Notes .......................................................................................................143 Viewing Resources: Topic Editor or Reference Library?......................................................144 e-Sword 9 Users: Cant Find your Topic Notes? ..................................................................145 Viewing Your Topic Notes ...................................................................................................145 Creating a Topic Note .........................................................................................................146 Editing a Topic Note ............................................................................................................147 Optimizing Topic Notes Files with Images ...........................................................................148 How Image Bloat Happens .............................................................................................148 Removing Image Bloat ...................................................................................................148 Deleting a Topic Note ..........................................................................................................148 Searching Topic Notes ........................................................................................................149 Additional Search Options Wheel ........................................................................................150 Copying from the Bible to Your Topic Notes ........................................................................152

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Copying from Other Windows to Topic Notes ......................................................................153 Copying the Entire Text ..................................................................................................153 Copying an Excerpt ........................................................................................................153 Importing and Exporting Topic Notes ..................................................................................154 To import a file: ...............................................................................................................154 To export a Topic note: ...................................................................................................154 Managing More than One Topic Notes File - Advanced ......................................................155 Creating a New Topic Notes File ....................................................................................155 Opening a Topic Notes File ............................................................................................156 Changing Where e-Sword Reads Topic Notes - Advanced .................................................157 Reference Library (.REFX) Files .........................................................................................158 When to Use Reference Book Files.....................................................................................158 Why Convert to Reference Book Files Then? .................................................................158 How to Convert Topic Notes to Reference Book Format .....................................................159 Chapter 12: The Dictionaries Window .................................................................................160 Using Dictionaries ...............................................................................................................161 Topics List and Performance ..........................................................................................161 Quick Lookup Inside the Dictionary .....................................................................................162 Viewing Dictionary Search History ......................................................................................163 Viewing Strongs Number Definitions in the Dictionary Window...........................................164 Strongs Number Basics .................................................................................................164 Searching a Dictionary ........................................................................................................165 Searching More Than One Dictionary Simultaneously.........................................................165 Chapter 13: Reference Library .............................................................................................166 Viewing Resources: Topic Editor or Reference Library?......................................................167 Why Cant I View Topic Notes Files in the Reference Library? ............................................167 Opening the Reference Library ...........................................................................................167 Reference Library: Background, Foreground, Resizing .......................................................168 Viewing Resources in the Reference Library .......................................................................169 Filtering Resources in the Reference Library .......................................................................169 Searching the Reference Library - Basic .............................................................................170 Additional Search Options Wheel ........................................................................................172 Searching the Reference Library - Advanced ......................................................................174 Extended Search - Multiple Reference Books .....................................................................175
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Search Summary ............................................................................................................175 Paste Into Topic Notes ........................................................................................................176 Highlighting Text .................................................................................................................176 Chapter 14: The Bible Reading Plan ....................................................................................177 Opening Bible Reading Plans..............................................................................................178 Using Bible Reading Plans ..................................................................................................179 Previous Reading and Next Reading .....................................................................179

Incrementing the Reading Plan Progress Bar .................................................................179 View Chapter as Paragraph ......................................................................................179

Changing Bible Reading Plans .......................................................................................179 Creating a Bible Reading Plan ............................................................................................180 Show at Startup...................................................................................................................180 Chapter 15: Daily Devotions.................................................................................................181 Opening the Daily Devotions ...............................................................................................182 Using the Daily Devotions ...................................................................................................182 Show Devotions at Startup ..................................................................................................183 Chapter 16: Prayer Requests ...............................................................................................184 Opening Prayer Requests ...................................................................................................185 Viewing Prayer Requests ....................................................................................................185 Adding Prayer Requests .....................................................................................................186 Editing or Deleting a Prayer Request ..................................................................................187 Managing Prayer Request Files ..........................................................................................188 Creating Prayer Request Files ........................................................................................188 Loading Prayer Request Files .........................................................................................188 Show Prayer Requests at Startup .......................................................................................189 Chapter 17: Scripture Memory .............................................................................................190 Opening Scripture Memory .................................................................................................191 Viewing Verses to Memorize ...............................................................................................191 Adding Scripture Memory ....................................................................................................192 Editing or Deleting a Memory Verse ....................................................................................194 Testing Memory Verses ......................................................................................................195 Associate Reference Test ...............................................................................................195

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Fill In The Blanks ............................................................................................................196 Word Position .................................................................................................................196 First Letter ......................................................................................................................196 Managing Memory Verse Files ............................................................................................197 Creating Memory Verse Files .........................................................................................197 Loading Memory Verse Files ..........................................................................................197 Show Memory Verses at Startup .........................................................................................198 Chapter 18: SermonAudio.com ............................................................................................199 Opening the SermonAudio.com Window .............................................................................200 Listening to a Sermon .........................................................................................................200 Learning More About the Speaker or Sermon .................................................................201 Using the Sermon Player ................................................................................................202 Listening to Sermons On Different Verses...........................................................................203 Sorting Sermons By Heading ..............................................................................................203 Adjusting the Width of Heading Columns ............................................................................203 Chapter 19: Sermon Illustrations .........................................................................................204 Unlocking Sermon Illustrations ............................................................................................205 Opening Sermon Illustrations ..............................................................................................205 Viewing and Copying Sermon Illustrations ..........................................................................206 Filtering Sermon Illustrations ...............................................................................................206 Adding Sermon Illustrations ................................................................................................207 Editing or Deleting a Sermon Illustration .............................................................................208 Chapter 20: The Graphics Viewer ........................................................................................209 Opening the Graphics Viewer..............................................................................................210 Viewing Graphics ................................................................................................................211 Selecting Graphics within the Graphic File ......................................................................211 Panning Graphics ...........................................................................................................211 Resizing Graphics...........................................................................................................212 Copying Graphics................................................................................................................212 Chapter 21: The STEP Reader ..............................................................................................213 Opening The STEP Reader ................................................................................................214 Viewing STEP Books ..........................................................................................................215 Pasting Into Notes ........................................................................................................215
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Searching STEP Books .......................................................................................................216 Chapter 22: Searching e-Sword Using Regular Expressions ............................................217 Regular Expressions ...........................................................................................................218 Conventions Used in this Chapter .......................................................................................218 Lesson 1: Case sensitive; Characters found anywhere .......................................................219 Lesson 2: Literal vs. Special Meaning Characters ...............................................................219 Lesson 3: Word Boundaries ................................................................................................220 Lesson 4: Dot Character .....................................................................................................221 Lesson 5: Brackets [] ........................................................................................................222 Lesson 6: Range of characters - .......................................................................................222 Lesson 7: Caret ^ ..............................................................................................................223 Lesson 8: Word Characters \w ..........................................................................................224 Lesson 9: Non-Word Characters \W .................................................................................225 Lesson 10: Pipe Character | and Parenthesis () ............................................................226 Lesson 11: Digit \d ............................................................................................................227 Lesson 12: Quantifiers "*", "+", and "?" ................................................................................228 Lesson 13: Curly brackets {} .............................................................................................230 Lesson 14: Beginning Verse Anchor ^ ..............................................................................230 Lesson 15: Ending Verse Anchor $ ...................................................................................231 Lesson 16: Putting It All Together with Useful Examples .....................................................232 Example 1: Verses Starting/Ending with a Specific Characters .......................................232 Example 2: Finding Words Beginning/Ending with Specific Characters ..........................233 Example 3: Finding Verses Only If They Contain Two+ Specific Words. .........................234 Example 4: Finding Wildcard Verses References. ........................................................235 Example 5: Finding a Verse with Words in Proximity to other Words. .............................236 Reference Information on Regular Expressions. .............................................................236

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About this Users Guide

About e-Sword
Rick Meyers, the creator of e-Sword, has given us a wonderful tool to study the Word of God. Learning the many features available through e-Sword Bible study software will bring new life to your study of the Living Word. This documentation is for: e-Sword 10.2.1. If you are not running the latest version of e-Sword, please visit the http://www.e-sword.net to download the latest version. e-Sword is a registered trademark of Rick Meyers. All rights reserved. BibleSupport.com is run independently of e-Sword by a community of volunteers.

Goal of this Documentation

The goal of this documentation is to explain every e-Sword feature for both the casual and advanced user. This documentation is the product of hundreds of hours of work. If you have questions about a feature, we hope you can easily find the answers you are seeking by referring to the hyperlinked Table of Contents. If youre viewing this document in a PDF browser, the Table of Contents is available in the Bookmarks window. The Table of Contents is invaluable for using this documentation. This documentation uses informal, conversational English, keeping with our goal of real-world use by Christians wanting to learn more about e-Sword. The best way to accomplish this goal is to use conversational English.

Documentation Author
This guide was written by Josh Bond and distributed through e-Sword.net and BibleSupport.com.

Copyright and Distribution

This text is copyrighted only to prevent the documentation from being used for commercial profit. You may freely copy and distribute this documentation as long as you do not make any changes or use the documentation commercially, including charging, in any way, for its use, reading or distribution.

Whats New in e-Sword 10?

e-Sword 10 brings powerful new features to make your Bible study more productive. Rick Meyers listened to users feedback and delivered on some of the most asked for functionality. All properly constructed e-Sword 9 modules are compatible with e-Sword 10.

Reference Library
The Reference Library is now the central location to view your downloaded Topic files and a new file type called Reference Books (filenames ending with .refx). In previous versions of eSword, the Topic Notes window displayed downloaded, third party Topic Notes. Now, this material is viewed through the Reference Library instead of the Topics Editor.

Search All Topics At Once

The Reference Library lets you filter your resources by title and search all of your Topic Notes at once! These two features are so powerful, they alone could have been the upgrade!

REFX File Format

Also new with the Reference Library is the ability to convert a Topics Note file to Reference Book format (.refx). This file is compressed and prevents others from modifying your data! You can convert your Topic Note files into Reference Book format. Heres a comparison between .refx and .topx formats:

Reference Library Book (.refx)

Cannot be edited.

Topic Note (.topx)

Can be edited.

Can only be viewed in the Reference Library.

Can be viewed in either the Reference Library or the Topic Editor. (But third party Topic Notes should be viewed with the Reference Library unless you need to edit them).

Only compatible with e-Sword 10+

Compatible with e-Sword 9.x-10+, but images, headers/footers, hyperlinks, and bookmarks will not display properly.

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Support For Pictures

The new Reference Library Book format supports pictures. And thats not all. Topic Notes also support pictures!

New Editor with True Word Processing Power

e-Sword 10s editor seems less like an editor and more like a word processor. The new editor is more robust and supports an array of new features. Now your Journal, Study, and Topic Notes will benefit from: Hyperlinks Bookmarks Images/Pictures Tables Borders Columns Headers/Footers Page Layout View

SermonAudio.com Integration
e-Sword is integrated with SermonAudio.com. You can listen to sermons while you study the Bible. This window automatically organizes sermons by verse according to the active passage of scripture in the e-Sword Bibles window!

STEP Reader Still Included

Dont worry the STEP Reader is still included with e-Sword 10! But the icon has been removed from the e-Sword main window. You can still access the STEP Reader by clicking Tools from the main menu and choosing STEP Reader.

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Chapter 1: Getting to Know e-Sword

This chapter is intended for readers who have not used e-Sword previously. The pages that follow explain how scripture appears in e-Sword, the main e-Sword screen, the content windows, the toolbars, and other helpful hints and tips to get you started.

Whats in this Chapter?

e-Sword Interface Overview............................................................................................... 5 The Main Toolbar and Main Menu ..................................................................................... 9 Maximizing Window Views ................................................................................................11 Bible Books Navigation Tree .............................................................................................11 Introduction to the Bibles Window .....................................................................................12 Introduction to the Commentaries Window .......................................................................16 Introduction to the Editors Window ...................................................................................18 Introduction to the Dictionaries Window ............................................................................19 Introduction to the Reference Library ................................................................................20

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e-Sword Interface Overview

When you launch e-Sword, you will see a screen similar to the screenshot below:

This is the e-Sword interface. All e-Sword features are available from this screen. Notice the important screen areas: Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Editors, and Reference Library. Also notice the Bible Books window on the left side of screen.

e-Sword Quick References: Tooltips

Notice the green, underlined Bible verses in the Commentaries window above. e-Sword automatically recognizes Bible verses and Strongs numbers. When you see a scripture reference or a Strongs number, hover your mouse pointer over the reference. A tooltip window appears, revealing the text of the scripture or the definition of the Strongs number. TIP: Press the F4 button to copy the reference text to the Windows clipboard. You can paste (Ctrl-V) the definition into the Notes Editor or your own word processor.

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Common Tasks Menu

The Common Tasks Menu, or context menu. is a universal, time saving feature available almost everywhere in e-Sword. Right-click your mouse in nearly any display window to reveal a popup menu of common tasks. These shortcuts are available in the Bible, Commentary, Dictionary, Editor, Reference Library, and other windows.

e-Sword Hotkey Reference Sheet

The hotkey shortcuts can be used throughout e-Sword unless otherwise noted. When more than one key is shown, press both keys simultaneously.

Hotkey
F2 F3 F4 F5 F7 F8 F9 F11 F12 ALT-1 ALT-2 ALT-3 ALT-4 ALT-5

Description
Lookup Reference Next Search Result Copy ToolTip Previous Bible Chapter Spell Check Next Bible Chapter Previous Bible Verse Toggle Paste As Formatted Next Bible Verse Bookmark 1 Bookmark 2 Bookmark 3 Bookmark 4 Bookmark 5 Editors only Editors only (dialog)

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Hotkey
ALT-6 ALT-7 ALT-8 ALT-9 ALT-0 CTRL-A CTRL-B CTRL-C CTRL-D CTRL-E CTRL-F CTRL-G CTRL-H CTRL-I CTRL-J CTRL-SHIFT-J CTRL-L CTRL-M CTRL-N CTRL-P CTRL-R CTRL-S

Description
Bookmark 6 Bookmark 7 Bookmark 8 Bookmark 9 Bookmark 0 Select All Bold Copy Font Center Find Go to Bookmark Highlight Scripture Italic Format Scripture ToolTip Insert verse text Lookup Reference Mark Scripture Next Reference Previous Reference Replace Bible Search
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Editors only

Editors only Editors only Editors only Editors only

Editors only Editors only Editors only

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Hotkey
CTRL-U CTRL-V CTRL-X CTRL-Y CTRL-Z CTRL-TAB SHIFT-TAB CTRL-F1 CTRL-F2 CTRL-F3 CTRL-F4 CTRL-ENTER CTRL-(Backspace) SHIFT-F3 SHIFT-F7 SHIFT-ENTER CTRL-SHIFT-C CTRL-SHIFT-S CTRL-SHIFT-V CTRL-SHIFT(Spacebar)

Description
Underline Paste Cut Redo Undo Indent Paragraph Outdent Paragraph Show All Windows Bible Maximized Commentary Maximized Dictionary Maximized Insert Page Break Delete Previous Word Previous Search Result Thesaurus Insert Line Feed Copy Formatted Bible Text Extended Bible Search Paste Formatted Bible Text Insert Non-breaking Space Editors only Editors only Editors only Editors only Editors only Editors only Editors only Editors only Editors only Editors only Editors only Editors only Editors only

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The Main Toolbar and Main Menu

The Main Menu contains menu commands and the Main Toolbar contains icons and pull down menus. This documentation refers to the Main Toolbar and Main Menu using this terminology. TIP: Hover your mouse over the any icon on any Toolbar to view the commands hint.

Main Menu

Main Toolbar

Main Toolbar Icon Summary Icon Icon Name

Lookup Scripture Reference Lookup Scripture Reference Previous Reference Next Reference

Icon Function
Use this hotkey to move the cursor to the Lookup Scripture Reference field where you may enter a verse. Use to popup the Lookup Scripture Reference window for navigating to a Scripture passage. Use to retrieve the previous verses in your verse history (resets each e-Sword session). Use to move forward in your verse history, if you moved backward with the above command (resets each e-Sword session). Use to perform a Bible search. Use to return to previous search results (resets each e-Sword session).. This box displays the verses from the last search result. Scroll down to view additional results from the same search.

Hotkey
CTRL-L

F2

CTRL-P

CTRL-N

Search Search Previous Search Results

CTRL-S SHIFT-F3

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Icon

Icon Name
Search Next

Icon Function
Use to move forward in search results. Only functions if you moved back at least once. (resets each e-Sword session). Use to display the Verse List window. Use to display the Previous Verse in the Verse List. This box displays the current verse in the Verse List. Use to display the Next Verse in the Verse List. This icon displays the preset e-Sword layout: displaying the Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries and Editors. Use to display the Bible Translation window only. Use to display the Commentary window only. Use to display the Dictionary window only. Use to display the Editor window only. Use to open the Graphics Viewer window. Use to open the Reference Library window.

Hotkey

F3

Verse List Previous Verse Verse List Display Next Verse

Show All Windows

CTRL-F1

Bible Maximized Commentary Maximized Dictionary Maximized Editor Maximized Graphics Viewer Reference Library

CTRL-F2 CTRL-F3 CTRL-F4 CTRL-F5

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Maximizing Window Views

New users may accidentally click one of the Maximized icons and struggle to restore the correct view. Let's learn about the different views and how to control them. Click the Bible Maximized icon on the Main Toolbar. Notice how the Bible window is maximized to display the current Bible translation only. You may also click the Commentary Maximized , Dictionary Maximized , and Editor Maximized icons.

Clicking on the Show All Windows icon restores the original e-Sword layout. Click Window from the main menu to see the same layout options, along with their shortcuts.

Bible Books Navigation Tree

The Bible Books window (shown to the right) contains all books of the Bible in the order of the Christian Biblical canon. You may use the Navigation Tree or the verse lookup box when looking up specific references. Above the Navigation Tree you will see the empty box shown below:

This is the Lookup Scripture Reference box. Enter the text: John 3:16 and click the Lookup Scripture Reference icon (Scripture icon). The results will display in the Bibles window. TIP: Press the Ctrl-L key combination anywhere in e-Sword to place your cursor inside the Lookup Scripture Reference box so you can begin typing. For many uses, this is faster than using the mouse. To minimize the Navigation Tree, click the push pin icon in the upper right corner. The Bible Books Navigation Tree may be e-Swords most simple, yet most convenient feature because of its speed and ease of use.

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Introduction to the Bibles Window

The Bibles window lets you view scripture and compare Bible translations. To minimize the Bibles window, click the push pin icon in the top, right corner.

The Bibles window consists of three parts: The Bible tabs - you can switch from one translation to the another. Notice how eSword displays the full translation name when you hover your mouse over a tab. The KJV translation tab is selected in the screenshot above. The Main Text window - this window displays the Bible text. The Translation Toolbar - this toolbar contains the following icons:

Icon

Icon Name

Icon Function

Hotkey

Print Preview Display the Print Preview window. Print Verses Bible Search Select All Copy Copy Verses Print the current Bible chapter or selected text. Search the active Bible translation. Select the entire Bible chapter. Copy the selected text. Copy verse(s) to the Copy Verses window. CTRL-S

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Icon

Icon Name
Paste Into Highlight Reference Mark Zoom Split View Chapter Back Chapter Forward

Icon Function
Paste to the currently selected tab in the Editors window. Highlight a particular reference. Underline a reference in a variety of styles. Makes the Bible text bigger or smaller. Click to view two translations at once. Select the translations by using the translations tabs. Navigate backward one chapter. (Compare Verse Mode: navigate backward one verse.) Navigate forward one chapter. (Compare Verse Mode: navigate forward one verse.)

Hotkey

CTRL-H CTRL-M

F5 F8

Notice the Bibles window contains two tabs that are not Bible translations, the Compare Verses tab and Parallel tab.

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The Compare Tab

The Compare tab lets you easily compare different translations of the Bible. 1. Click a verse in the Bibles window using any translation. 2. Notice the verse reference turns red. 3. Click the Compare tab. e-Sword will list the verse you selected in every Bible translation, one after the other (see screenshot below).

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The Parallel Tab

e-Sword lets you view up to eight Bible translations in parallel. Click the Parallel tab. At first, only one translation appears:

Notice the pull down menus in Bible translations below. The first menu will show a Bible translation, such as the KJV. Click the second drop down menu, and select another Bible translation. You may view up to eight translations at once.

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Introduction to the Commentaries Window

e-Sword shows the Commentaries window in the top, right window by default. To minimize the Commentaries window, click the push pin icon in the top, right corner of this window.

This window contains commentaries on the passage of Scripture displayed in the Bibles window. The screenshot above shows the BBC commentary for Genesis 1:1. Each commentary is represented by a single tab. Other commentaries you install appear in additional tabs. By default, the Commentaries window displays the commentary for the current Bible verse. You can verify this by clicking a different Bible verse in the Bibles window. The Commentary window will update to show any comments for the new verse. See Chapter 7 for more information on using the Commentaries window. The icons in the Commentaries window are similar to the ones in the Bibles window:

The additional icons are:

Icon

Icon Name
Link Book

Icon Function
Links the content in the Commentaries window to the active verse in the Bibles window. Shows the Bible book comments (if any) for the selected commentary.

Hotkey

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Icon

Icon Name
Chapter

Icon Function
Shows the chapter comments (if any) for the selected commentary based on the current verse selected in the Bibles window. If John 3:1 is selected, then the chapter comments (if any) for John 3 appear. If no chapter comments are available in the commentary, then verse comments are shown consecutively. This allows you to view more than one verse comment at a time, providing a broader overview.

Hotkey

Verse

Shows the verse comments (if any) for the selected commentary based on the current verse selected in the Bibles window. If John 3:1 is selected, then the verse comments (if any) for John 3:1 appear. If no verse comments are available, then the window is blank.

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Introduction to the Editors Window

e-Sword shows the Editors window in the bottom, right window by default. The Editors window lets you view and write Journal Notes, Study Notes, and Topic Notes. TIP: In previous versions of e-Sword, the Topic Notes window displayed downloaded, third party Topic Notes. Often, Topic Notes contain books, essays, and papers written by other authors. This material is now viewed through the Reference Library. Most people use Journal Notes and Study Notes for personal note taking. The Journal Notes are date specific because they contain your thoughts written on a specific day. The Study Notes are verse specific, meaning each comment is related to a verse. Topic Notes are subject specific, containing your thoughts on various subjects. In previous versions of eSword, you may have considered Topic Notes as Books. e-Sword now handles this functionality through the Reference Library.

Each Editors window acts as a word processor. You may write and save notes in the Journal Notes, Study Notes and Topic Notes sections. TIP: The Bibles, Commentaries, and Dictionaries windows have a Paste Into icon. This icon will paste your highlighted text into the active tab of the Editors window.
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Introduction to the Dictionaries Window

e-Sword shows the Dictionaries window in the bottom, left by window default. To minimize the Dictionaries window, click the push pin icon in the top, right corner. This window contains a number of Bible dictionaries as well as an Encyclopedia (the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia).

To automatically lookup Dictionary entries, click once on any word or Strong's number in the Bible, Commentary, or Editor windows. Make sure the Link icon in the Dictionaries window is pressed so the Dictionaries window will automatically show the term. If a dictionary contains an entry for a word, a blue Information (i) icon appears on the left side of the tab (see above where the Chafer dictionary has an entry for the entry Abiding). You may also navigate through the list of dictionary entries in the Dictionaries window and choose any entry to display.

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Introduction to the Reference Library

The previous Introductory sections explained major portions of the e-Sword screen. The Reference Library is represented on the main e-Sword screen with just a small icon:

The Reference Library is now the central location to view your downloaded Topic files and a new type of file called Reference Modules (.refx).

Reference Library

Material available from the Reference Library includes books, essays, and papers written by other authors. Some may be as short as a few pages, and other resources may contain thousands of pages. For example, BibleSupport.com hosts a number of James Hastings, William Evans, and F.B. Meyer books in Reference Book format. You can also download official Reference Modules through the e-Sword Module Downloader. TIP: In previous versions of e-Sword, the Topic Notes window displayed downloaded, third party Topic Notes. Now, this material is viewed through the Reference Library instead of the Topics Editor. With the Reference Library you can: Select resources to read with the drop down menu near the top of the screen. Filter your resources by title (see evans in the screenshot below) Search all of your Topic Notes and Reference Library Books at once!

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Chapter 2: Customizing e-Sword

You can customize e-Sword by adjusting the layout, window sizes, text and background colors, and even font sizes. You can also choose a different application language, download additional resources (Bible study content), delete resources, configure your resource tab settings, and much more.

Whats in this Chapter?

Adjusting the Layout of e-Swords Main Screen ................................................................22 Floating Window Customization ........................................................................................31 Zoom Feature: A Gift for Old Eyes ....................................................................................32 Changing Fonts and Sizes ................................................................................................33 Changing Text and Background Colors ............................................................................34 e-Sword Multilingual Settings ............................................................................................34 Tooltip and Bookmark Options ..........................................................................................35 Search Options .................................................................................................................36 Reset e-Sword Settings ....................................................................................................36 Hiding and Uninstalling Resources ...................................................................................37 Configuring Resource Tabs ..............................................................................................39 Changing the e-Sword Resource Location ........................................................................41 Downloading Additional Resources ..................................................................................42 Installing Unofficial Resources ..........................................................................................44

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Adjusting the Layout of e-Swords Main Screen

You may adjust the layout of e-Sword in several ways. Feel free to make changes knowing that if you cannot undo the changes, e-Sword can. To restore e-Sword to the default settings, click Help and then choose Reset e-Sword Settings. However, all settings are reset, not just the layout settings.

Maximizing / Minimizing Window Panes With Push Pins

You may minimize any portion of the screen with the push pin icon. To minimize the window, click the push pin icon and the window will minimize to the left side of the screen. Click the push pin again, and the window area will maximize. SPACE SAVING TIP: On a laptop or small screen, every pixel counts. You can minimize the Bible Books window (which shows the Books and Chapters of the Bible by default). When you need to change Bible verses, press the F2 button and the Lookup Scripture Reference window appears at the location of your mouse pointer. Use this window to change Bible verses. The window closes after you select a verse.

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Maximizing Window Panes With the Window Menu

You can maximize any of the four windows panes to full screen. Click Window from the main menu, and then click one of the Maximized options shown below. In our example, we chose Bible Maximized to expand the Bibles window full screen. To show all windows again, click Window from the main menu, and click Show All Windows. If you need to switch between Show All Windows and one of the Maximized options frequently, use the hotkey combinations shown in the Window menu:

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Making Window Panes Larger or Smaller

You can make the Bible, Commentary, Dictionary, and Editor windows larger or smaller relative to each other. Notice the yellow-highlighted divider lines between the windows below. You may adjust the width and length of the windows: 1. Position your mouse pointer over the divider line. (Note: The divider line will not be yellow on your screen and is shown below for illustration purposes.) 2. Left-click and hold the divider line. 3. Drag the line up/down or left/right as appropriate.

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Window Docking Introduction

By default, e-Sword shows five windows, including the four labeled below and the Bible Books window on the far left.

You can re-arrange these windows in hundreds of different combinations! REMEMBER: If youre unhappy with your new configuration, you can restore e-Sword to the default settings by clicking Help and then choosing Reset e-Sword Settings. However, all settings are reset, not just the layout settings. The first time you experiment with window docking, be prepared to spend a few minutes gaining a feel for this feature.

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Docking Windows Getting Started

You can reposition the four window panes (shown and labeled on the previous page) by dragging windows blue "title bar". This can result in hundreds of different views.

1. Left-click the window pane you want to move (hold this click until step 4).

2. While still holding the mouse left-click, move your mouse to another window and a Docking Image appears. Hover your pointer one of the Arrow Indicators (see red boxes below ).

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3. Notice a blue footprint shows you where this window will dock if you release the mouse click.

4. After releasing the mouse click, notice how your window pane is repositioned, with the Commentaries and Editors windows side-by-side instead of above/below each other. There are hundreds of possibilities.

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Docking Windows: Overlapping

Two or more windows can occupy the same spaceor overlap each other. For example, in the screenshot below, notice the Commentaries and Editors tabs, shown in the red box.

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To produce the overlapping screen above, follow these steps: 1. Left click the Commentaries window pane(1) and drag the window to the Editors window pane(2) until a blue footprint appears:

2. Release the mouse click and the windows now overlap. The Commentaries and Editors tabs appear at the bottom, as shown in the screenshot on the previous page.

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To return the Editor and Commentaries to their original positions, as separate windows, follow these steps: 1. Left click the Editors tab(1) at the bottom of the screen and drag the tab toward the Arrow Indicator(2).

2. Release the mouse click and Editors and Commentaries windows will return to separate windows, as shown in the screenshot on the previous page.

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Floating Window Customization

Many of e-Swords features use Floating Windows. For example, the Reference Library window floats on top of e-Swords main window. Other examples of floating windows include the Step Reader, Prayer Requests, Bible Reading, Search/Extended Search, and many other windows. Floating Windows share properties you should be aware of: You can access the underlying e-Sword main window without closing a floating window. For example, if you need to reference the Bible or any other feature on e-Swords main window, click the e-Sword main window in the background. You can also move the e-Sword main window and floating windows so they are offset or in any configuration that suits your monitor (see below).

You can resize a floating window (larger or smaller) by positioning your mouse over the edge of the window until the mouse pointer turns into a double arrow (as shown to the right). Drag the window in the direction you want to resize.

Some floating windows have Minimize and Maximize buttons

(left of the red X). Maximize will expand over the whole screen. The Minimize button will cause the window to disappear. To display a minimized window, click the e-Sword icon on your Windows taskbar.
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Zoom Feature: A Gift for Old Eyes

e-Sword includes a very flexible Zoom Feature. Nearly every window containing study text supports zooming, including Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Editors, Reference Library, and most other windows.

The Zoom Icon

Anytime you see the Zoom icon, you can enlarge the text in that window by clicking the icon. Click the icon again to restore your original view. As you can see from the comparison below, the text isnt just zoomed. The text is reflowed so you do not have to use a horizontal scroll bar to view the text. The same holds true for images and tabular charts.

Zooming with the Mouse Wheel

The advantage of this zoom method is you can quickly zoom to a custom magnification. 1. Click anywhere in the window you want to zoom. 2. Press the Ctrl button while scrolling the mouse wheel forward to zoom in or backward to zoom out. 3. To restore the default zoom, click the Zoom icon twice.

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Changing Fonts and Sizes

e-Sword allows you to change the default fonts to a style pleasing to your eye. Click Options from the main menu, and then click Fonts. Default Font and Size: Specifies the font used throughout e-Sword, including text for Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Devotions, etc. Tooltip Font Size: Specifies the font used to popup the text from verse references (called tooltips).

Editor Font: Specifies the default font used in the Editors Window (Journal Notes, Study Notes, and Topic Notes). Greek, Hebrew, and Latin Font: Specifies the fonts e-Sword uses to display these commonly found languages in Bibles, Commentaries, and Dictionaries.

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Changing Text and Background Colors

e-Sword allows you to change the default text colors to suit your preferences. Click Options from the main menu, and then choose Text Colors. You can select a Background color, along with the text colors shown in the screenshot to the right. The preview pane at the bottom of the screenshot shows your new color selections. Popup: This color choice refers to the ToolTip popup background window where scripture text and Strongs definitions appear. This category does not appear in the preview pane. If youre unhappy with the colors you selected, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, click the OK button to save your changes.

e-Sword Multilingual Settings

Changing the e-Sword Application Language
If you want e-Swords dialog boxes to show a language other than English, you may select another language. Click Options from the main menu, and then select Language. Choose your preferred language. NOTE: This setting changes only the e-Sword application language, not the Bible study content language.

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Tooltip and Bookmark Options

e-Sword lets you toggle the display of several miscellaneous items. Click Options from the main menu to see the toggle items shown to the right.

Display Scripture Tooltips: Toggles the appearance of Scripture ToolTips. Scripture ToolTips are colored verse references that popup the complete verse text from the verse reference. John 3:16 is an example shown to the right.

Display Strongs # ToolTips: Toggles the appearance of Strongs Number ToolTips. Strongs Tooltips are colored Strongs references that popup the complete Strongs text from the Hebrew or Greek Strongs reference. See the H6838 example.

Display Bookmark Navigator: Toggles the appearance of the Bible window bookmarks, shown in the red box below.

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Search Options
e-Sword lets you toggle two search options. The search options apply to searching throughout e-Sword, including Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries. Click Options from the main menu to see the toggle items shown to the right Highlight Search Results: When you perform a search, e-Sword will highlight each word(s) that match your search term(s), if you select this option.

Save Search Terms: e-Sword will remember your search terms if you select this option. If enabled, you can review your search terms and re-select a search term to search again.

Reset e-Sword Settings

You can restore e-Sword to the default settings by clicking Help and then choosing Reset e-Sword Settings. This includes all settings presented in this chapter, except the installation of modules. Reset e-Sword Settings will not delete any modules you added to e-Sword. But the reset will show all resources. If you hid resources in the Resource Options window (see next page), your selections will be discarded and all resources will be visible.

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Hiding and Uninstalling Resources

As you download e-Sword resources, your screen may become cluttered and overwhelming. You may want to hide resources you dont use often, or delete resources permanently.

Hiding Resources
You can hide resources without uninstalling them from your computer.

1. Click Options on the main menu, and select Resources. The Resource Options window appears, as shown above. 2. All of the installed Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Devotions, Graphics, and Reference Books are listed. Remove the checkbox next to resources you want to hide. 3. When you are pleased with your selections, click OK. You may reactivate any installed resource by adding a checkbox beside the resource.

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Permanently Delete Resources

You may also permanently delete most resources. 1. Click Options on the main menu, and select Resources. The Resource Options window appears, as shown above. 2. All of the installed Bibles, commentaries and dictionaries are listed 3. Right click any resource and a context menu appears. Select Delete Resource Permanently and the resource will be deleted. You cannot undo this operation without re-downloading the resource, so be absolutely sure first! NOTE: e-Sword will automatically reinstall the modules below even if you delete them. The modules below are essential to running e-Sword. While you can delete the modules for the current session, when you restart e-Sword, the modules will be reinstalled. However, you can hide these modules, as shown on the previous page. King James Bible King James with Strongs Numbers Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Strongs Dictionary Robertsons Harmony of the Gospels kjv.bblx kjv+.bblx tsk.cmtx strong.dctx robertson.harx

Deleting Editor Notes

Deleting a Journal Notes file, Study Notes file, or Topic Notes file must be done outside of eSword. By default, e-Sword stores these files in your e-Sword user folder, usually My Documents\e-sword. WARNING: You should only delete files from your Windows computer if you have competent computer skills. If youre not comfortable browsing folders and deleting files, you should not attempt this. Otherwise, you risk deleting the wrong file. e-Sword, or other programs on your computer, may not work properly. 1. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to your My Documents folder. Then open the eSword folder. Select the file you want to delete by clicking it once. 2. Press the Delete button and a Confirm File Delete window appears. 3. Click Yes if you want to proceed with deleting the selected file. Otherwise, click No.

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Configuring Resource Tabs

e-Sword present Bibles, commentaries, and dictionaries as resource tabs. You can control how e-Sword shows resource tabs.

Display Tabs on a Single Row or Multiple Rows

In the screenshot below, the resource tabs span multiple rows. This is the default e-Sword configuration:

This second screenshot shows the resource tabs on one row. The Scroll Left/Scroll Right arrows to show resources that do not fit on the screen:

To display resource tabs on a single row: 1. Click Options from the main menu. 2. Choose Resources. 3. At the bottom of the Resources window, tick the Display Tabs in a Single Row box.

Resource Tab Sorting - Advanced

e-Sword sorts resources in reverse alphabetical order, left to right, starting with the bottom row. Confusion sometimes arises because e-Sword does not sort based on the resource tab name. e-Sword sorts based on the actual filename of the resource. If youre an advanced user, you can change the e-Swords sort order by renaming the files. For example, in most configurations, renaming a resource with a letter from the end of the alphabet is likely to show the resource on the top row. The e-Sword developer does not provide support for renaming resources to achieve a specific sort order. Find support for this at BibleSupport.com.

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Renaming Resource Tabs

This is a technical topic for advanced users. This section does not apply to official e-Sword downloads. The e-Sword developer does not provide support for renaming resource tabs. Instead, find support for this at BibleSupport.com. However, you may find an unofficial resource that needs a different tab name. For example, a resource may have a long tab name and you want to shorten the tab name. Occasionally, you may find two unofficial downloads with the same tab name and you need to rename the tab. Advanced users can download a free, third party database tool to edit unofficial resources. BibleSupport.com hosts the e-Sword Tab Renamer program. This program is shown here only as a courtesy and no official support will be provided by e-Sword.

Resource Tab Conflicts

This is a technical topic for advanced users. This section does not apply to official e-Sword downloads. The e-Sword developer does not provide support for resource tab conflicts. Instead, find support for this at BibleSupport.com. Resource tab conflicts arise when two resources have the same tab name. e-Sword resolves this by showing only the first resource in the resource tabs. To display both resources, the tabs must be renamed. Another way to resolve the conflict is to delete one of the resource files from your hard drive.

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Changing the e-Sword Resource Location

By default, e-Sword loads Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Devotions, Graphics, and Reference Books from your Program Files\e-Sword folder. On most Windows configurations this folder is either: c:\program files\e-sword c:\program files (x86)\e-sword

If you want to store your e-Sword modules in a different folder or on a USB drive, you may change the path and folder in the e-Sword resource Location field (see below). For example, some churches configure e-Sword to read from a network drive so everyone has access to the same material. To change the e-Sword resource Location field: 1. Click Options on the main menu, and select Resources. The Resource Options window appears, as shown below. 2. Click the orange folder icon (inside the red box, as shown below). 3. Navigate to your new folder in the Browse for Folder window and click the OK button to save and exit the Browse window. 4. Click the OK button to save and exit the Resource Options window.

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Downloading Additional Resources

There are two types of e-Sword resources: official and unofficial.

Unofficial Resources
Unofficial resources may be found on many websites like www.biblesupport.com and www.doctordavet.com. If you download unofficial resources, please see the next subsection, Installing Unofficial Resources.

Official Resources
You may add official e-Sword resources by using the e-Sword Module Downloader. 1. Click Download on the main menu and select the type of resource you want to add from the drop down menu. 2. The downloader is setup to browse by resource type. Click the resource category tab that interests you.

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3. Click the blue hyperlink of the module you want to add in the Title column. The Info column also shows a blue hyperlink, which provides you more information about most resources. 4. The selected module appears in the bottom window. You may add additional modules. 5. When you are ready to start downloading, select Download from the Downloader menu and click Start.

TIP - RESTART: Before you can view the newly installed resource(s), you must re-start e-Sword. TIP - UPDATES: Installed resources with a red colored date (see the red text above, 4/19/2013 alerts you to newer versions of resources already installed.

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Installing Unofficial Resources

BibleSupport.com hosts thousands of e-Sword resources like the Pulpit Commentary and Langes Commentary. The list grows nearly every day as members create additional resources. Downloading unofficial resources requires you install the resources. Unofficial resources do not use the official, built-in Module Downloader.

e-Sword Module Installer

The e-Sword Module Installer automatically installs your e-Sword modules! It copies your e-Sword module to your e-Sword Resource Folder on your Windows PC. This works for e-Sword 9 and 10. Download the e-Sword Module Installer here. If you need assistance, read the brief instructions or post a support message at BibleSupport.com. By default, e-Sword reads most resources from the program files\e-sword folder, as discussed in the Changing Your e-Sword Resource Location section.

Self Installing Resources

Some downloads may be packaged as an executable file (filename.exe). This saves a step in the installation process. Download the executable file and Open or Run the file, whichever option your Internet browser provides.

Support for Unofficial e-Sword Resources

The e-Sword developer (Rick Meyers) does not support unofficial e-Sword resources. For assistance viewing, installing, or using third party resources, including the e-Sword Module Installer, please post on the message boards at BibleSupport.com

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The Bibles window is the heart of e-Sword, as you might expect in Bible study software. You can lookup, compare, and analyze translations in a fraction of the time required by traditional Bible study methods.

Whats in this Chapter?

Navigating the Bible in the Bibles Window ........................................................................46 Recognizing Study Notes in the Bible Window..................................................................49 Searching the Bible - Basic ...............................................................................................50 Quick Searching Context Menu .....................................................................................52 Additional Search Options Wheel .....................................................................................53 Searching Only the OT, NT, and Apocrypha .....................................................................54 Extended Bible Search - Multiple Translations ..................................................................55 Searching the Bible - Advanced ........................................................................................56 Copying and Printing Bible Searches ................................................................................57 Copying/Printing Entire Bible Passages ............................................................................59 Copying and Printing from Parallel Mode ..........................................................................60 Working with Strong's Hebrew and Greek Numbers .........................................................61 Searching by Strong's Numbers .......................................................................................63 The Compare Tab.............................................................................................................65 The Parallel Tab ...............................................................................................................66 Split Bible View .................................................................................................................67 Analyzing Verses Passage Theme and Word Distribution .............................................68 Using the Gospel Harmony ...............................................................................................70 Displaying Information about a Bible Translation ..............................................................71

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Navigating the Bible in the Bibles Window

The Bibles window displays the text of your currently selected Bible translation. You can change the passage of Scripture displayed using several methods. You may use the scroll bar on the right side of the window to show different verses. You may navigate from chapter to chapter buy using the Previous Chapter (F5) and Next Chapter (F8) icons (highlighted in red below). When you click a ToolTipped verse elsewhere in e-Sword, the Bible windows active passage changes to match the verse you clicked. The active passage is always highlighted in red. In the example below, Genesis 1:5 is the active passage.

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Using the Bible Books Window

The Bible Books window (shown to the right) contains all books of the Bible in the order of the Christian Biblical canon. You may use the Bible Books window or the Lookup Scripture Reference box when looking up verse references. The Lookup Scripture box is on the main e-Sword toolbar, above the Bible Books window (by default). In the screenshot below, John 3:16 has been entered. After entering the verse, press the Enter key for the Bibles window to display the passage.

To minimize the Bible Books window, click the push pin icon in the top, right corner. TIP: Pressing the Ctrl-L hotkey combination anywhere in eSword will place your cursor inside the Lookup Scripture Reference box. This may be faster than using your mouse.

Using the Lookup Scripture Reference Popup

Click the Lookup Scripture Reference button to display this window. icon or press the F2

This window is undocked. The window floats so you can move the window as necessary. Right-click a Bible book name to quickly open the first verse/chapter. e-Sword will instantly change the Bibles window to the first verse of the book you selected. Right-click a chapter number to immediately view that chapter. Left-click or right-click a verse to show that verse. TIP: If you need more screen space, hide the Bible Books window (see image above) by clicking the push pin icon (top image, far right). Then you can use the Lookup Scripture Reference popup to navigate the Bible by pressing the F2 button.

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Viewing Your Previous Bible Search Results

You can access the results of your last Bible search (or extended Bible search). Hover your mouse over the drop down menu between the Search Previous and Search Next icons. This lets you see the search word(s) of the last search (so you will know what the verses in the drop down menu have in common). The drop down menu contains the verse results of your last search. Click any verse in the list to lookup and display the verse text in the Bible window. You may also cycle through each verse in the list by clicking the Search Previous or Search Next icons. TIP: Save time by using the hotkeys instead of the icons! Search Previous is Shift-F3 and Search Next is F3. Press the Shift key and the letter at the same time.

Viewing Your Verse History

If you find yourself rabbit-trailing through the Scriptures you can easily find your way back to the verse you started with. You an access every verse you viewed since e-Sword last started by clicking the Next Reference icons. and Previous Reference

To review the complete list of verses, click the black, down arrows to show the verse list window (see screenshot on the right). To lookup and display the text of each verse, one-by-one, click the blue left/right arrows. TIP: If you have not clicked the Previous Reference icon, the Next Reference icon will be grayed-out.

TIP: Save time by using hotkeys instead of the icons! Previous Reference is Ctrl-P and Next Reference is Ctrl-N. Press the Shift key and the letter at the same time.

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Recognizing Study Notes in the Bible Window

The Bibles window shows which verses have a study note. In the screenshot , notice 1 Corinthians 15:3 and 15:6 have a squiggly line below the reference. The squiggly line means a study note exists for that verse. Study notes are your thoughts on a verse. See Chapter 10 for more information on creating and managing Study Notes.

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Searching the Bible - Basic

1. To search the KJV Bible, click the Search icon in the Bibles window. Or, select Bible from the main menu and then select Search. 2. A search window appears, as shown below. If you clicked the KJV tab, you will see "Bible Search - KJV" at the top of the search window. Your search is limited to this translation. To search a different translation, select the translation from the drop down menu. The KJV translation is selected below.

3. Type your search word(s) in the first field. Not sure how to spell your search terms? Give it your best guess and then click the spell check icon.

4. In the following example, we typed, "help God righteousness" in the search field. 5. To find a verse with all of these words, we selected Search for all of the words from the drop down menu.

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6. Click the Search icon in the top, right corner of this window. As you can see, there is only one verse in the KJV Bible containing all three of these words.

7. Click any of the verses that match your search (one in this example, Isa. 41:10) to change your Bibles window to that verse. If we selected, Search for any of the words, e-Sword would have matched results for 4,211 different verses! If we selected, Search for the exact phrase, e-Sword would have returned 0 verses. TIP: The Apocrypha (Orthodox Anagignoskomena and Catholic Deuterocanon) are supported. When you search the Bible as a whole (as with the example above), Apocrypha results are shown if your active Bible includes those books. The Apocrypha search results appear after the results for Revelation because of the Apocryphas location in the e-Sword database.

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Quick Searching Context Menu

You may right-click the mouse button from any passage in the Bibles window to perform a quick search. 1. Navigate to Matthew 13:41. 2. Right-click your mouse on the word angels. Note the submenu:

3. The first entry in the context menu is: Quick Search on: angels. Move your mouse pointer over this option. The menu will expand and prompt you to search the Entire Bible or to limit your search to the Old Testament, New Testament or Matthew only. 4. Click New Testament and the current translation's search window will open with all New Testament matches for the word angels. 5. Click Accept to return to the Bibles window. e-Sword will display the first reference to angels in the New Testament (Matthew 4:6). 6. To view the next verse containing the word angels, right click any text in the Bibles window and select Search Next. This will display the next verse in the New Testament containing the word angels (Matthew 4:11). 7. If you want to again display the previous verse where the word angels occurred, right click any text in the Bibles window, and select Search Previous. This will display the previous verse containing the word angels. TIP: Save time by using hotkeys instead of the icons! Search Previous is ShiftF3 and Search Next is F3. Press the Shift key and the letter at the same time.

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Additional Search Options Wheel

For an even more specific search, click the search wheel, (highlighted in red below). You may use this more specific search with or without Regular Expressions, discussed in Chapter 22.

Note the powerful search features above. You can limit your search to certain books of the Bible or make your search case sensitive to find god with a lower-case g. In the following screen, we have performed a Partial Search for the word "child". If we exclude the word "children," e-Sword will display results for "child," "childless," and "child's".

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Searching Only the OT, NT, and Apocrypha

You can search only the Old Testament, New Testament, or Apocrypha. When selecting either of these categories, the Search Range automatically changes to include the beginning and ending book. These options are more for convenience than necessity. You can perform the same searches by adjusting the Search Range manually.

Apocrypha
The Apocrypha (Orthodox Anagignoskomena and Catholic Deuterocanon) are supported. Some Bible modules, such as the Revised Standard Version and New Revised Standard Version include an additional section with these books. Click Bible from the main menu and choose Search to show the Bible search screen. Notice the Bible drop down menu. This menu selects which portions of the Bible to search, including the Old Testament, New Testament, and Apocrypha. TIP: The Apocrypha search results appear after the results for Revelation because of the Apocryphas location in the e-Sword database.

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Extended Bible Search - Multiple Translations

To search for words or phrases across multiple Bible translations, click Bible on the main menu, and choose Extended Search. TIP: The more Bibles you search at once, the more time e-Sword will need to complete the search. Searching large numbers of Bibles may require a long time. The progress bar shows the current status of the search.

You may press the Escape key to abort a search, while showing the results already found. This window is almost identical to the basic Bible Search function, but you can select multiple translations. Click the Bibles icon to select which Bibles to search. REMEMBER: If you do not have any Bible translations selected with the Bibles icon, e-Sword will not display any results!

Search Results
Each keyword match is highlighted in yellow. Also notice that the search results are grouped alphabetically by the Bible abbreviation.
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Searching the Bible - Advanced

Regular Expressions, also referred to as REGEX or REGEXP, use special codes to match patterns of text in powerful ways. In e-Sword, regular expressions allow you to search the Bible beyond the search methods you previously used. This section is a very brief introduction to searching with Regular Expressions using e-Sword. Chapter 22 covers this functionality in much greater detail. If we select Regular expression from the drop down menu, we can perform a much broader "wild card" search. For example, in the window below, we searched for words starting in l and ending in e by typing \b (the symbol for word boundary) followed by l...e and closed with the word boundary symbol \b.

For more information on searching with Regular Expressions and its exceptional power, see Chapter 22.

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Copying and Printing Bible Searches

If you don't have an active search, click Bible from the main menu and choose Search. Enter your search text and click the Search icon to search the active translation. After performing your search, click the Copy/Paste Into options below to format the search results: icon. You can choose from the

Abbreviate Book Names - When selecting this option, the book names of the Bible are abbreviated. For example, Genesis is copied as Gen. Include Translation Name - When selecting this option, the displayed text includes the name of the Bible translation. Include Character Formatting - This option is selected by default. Notice how the Bible references appear in green. If you deselect the Include Character Formatting option, the character formatting such as bold, italics, etc. is not included. Reference Delimiters - This option specifies how the references should be enclosed. The default is by using parenthesis. You may enclose the reference with quotation marks, or any other symbol by entering the character into the Reference Delimiters Starting and Ending fields. Format - e-Sword allows you to copy references in a variety of formats. For example, you may place the Bible reference at the beginning or ending of a verse. Click the numbers to the left of the Copy Verses window to see the different possibilities.
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Include Commentary Notes - If you have one or more commentaries installed, you can also include one of the commentary notes in the copy process. Select the commentary of your choice by clicking on the drop down box next to the Include Commentary Notes option. Once youve selected the formatting options, click Copy (to copy to your clipboard for pasting to any other word processor) or Paste Into (to paste directly to the Editors window in the location where you last placed your cursor).

Printing
To print your search result, click the Print icon. You will be able to format your results before printing just as you did before copying.

Quick Copying
When you right-click the mouse button on any text in the Bibles window, a submenu appears. Copy, Copy Verses, and Paste into Study Notes are available as quick copy options.

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Copying/Printing Entire Bible Passages

In addition to copying, pasting, and printing e- Sword search results, e-Sword lets you copy, paste, and print entire Bible passages. 1. Click Bible on the main menu and then select Copy Verses. TIP: You may also click the Copy Verses icon from the Bibles window toolbar.

2. Then select Copy Verses to copy/paste (or select Print Verses to print). TIP: You may also use your mouse to select the verses you want to print before loading this window. Your selected verses will automatically appear in the window below.

e-Sword provides a variety of formatting options for your Bible passage: Abbreviate Book Names - When selecting this option, the book names of the Bible are abbreviated. For example, Genesis is copied as Gen. Include Translation Name - When selecting this option, the displayed text includes the name of the Bible translation. Include Character Formatting - This option is selected by default. Notice how the Bible references appear in green. If you deselect the Include Character Formatting option, the character formatting such as bold, italics, etc. is not included.
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Reference Delimiters - This option specifies how the references should be enclosed. The default is by using parenthesis. You may enclose the reference with quotation marks, or any other symbol by entering the character into the Reference Delimiters Starting and Ending fields. Format - e-Sword lets you copy references in a variety of formats. For example, you may place the Bible reference at the beginning or ending of a verse. Click the numbers to the left of the Copy Verses window to see the different possibilities. Include Commentary Notes - If you have one or more commentaries installed, you can also include one of the commentary notes in the copy process. Select the commentary clicking on the drop down box next to the Include Commentary Notes option.

Copying and Printing from Parallel Mode

If you want to print the parallel Bible chapter as shown in the Bibles window (after clicking the Parallel icon), select the Print Preview icon. The Print Preview window opens, and you can print the chapter. If you want to copy and paste the parallel Bible chapter, click the Select All icon in the Bibles window. This selects the entire chapter in all chosen Bible translations. Click the Copy icon to copy the chapter. The formatted text will be copied to your windows clipboard. You can paste the text into any word processor. If you decide to use the Editors window, instead of another word processor, the task is even easier. After you click the Select All icon, click the Paste Into icon. The entire parallel Bible chapter will be pasted into the Editors window at the location where you last placed the cursor.

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Working with Strong's Hebrew and Greek Numbers

The study of Hebrew and Greek text, without first learning Hebrew or Greek, is one of eSword's most powerful features. This is accomplished through the Strong's number system. James Strong assigned every unique Hebrew and Greek word in the Bible a number. Thanks to Strongs numbers, we are able to easily search the Scriptures to locate Hebrew and Greek words.

Strongs Number Basics

The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, and the New Testament was written in Greek. The Strongs numbering system formats the Old Testament in Hebrew with an H in front of the number and the New Testament Greek with a G in front of the number. For example, the reference, H430, refers to Old Testament. G430 represents a word in the New Testament and has no correlation to the Hebrew H430 word.

e-Sword Modules with Strongs Numbers

e-Sword Bible modules include a + sign when the Bible includes Strongs numbers, such as KJV+, which refers to the King James Version with Strong's numbers. Let's view a practical example. When reading the passage starting in John 21:15 (in the KJV+ version), notice the different Greek words that translate to a variation of our word "love". G25 correlates to love as does G5368.

Viewing Strongs Number Definitions Without Leaving the Bible Window

Strongs numbers can be viewed without leaving the Bible window. Strong's definitions can be displayed as "ToolTips". Place the mouse pointer over a Strong's number and the definition will display in a ToolTip popup, as shown above.

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Viewing Strongs Number Definitions in the Dictionary Window

To view the Strong's definition in the Dictionary window, click a word in the Bibles window and look for the blue (i) information icons to appear in the Dictionaries window (be sure the link icon is selected). e-Sword notifies you that other dictionaries also have a match for this term by displaying an information (i) icon next to the resource. Click that dictionarys resource tab to view the entry.

Normally, we would compare similar words in the verse by repeating the process. In this case, Strongs identifies the word G5368 above so we can click the link (see above) to view that definition:

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Searching by Strong's Numbers

This feature lets you see the many ways a Hebrew or Greek word was translated into English throughout the Bible. This is very helpful when conducting word studies. Click Bible from the main menu and click Search. Choose the KJV+ version. If you click a Strong's number (while using KJV+), and then click the Search search any portion of the Bible for uses of that Hebrew or Greek word. In our example below, we searched for G25: icon, you can

TIP: Strongs numbers can be viewed without leaving the Bible window. Strong's definitions can be displayed as "ToolTips". Place the mouse pointer over a Strong's number and the definition will display in a ToolTip popup, as shown above.

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From the Bible window view, you may quickly search for a Strongs number by right clicking the Strongs number and selecting which portion of the Bible to search.

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The Compare Tab

The Compare tab lets you easily compare different translations of the Bible. 1. First, click a verse in the active translation. 2. Notice the verse reference turns red. 3. Click the Compare tab. e-Sword will alphabetically list the verse you selected in every installed translation, one after the other.

To change which translations e-Sword compares, click Options from the main Menu. Then click Compare and select or unselect Bibles to compare. TIP: When using the Compare view, the Chapter Back one verse (not chapter). And the Chapter Forward verse (not chapter). icon navigates backward icon navigates forward one

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The Parallel Tab

e-Sword lets you view up to eight Bible translations simultaneously. 1. Click the Parallel tab. At first, only one translation appears:

2. Notice the pull down menus with Bible translations (screenshot below). The first box shows a Bible translation, such as the KJV. Click the second drop down box, and select another Bible translation. You may view up to eight translations together.

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Split Bible View

The Split icon is on the Bible window toolbar. The Split feature lets you display two different passages of scripture independently of each other. The Bibles window splits in two sections, both showing a different passage. You can navigate to a different passage in one section of the screen, while the other section remains anchored. This is very useful when you want to display a passage in one half of the screen for reference while you study a different passage in the other half. Another example is when the New Testament references the Old Testament. If you want to study the passages together you can use the Split Bible feature. To split the Bibles window into two sections, click the Split icon . The currently active passage becomes "anchored" in the bottom pane of the view. You may then navigate to any other place in the Bible and the top pane will change accordingly. When finished, click the Split icon to a raised position to return the Bible view to a unified view. In the example below, we selected the King James Version and we split the Bibles window at John 3. We then selected the LITV Bible and Matthew 3. Notice how both sections can be scrolled independently. Even if we navigate to another part of the Bible, the bottom pane will remain anchored.

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Analyzing Verses Passage Theme and Word Distribution

Have you wanted to understand the theme or emphasis of a passage at a high level? Or have you wondered how many times specific words are used in a verse, chapter, or book of the Bible? The Analyze Verses feature lets you answer these questions. 1. In our example below, we searched the verse range Genesis 1:1 50:26 (first chapter of Genesis). TIP: e-Sword will automatically use your current verse shown in the Bibles window. If you highlight multiple verses in the Bibles window, e-Sword uses the range of verses you selected without requiring you to enter the range manually! 2. To find out how many times "Word" is used in the first chapter of John, select Bibles from the main menu and choose Analyze Verses. 3. Select the book, chapter and verses to analyze and click the Analyze button. e-Sword will analyze the passage in the active translation. To select a different Bible translation, click a different Bible tab in the Bibles window.

4. From the partial list of results, we see a heavy concentration of Jacob, Joseph, and son. By excluding additional words and shortening our passage, we can refine our results.

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5. To exclude words from your search, click the Add Word to List icon at the bottom of the Common Words location box. Be sure the Exclude Common Words checkbox is ticked before running your search. 6. You may also move words to the Common Words panel by selecting words from the list and then clicking the blue directional arrow . To remove a word from the Common Words list, press the Delete Selected Word from List icon.

TIP: Words such as "the", "of" "and", "in" and "to" are numerous in the English language and you may want to exclude them from the list. "But" is also common, although but has important theological implications in the Epistles. Use caution when excluding but. Personal pronouns such as "I", "you", "we" and "us" are also common, but they may be important to any passage in the Epistles because they show emphasis.

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Using the Gospel Harmony

Traditionally, a Gospel harmony is an attempt to merge or harmonize the four canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) into a single account. e-Sword accomplishes this task by showing you the gospels together, as shown below. Click Bible from the menu and then click Harmony to display the Harmony window. From this window, select which Harmony to display from the Harmony tabs. You can quickly view the content of a Harmony module by clicking the Harmony drop down menu (see below).

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Displaying Information about a Bible Translation

To view information on an installed Bible translation, select the Bible translation tab in the Bibles window. Then select Bible from the main menu and then click Information. The Bible Information window appears. This information may be required when you quote the Bible translation.

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Chapter 4: Highlighting, Marking, and Bookmarking Resources

e-Sword lets you mark, highlight and bookmark text in the Bibles window. You can also highlight text for most resource types including Commentaries, Dictionaries, Editor Notes (Journal, Study, Topical), and Reference Books. Highlighting and marking features can be with Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Editor Notes (Journal, Study, Topic), and Reference Books.

Whats in this Chapter?

Highlighting Text ...............................................................................................................73 Marking Text .....................................................................................................................75 Working with Bookmarks ..................................................................................................76 Bible Markup File ..............................................................................................................78

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Highlighting Text
When we like a verse in our paper Bibles, we often highlight important text for later reference. Although the examples below use the Bible, you can highlight text for most resource types including Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Editor Notes (Journal, Study, Topical), and Reference Books. You may highlight text any where you see the Highlight Reference To highlight text: 1. Click to the left of the first word you want to highlight. 2. While holding the left mouse button down, drag the mouse to the last word you want to select. 3. Release the left mouse button. The text should be selected (the background will be blue and the text white). TIP: To quickly highlight text, right click your mouse and choose Highlight from the context menu or press the Ctrl-H key combination. 4. After selecting a word, phrase, or reference, the Highlight Reference icon is activated. Click the Highlight Reference down-arrow icon, and then choose the highlighter color. Once chosen, the new color appears under the ab part of the icon for quicker use (see screenshot on the next page). icon.

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To remove a highlight, repeat the process above and apply the white highlighter. TIP: Highlighting text in one Bible translation does not highlight the text in any other Bible translation! WARNING: If the tab name of a Bible changes, your highlights for that resource will disappear. You can recover your highlights by editing the markup.ovlx file, which is a SQLite database. For help with this process, please post on the message boards at BibleSupport.com. REMEMBER: The above example uses a Bible. You may use this same process for Highlighting text in Commentaries, Dictionaries, Editor Notes (Journal, Study, Topical), and Reference Books. You can highlight text anywhere you see the Highlight Reference icon.

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Marking Text
Marking text is similar to highlighting text, except Marking underlines the text instead of highlighting. You can mark text in Bibles, Commentaries, and Dictionaries by clicking the Mark Reference icon.

e-Sword lets you use the highlight and mark functions both separately and together:

1. Select the text and click the Mark Reference variety of underline styles.

icon to underline a reference in a

2. To remove the underlining, repeat the process and select the unmarked option instead. TIP: You can also select text, right click your mouse, and choose Mark from the context menu. TIP: The above example uses a Bible. You may use this same process for Marking text in a Commentary or Dictionary. Marking does not work in the Editors Window (Topic Notes, Journal Notes, and Study Notes) or the Reference Library.

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Working with Bookmarks

e-Sword lets you bookmark verses just as you would in your paper Bible. e-Sword supports ten bookmarks, and you can easily change them. The Bookmarks are the numbered ribbons in the screenshot below. If you do not see the Bookmarks bar in e-Sword, activate the feature by clicking Options on the main menu and placing a checkmark next to Display Bookmark Navigator.

Setting Bookmarks
1. Place your cursor on the top bookmark ribbon (the numbered ribbons on the right side of the Bibles window). 2. If you haven't saved a bookmark, the screen tip will display the default John 3:16 reference. First, select a verse in the Bibles window by clicking on the verse reference. The reference will turn red (see Proverbs 10:12 below). 3. Right click a bookmark to override the current bookmark with your selected verse. The next time you place your pointer over the selected bookmark, it will display your saved verse reference instead of the default John 3:16 reference.

Accessing Bookmarks
To access our example verse, Proverbs 10:2, left click the bookmark where you saved the reference. You may also quickly access your bookmarks using the hotkey shortcuts shown on the next page.

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Bookmark Hotkeys/Shortcuts
Bookmark Hotkeys are time-saving shortcuts to quickly access your bookmarks. Hotkeys require you to press both keys at the same time.

Hotkey
Alt-1 Alt-2 Alt-3 Alt-4 Alt-5 Alt-6 Alt-7 Alt-8 Alt-9 Alt-0

Bookmark
Bookmark 1 Bookmark 2 Bookmark 3 Bookmark 4 Bookmark 5 Bookmark 6 Bookmark 7 Bookmark 8 Bookmark 9 Bookmark 0

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Bible Markup File

When you highlight or mark text in Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, or the Reference Library, e-Sword stores these marks to the current markup file. You can create multiple markup files in e-Sword to track your marks separately. IMPORTANT: e-Sword tracks highlights to Journal, Study, and Topic Notes inside the module itself. Creating a new markup file, or deleting your existing markup file, does not erase marks to these files. By default, markup.ovlx stores your markup information for the four resource types listed above. The default location for this file is your e-Sword user folder, usually My Documents\esword. To create a new, blank markup (clean from highlights and underlining) without disturbing your existing markups: 1. Select Bible from the main menu and then select Markup File. 2. Click New. 3. Specify a filename and click Save. You may check the folder location to see where the markup file is stored. To open a markup file: 1. Select Bible from the main menu and then select Markup File. 2. Click Open and select a markup file to open. TIP: If you and your spouse both use e-Sword, you may want to track your markings separately. You can accomplish this by creating a new markup file. TIP: When printing Bible passages in e-Sword, all marks will be printed (highlights can only be printed from a color printer). To print a clean copy, you will need to create a new markup file.

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Chapter 5: The Verse List Feature Saving Verses

The Verse List feature lets you save verses in topical lists. For example, you could compile a list of verses relating to the Trinity, Salvation, or any number of theological topics. The Verse List feature also lets you save (some or all) verse references from a search youve performed. If you searched for all verses containing Jesus and Peter, you could save those to a Verse List.

Whats in this Chapter?

Navigating Verse Lists ......................................................................................................80 Changing Verse Lists........................................................................................................80 Creating a Verse List and Adding Verses .........................................................................81 Viewing Verse Lists ..........................................................................................................83 Quickly Adding a Verse to a Verse List .............................................................................84 Creating a Verse List from a Search .................................................................................85 Updating a Verse List .......................................................................................................86 Deleting Verse Lists ..........................................................................................................86

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Navigating Verse Lists

Each verse list you create should have a different name. That helps you recognize and give context to the verses in the list. To see the name of the currently active list, hover your mouse over the drop down menu on the main toolbar (see the Rom 3:10 example). The Previous Verse icon and the Next Verse icon shows the previous and next verses text in the Bibles window. You can change the active verse list by clicking the Select Verse List icon.

Changing Verse Lists

To change the active Verse List: 1. Click the Select Verse List icon or click Bible from the main menu and choose Verse List. 2. Select a Verse List, such as Romans Road in our example. 3. Click the OK button to save your selection. The new verse list will be visible in the screenshot in the Navigating Verse Lists section above. Similarly, when you add verses, the newly added verse will appear in this list. See the next page for more information.

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Creating a Verse List and Adding Verses

You can create a Verse List from verses you enter, such as our Romans Road example below. 1. Click Bible from the main menu and then click Verse List. 2. Click the Add button. The screen turns gray, and the Add button becomes the Update button. 3. Enter the title of your Verse List, such as Romans Road. 4. Click the Update button. 5. To add verses to your new verse list, click the green + icon at the top of the vertical icon bar. 6. When prompted, enter one or more verses separated by a semicolon. For example: Mat. 10:42; 2 Sam 9:1, 7; Prov. 14:31; 19:17; Mark 9:41; John 19:26-27; 21:15-17. 7. You can add, delete, and re-order verses by clicking the appropriate icon on the vertical icon bar on the right side of the screen.

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Adding a Verse from a Verse List

To add a verse to the selected Verse List, click the green "+" icon and enter one or more verses separated by a semicolon. For example: Mat. 10:42; 2 Sam 9:1, 7; Prov. 14:31; 19:17; Mark 9:41; John 19:26-27; 21:15-17.

Deleting a Verse from a Verse List

To delete a verse from the selected Verse List, click the red - icon and confirm the delete.

Sorting Verses in a Verse List

To move a verse up or down in the Verse List, select a verse. Use the blue Up and Down icons to move the verse. To view your list in Canonical order, click the Reorder all Verses by Canonical Order icon. Warning: There is not an undo for the Reorder all Verses by Canonical Order!

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Viewing Verse Lists

You can view Verse Lists in two ways. First, the Toolbar method: 1. On the main toolbar, look for the Verse List icons. 2. Click the drop down menu with "Rom 3:10" in our example. Your list will have different verses. 3. Select any verse from your verse list. Scroll through verses by clicking the Next Verse icons. Next, the Menu method: 1. Click Bible from the main menu and then select Verse List. The Verse List window opens, showing your Verse Lists: 2. When you select a Verse List, your selected Verse List moves to the Verse List drop down menu on the main toolbar (see top of this page). 3. Click OK to show the Verse List you selected. TIP: Note the Copy/Paste Into icon and Print above. With these icons, you can print a Verse List and paste a Verse List into the Editors Window. icon in the Verse List window and Previous Verse

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Quickly Adding a Verse to a Verse List

You can quickly add a verse to your Verse List without leaving the Bibles Window. 1. Right click any part of a verse from the Bibles window, and select Verse List from the context menu. 2. You may add or delete a verse from the Verse List. TIP: Hover your mouse over the Verse List drop down menu to see the name of the Verse List. This way, you can be certain you are adding a verse to the right verse list!

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Creating a Verse List from a Search

When searching the Bible, you may want to save a Bible search result. See Chapter 3 for information on searching the Bible. 1. Click Bible from the main menu and choose Search. 2. Perform a search. In the following example, we searched the KJV Bible for the word "Elijah".

3. Click the Convert Search to Verse List icon (highlighted in red above). 4. Check or uncheck verse boxes as necessary to select the verses you want to save. 5. Specify a name for the list in the Create field or select the Add to option to choose from an already saved list. 6. Click OK to save and close the Convert Search to Verse List window.

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Updating a Verse List

Select the Verse List you want to update (see Romans Road in the above screenshot).

Adding a Verse from a Verse List

To add a verse to the selected Verse List, click the green "+" icon and enter the new verse.

Deleting a Verse from a Verse List

To delete a verse from the selected Verse List, click the red - icon and confirm the delete.

Sorting Verses in a Verse List

To move a verse up or down in the Verse List, select a verse. Use the blue Up and Down icons to move the verse To view your list in Canonical order, click the Reorder all Verses by Canonical Order Warning: There is not an undo for the Reorder all Verses by Canonical Order! icon.

Deleting Verse Lists

You can delete an entire Verse List. This differs from deleting verses in a Verse Listthis feature deletes the whole Verse List. 1. Select the Verse List you want to delete from the Verse List window. Our example below uses Song of Jacob: 2. Click the Delete button and confirm the delete, as shown above. Warning: There is not an undo for the delete Verse List command!

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Chapter 6: Printing in e-Sword

You can print all content in e-Sword, including Bible chapters, Notes, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Prayer Requests, Reference Library Books, and even Devotions. TIP: To print just a portion of a document, select the text to print before clicking the Print Preview icon. After you click Print Preview, notice only your text selection will print rather than the full document.

Whats in this Chapter?

The Print Preview Window ................................................................................................88 Printing Bible Chapters .....................................................................................................89 Printing Selected Verses and Chapters ............................................................................89 Printing from the Editors Window ......................................................................................90 Printing from the Commentaries .......................................................................................90 Printing from the Dictionaries Window ..............................................................................90 Printing from the Reference Library Window .....................................................................90 Printing Bible Reading ......................................................................................................91 Printing Daily Devotions ....................................................................................................91 Printing Prayer Lists..........................................................................................................91 Printing with the STEP Reader .........................................................................................91

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The Print Preview Window

The Print Preview icon is the first icon in each window's toolbar. Click the Print Preview icon to open the Print Preview window. When the Print Preview window opens, click the Print icon to print the current document. icon to adjust your paper

After the Print Previous screen opens, click the Page Options size, margins, and print source.

Use the navigational icons to view any page in your document. The last three buttons display the document at 100%, page width and whole page, respectively. Click the Actual Size (100%) icon to change the page on the screen to a 100% display. Click the Page Width icon to fit the width of your screen. Click the Whole Page icon to display the entire page on the screen. To exit the Print Preview window, click the "X" in the top right corner.

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Printing Bible Chapters

To print an entire Bible chapter, find the Bible chapter text you want to print. Your chapter should be displayed in the Bibles window. Click the Print Preview window displays the chapter to be printed. icon. The Print Preview

Printing Selected Verses and Chapters

Select the Print Verses icon from the Bibles window (or click Bible/Print Verses from the main menu). The popup window allows you to select the book, chapters and verses for printing. Notice the Format options, numbered 1 8, each showing a different style of verse formatting.

If you only need to print a few verses from the Bibles window, highlight the text with your mouse and click the Print Preview icon.

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Printing from the Editors Window

To print Topic Notes or Journal Notes, place your cursor in the document you want to print and press the Print Preview icon in the Editors window. Then, press the Print the Print Preview window to print the selected document. icon in

When printing Study Notes, you may want to print several study notes on the same page. In fact, you might need to print all study notes on a particular chapter, or book of the Bible. Click the Study Notes tab in the Editors window. Then, click the Print Preview icon select your printing range. and

Make your selection, and press OK. e-Sword will display the Print Preview window so you can view your document before printing.

Printing from the Commentaries

Click the Print Preview Press the Print icon from the Commentaries window to print the text in the window.

icon to print, or close the Print Preview window to exit.

Printing from the Dictionaries Window

Click the Print Preview Press the Print icon from the Dictionaries window to print the text in the window.

icon to print, or close the Print Preview window to exit.

Printing from the Reference Library Window

Select Tools from the main menu and then select Reference Library. Click the Print Preview icon from the Reference Library window to print the text in the window. Press the Print icon to print, or close the Print Preview window to exit.

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Printing Bible Reading

Assuming you already saved a Bible reading plan, you can print any day's Scripture. Select Tools from the main menu and then select Bible Reading. When the Bible Reading window appears, select the reading plan from the drop down menu at the bottom of the window. Use the directional arrows in the Bible Reading toolbar to select text for printing. Click the Print Preview icon to setup and print the document.

Printing Daily Devotions

To print any day's devotion, select Tools from the main menu and then select Daily Devotions. Select the desired day from the drop down menu at the bottom of the window. Once you select the correct day, click the Print Preview icon to setup and print the document.

Printing Prayer Lists

If you saved prayer requests in e-Sword, you can view each day's requests. Click Tools from the main menu and then select Prayer Requests. Click the Print Prayer Requests icon to open the Print Preview window.

Printing with the STEP Reader

To print a document in the STEP Reader, select Tools from the main menu and select STEP Reader. Open the STEP file to print, and press the Print Preview toolbar. Click the Print icon to setup and print the document. icon on the STEP Reader

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Chapter 7: The Commentaries Window

Commentaries show an authors book, chapter, or verse-by-verse comments on the Bible. Commentaries are immensely popular because they show you someone elses interpretation of the Bible. The dictionaries window integrates with commentaries, so word and Strongs definitions are just a click away.

Whats in this Chapter?

Using Commentaries ........................................................................................................93 When to Synchronize/Unsynchronize a Commentary .......................................................94 Selecting Between Verse, Book, and Chapter Comments ................................................95 Viewing Next Comment and Previous Comment ..........................................................95 Viewing Commentary Information .....................................................................................96 Viewing All Commentary Entries Birds Eye View ...........................................................97 Searching a Commentary .................................................................................................98 Searching More Than One Commentary Simultaneously..................................................98

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Using Commentaries
This chapter explains the Commentaries window features. The Commentaries Window shows the installed commentaries in commentary resource tabs. When you select a Bible verse in the Bibles window, the Commentaries window displays the comments for that verse. By default, the Synchronize icon is selected, which automatically updates the commentary text for any verse you choose. TIP: If your Commentary window stops displaying new information when you change Bible verses, make sure the Link icon is pressed. Also note that some commentaries may not have a comment for every verse or passage. More than one commentary may have a comment for a verse. In the screen below, the blue (i) Information icon shows comments for all commentaries (except for BNTC) for Genesis 1:1:

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When to Synchronize/Unsynchronize a Commentary

Commentaries frequently reference a passage of scripture while explaining a Bible interpretation. Some commentaries show cross references, such as the TSK commentary below.

You may want to quickly read a verse without leaving your current reading position in the commentary window. You may hover the mouse pointer over a scripture reference to see a ToolTip popup of that verse. To see the verse in context using the Bibles window, without losing your current reading position in the commentary, disable Synchronization. Click the Synchronize icon so the icon is raised. This configuration allows you to view other Bible verses without changing your reading position in the commentary window.

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Selecting Between Verse, Book, and Chapter Comments

Commentaries may have three types of comments: Verse, Book, and Chapter. By default, eSword shows verse comments because they are the most common. To view Book, Chapter, or Verse comments for the current passage of scripture, click the Book icon, Chapter icon, or Verse icon in the Commentaries toolbar. Some commentaries may not have Bible or Chapter comments. Also, some commentaries may not have a comment on every verse. TIP: If a commentary does not have Chapter comments for the current Bible chapter, the Commentaries window will show all of the verse comments for that chapter instead. You may also right click in the Commentaries window to quickly access the Verse, Chapter, and Book view options.

Viewing Next Comment and Previous Comment

Thoughts expressed in verses dont always end when the verse ends. Sometimes a thought is continued to the next verse. Similarly, a commentary may continue its thought on the current verse into the comment for the next verse. To quickly view the next or previous comment in a commentary, use the Next Comment and Previous Comment icons in Commentaries Window (highlighted in red below):

TIP: If a commentary does not have Chapter comments for the current Bible chapter, the Commentaries window will show all of the verse comments for that chapter instead. Press the Chapter icon for this view.

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Viewing Commentary Information

Hover your mouse pointer over any commentary tab to view each commentary's full name. After selecting a commentary, you may find additional information by clicking Commentary from the main menu and then choosing Information. An information window will display with more information on the commentary.

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Viewing All Commentary Entries Birds Eye View

To view all books, chapters, and verse comments in a commentary: 1. Click the Search Commentary icon on the Commentaries toolbar.

2. Enter the dollar sign character $, as shown below. 3. Select Regular expressions (REGEX), as shown below. 4. Click the Search icon.

5. The Commentary Search window shows which verses contain commentary information.

6. Click any verse in the left summary pane, and then click the OK button to accept the search result. The Bibles and Commentaries windows change to that passage. 7. You may press the Cancel button to leave the screen without changing the Bibles or Commentaries windows. WARNING: This is intended for smaller commentaries when youre not sure which verses have comments. Performing this search on a large commentary may take time to complete because the search will load every verse into the summary pane above.
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Searching a Commentary
Searching a commentary is nearly the same as searching Bibles and the Reference Library. Click the Search Commentaries icon choose Search. or click Commentaries from the main menu and

When the Search window opens, type the word you want to search and select your search criteria. Click the Search icon to search the active commentary. For more information on using the dictionary search features, see the search instructions in Chapter 3 and Chapter 13. Also, see Chapter 22 for an explanation of Regular Expression Searching.

Searching More Than One Commentary Simultaneously

To search multiple commentaries simultaneously, select Commentaries from the main menu and choose Extended Search. When the Extended Search window opens, select which commentaries to search.

For more information on using the commentary search features, see the extended search instructions in Chapter 3 and Chapter 13. Also, see Chapter 22 for an explanation of Regular Expression Searching.

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Chapter 8: Introduction to the Editors

The Editors Window is for your personal note taking. e-Sword offers three types of editors, including Journal Notes, Study Notes, and Topical Notes. Journal Notes store your datebased comments. Study Notes store your verse-based comments. And Topic Notes store your topical comments. The next three chapters explain each of the Editors in detail. TIP: In previous versions of e-Sword, the Topic Notes Editor window displayed third party Topic Notes (Topic Notes you downloaded). Now, this material is viewed through the Reference Library instead of the Topic Notes Editor. This chapter focuses on the Editors shared functionality and word processing features.

Whats in this Chapter?

New Editor Features in e-Sword 10 ................................................................................100 Editor Hotkeys ................................................................................................................100 Using the Editor Word Processing ...............................................................................102 Understanding Where the Editors Read Notes Files. ......................................................117 How to Backup Your Notes - Advanced ..........................................................................117 Storing/Sharing Your Notes on DropBox.com .................................................................117

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New Editor Features in e-Sword 10

e-Sword 10s editor seems less like an editor and more like a word processor. The new editor is more robust and supports an array of new features. Now your Journal, Study, and Topic Notes will benefit from: Hyperlinks Bookmarks Images/Pictures Tables Borders Columns Headers/Footers Page Layout View

The next few pages explain how to use the Editors word processing features. Later in this chapter, advanced users will benefit from instructions on backing up the Editors notes files.

Editor Hotkeys
The Editor supports convenient hotkey shortcuts. When more than one key is shown, press both keys simultaneously.

Hotkey
F4 F7 F11 CTRL-A CTRL-B CTRL-C CTRL-D CTRL-E CTRL-F CTRL-G

Description
Copy ToolTip Spell Check Toggle Paste As Formatted Select All Bold Copy Font Center Find Go to Bookmark

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Hotkey
CTRL-I CTRL-J CTRL-R CTRL-U CTRL-V CTRL-X CTRL-Y CTRL-Z CTRL-ENTER CTRL-(Backspace) SHIFT-F7 SHIFT-ENTER CTRL-SHIFT-J CTRL-SHIFT-V CTRL-SHIFT(Spacebar) CTRL-TAB SHIFT-TAB Italic

Description

Format Scripture ToolTip Replace Underline Paste Cut Redo Undo Insert Page Break Delete Previous Word Thesaurus Insert Line Feed Insert verse text Paste Formatted Bible Text Insert Non-breaking Space Indent Paragraph Outdent Paragraph

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Using the Editor Word Processing

The Topic Notes, Study Notes, and Journal Notes Editors contain word processor features to format your Notes.

You may recognize most icons on the Editor toolbar from your experience with other word processing software. You may hover your mouse pointer over each icon for the name of the feature. Right click an Editor window to show the context menu, shown to the right. Over the next pages, we discuss the toolbar icons and context menu options in the order the icons are shown on the toolbar.

Find (Ctrl-F), Replace (Ctrl-R), Go To (Ctrl-G)

The Find feature is useful for basic searching while writing Notes. The find feature is not intended as a replacement for the Locate Notes icon, which is a more robust search. The Find and the Find/Replace commands function like any other word processor. These commands work only in the current Editor window. Find and Find/Replace will not search across Journal, Study, or Topic Notes. The Go To tab of this window takes you directly to a bookmark in your text. Instructions for defining and linking to bookmarks are presented later in this chapter.

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Spell Check (F7)

Even when words look right, they may not be spelled right. Now you can know for sure. When Spell Check finds an unrecognized word, you will see a Spelling Check window. Spell Check uses a custom dictionary, as shown at the bottom of the window. By default, this custom dictionary is stored in the e-Sword install folder, usually c:\program files\e-sword. The custom dictionary includes many commonly used religious terms and authors to prevent false reports of misspelled words. If Spell Check identifies a properly spelled word as misspelled, you can add the word (see Add button above) to the custom dictionary to prevent future false reports. Spell Check Options: From the main menu, click Options > Editor Options > Spell Check Options. You can reset the Ignore All list and change which word patterns are ignored.

Thesaurus (Shift-F7)
Cant think of exactly the right word? Highlight a word and click the Thesaurus icon. e-Sword will show you synonyms for the word you chose, if available. To replace a word, press the new word and press the Replace button.

Cut (Ctrl-X), Copy (Ctrl-C), Paste (Ctrl-V)

Select (or highlight text) by left-clicking and dragging with the mouse. Remove highlighted text with the Cut icon, copy text with the Copy icon, and paste text with the Paste icon.

Pasting Formatted Text (F11 Toggle)

The F11 toggles the availability of pasting text as formatted. If enabled, the text formatting will paste with the text (including bold, italics, tables, line spacing, etc.). If disabled, your text will be stripped of formatting and will paste as plain text.

Undo (Ctrl-Z) and Redo (Ctrl-Y)

To undo or redo your last edit, click the Undo and Redo icons.
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Insert Bookmark
A bookmark is an invisible marker, representing the destination for a hyperlink. The bookmark feature is not accessible from the icon menu. You must right-click in the Editor and choose Bookmarks from the context menu. The name of the bookmark itself is not shown to the reader and serves only as an internal identifier. The bookmark name must be uniquetwo bookmarks cannot have the same name. You will use the bookmark name later when you insert a hyperlink to the bookmark.

Insert Hyperlink
A hyperlink connects text to a destination. As shown on the right, the destination may be a Web page, an email address, a file, or a bookmark. You can highlight the word(s) you want to make into a hyperlink and then click the Insert Hyperlink icon. You can also click the icon first and define the hyperlink word(s) in the window. Web Page: Links to the web page you specify. Email: Links to an email address, but the e-Sword users computer will define if/how this works. The e-Sword users computer must have an email client installed. The Send to field of the email will pre-populate with the email address from this link. File: Links to a local file on the e-Sword users computer. If you send your e-Sword module to someone else, they must have the file in the same location on their computer. Bookmark: Links to a bookmark (see above for instructions on creating a bookmark). The drop down menu contains bookmarks you defined. You should have created the bookmark by the time you reach this window. A bookmark must be used in the same note where its defined. For example, you cannot define a bookmark in one study note and hyperlink to the bookmark from a different study note. The same restrictions apply to journal and topic notes.
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Insert Table
Tables, like the one shown lower-right, quickly illustrate information in ways sentences cannot. Tables can be used in a variety of ways to align information, illustrate concepts, and compare textual relationships. Creating a New Table After clicking the Insert Table icon, you may begin configuring the table. Specify the number of rows and columns. The example table has three rows and three columns. Fit to page: Expand to the width of the page. Fixed column width: How wide each column should be.

Dragging Table Boundaries

To change the size of the table or of any cell in the table: 1. Position the mouse pointer over the table or cell boundary. 2. The pointer turns from an arrow pointer into an adjustment pointer (see example table to the right). 3. Drag the pointer in the direction necessary to change the table or cell size.

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Table Properties (Table Settings)

To edit a tables settings: 1. Select the whole table or part of the table. Or place the mouse pointer in a table cell. Your edits to the tables settings only apply to the cells you selected. 2. Right-click and choose Table from the context menu. 3. Click Table Properties (explained below) Frame and Color Tab Frame: Controls the border around the selected cells. If you selected the whole table, the frame applies to the entire table. You may chose from one of the default frames (None, Box, All, or Grid). Or, you may click the illustration of the cells/table to manually set which sides have a border (see mouse pointer). Line Width: Controls the thickness of the frame border. Background Color: Controls the table and/or cells background color. The Other button allows for custom colors. Cell Margins: Controls the cell buffer (if any). Tables usually read easier and look better if the table text/image isnt up against the cell borders.

Size and Formatting Tab Cell Height: Controls the height of the cell. You can let the word processor distribute the cell height equally according to the text/images in the cell. Or you can maintain a minimum cell height. Formatting: Controls whether the text/image is aligned at the top, middle, or bottom of the cell.

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Row Options: Allow row to break across pages When not enough space exists on the page to show the row, do you want the row to split across two pages or display in its entirety on the next page? This setting applies to the row you selected when loading the Table Properties window. Repeat as header row at the top of each page The row you selected when loading the Table Properties window will be the header row at the top of each page that the table spans.

Adjusting Rows and Columns

You may add or delete columns and rows as necessary: To Insert Rows/Columns 1. Right click the table and select the Table option from the context menu. 2. Choose Insert. 3. Choose where to insert rows or columns, as shown below.

To Delete Rows/Columns 1. Right click the table and select the Table option from the context menu. 2. Choose Delete. 3. Select either Row or Column in order to delete the row or column of the cell(s) you selected when loading the Table Properties window.

Insert Picture
You may insert a picture in two ways: 1. Click the Insert Picture icon and select a picture to insert. 2. Copy (Ctrl-C) an image elsewhere and paste (Ctrl-V) the image into the e-Sword editor.

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Image Attributes
Double-click an image to adjust the images settings. Layout and Position Tab Wrapping Style: Controls how text wraps around the image. The Wrapping Style diagrams (see screenshot to the right) illustrate how the text will relate to the image. The InLine option causes the image to move with the text. Move object with text: If the Top and Bottom or Square wrapping style is selected, this option causes the image to move with the text. Fixed Position on Page: If the Top and Bottom or Square wrapping style is selected, this option keeps the image in place on the page you specify. The image will not move unless you move it. Horizontal Alignment: If the Top and Bottom or Square wrapping style is selected, this option controls the images horizontal position. Absolute Position: If Other Position is chosen, you can control how many inches (or fractions of an inch) the image stays to the left of the paragraph. Vertical Alignment: If the Top and Bottom or Square wrapping style is selected, this option controls the images vertical position. Absolute Position: If the Top and Bottom or Square wrapping style is selected, this option controls how many inches (or fractions of an inch) the image stays below the paragraph.

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Size and Distance Tab Size: Controls the height and width of the picture, in inches. This setting updates based on values entered for the Scale setting. Scale: Controls the height and width of the image as a percent of its original size. This setting updates based on values entered for the Size setting. TIP: This is a huge factor in the images size. In the example to the right, the 10 inch wide image should be downsized by 50% to avoid an unnecessarily large image. Large images create large resources which consume more memory, increase eSword startup time, and may cause e-Sword to run slower. Distance from text: Controls how much of a margin exists between side of the image and the text. Options: Controls whether you can move and resize the image with the mouse to prevent accidental movement.

Saving Options Tab The settings in this tab are not used by e-Sword. Making changes to these settings does not impact how images are stored. All images are in JPG/JPEG format at 96dpi with 50% compression, regardless of the settings. All images are embedded in the module regardless of the settings.

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Header and Footer

The Header and Footer icon inserts/removes a header and footer. The header and footer supports paragraph and font formatting found elsewhere in the Editor. Inserting the Header/Footer To insert the Header/Footer: 1. Click the Header/Footer icon and notice the icon changes to a pressed position.

WARNING: Clicking the Header/Footer icon overwrites any existing Header/Footer. If the Header/Footer icon already has a pressed appearance, a Header/Footer already exists in your document. Click the Page Layout icon to view the Header/Footer. 2. After clicking the icon above, your view of the Journal, Study, or Topic Note changes to Page Layout. This is a representation of how the document will look when printed. 3. A default header appears in the Header/Footer and varies depending on which Editor you use (Journal, Study, or Topic Note). 4. Click inside the dotted rectangle to edit the Header/Footer.

5. After making changes, double click outside the dotted rectangle to save the Header/Footer. TIP: The Header and Footer are only visible when the Page Layout icon is pressed.

TIP: If you accidentally delete the page number special character, you must remove and reinsert the header and footer by toggling the Header/Footer icon.

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Removing the Header/Footer To remove the Header/Footer: 1. Click the Header/Footer icon and notice the icon changes from a pressed position to an raised position (assuming you have an existing Header/Footer). 2. If you are not in Page Layout mode, press the Page Layout Header and Footer is not visible and has been removed. TIP: The Header/Footer is only visible when the Page Layout even when a Header/Footer exists. icon to confirm the

icon is pressed

Page Layout
The Page Layout icon controls the view of the document. When clicked, the icon changes to a pressed position, showing a Page View of your document. This representation shows the edges of the document, margins, header/footer, and a general view of how the document will appear when printed. To return to the Normal View, click the Page Layout icon again and the icon returns to a raised position.

Show/Hide Formatting Symbols

The Show/Hide icon controls whether you see hidden formatting symbols, such as paragraph symbols and space dots between words.

Font Selection and Size

You can choose a font style and font size for the text you type. You may also highlight text and change the font or font size. Both font controls shown to the right are found on the Editor toolbar.

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Bold (Ctrl-B), Italic (Ctrl-I), Underline (Ctrl-U)

Bold, Italic, or Underline changes the text accordingly.

Font Color
The Font Color icon has two parts: Clicking the Font Color icon will change the color of the selected text to the color shown in the icon (green in the icon above). Clicking the down-arrow portion of the icon displays a color selection window. Once chosen, that color is available from the Font Color icon shown above for quicker reference.

More Font Options (Ctrl-D) You can also right-click and choose Font from the context menu (shown to the right). In addition to the font options described above, you can also format text as Bold Italic, and Strikeout.

Highlight
The Highlight icon has two parts: Clicking the ab icon will change the color of the selected text to the color shown in the icon (yellow in the example above). Clicking the down-arrow icon displays a color selection window. Once chosen, that color is available from the ab icon for quicker reference.

For more information on Highlighting, see Chapter 4.

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Format Scripture Tooltip (Ctrl-J)

e-Sword supports scripture tooltips. When verses are in the correct format, e-Sword will show a popup of the verse text as you hover your mouse pointer over the scripture reference. Clicking the Tooltip icon without a verse reference selected shows a Verse Reference window. Enter a valid verse reference and e-Sword will insert the properly formatted verse into your text. Clicking the Tooltip icon with a verse reference selected will automatically format the verse in your text.

Notice the examples below of ToolTipped verse references on the top row, followed by the original text on the bottom row.

Align Left, Align Center (Ctrl-E), Align Right, Justify

Align Left: Aligns the text with the left side of the page. Center: Centers the text horizontally. Align Right: Aligns the text with the right side of the page. Justify: Adds small spaces between letters and words so the left and right edges of the text meet perfectly with the left and right sides of the page.

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Numbering and Bullets

You can use the Numbering and Bullets icons in two ways: Select one or more lines of text and click the Numbering or Bullet icon to convert the lines to numbers or bullets. Do not select any lines of text before clicking the Numbering or Bullet icon. A numbered or bullet list will begin in your text and each time you press enter, a new line number or bullet appears.

To stop the insertion of numbers or bullets, press the Backspace key to erase the final line with the unwanted number or bullet.

Bullets and Numbering Format

To change the formatting of a numbered or bullet list, right-click the list. Style: Selects between Arabic numerals, Roman numerals, and letters of the alphabet. Start at: Controls the number that the list starts with. For alphabetical lists, each letter is represented by a number. Format: Controls the formatting of the list, such as 1., 1), 1, etc. Level: Controls the number of indents. Restart Numbering: Adds a new line starting over with number 1, the letter A, etc.

Indent Paragraph (CTRL-TAB) and Outdent Paragraph (SHIFT-TAB)

Indent Paragraph or Outdent Paragraph moves the paragraph text to the right one tab stop or to the left one tab stop. Indent is a useful formatting feature when showing a hierarchy of information.

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Format Paragraph
The settings in this window apply to the whole paragraph, not just to text you have selected. The Preview window shows a live example of the changes you make. Align Left: Aligns the text to the left side of the page. Center: Centers the text horizontally. Align Right: Aligns the text with the right side of the page. Justify: Adds small spaces between letters and words so the left and right edges of the text meet perfectly with the left and right sides of the page. Indentation Left/Right: Controls the indent for the left and right sides of paragraph. Special By: Selects between a First Line indent and a Hanging Indent. The hanging line is not indented but subsequent lines are intended. The By field controls the amount of the indent. Spacing Before/After: Controls the amount of space before and after a paragraph to avoid entering blank lines with the Enter key. Line Spacing: Selects the distance between lines.

Border
The Border icon inserts a border into the text. The different border styles are shown to the right. You can use the Border icon in two ways: Click the border layout icon to insert the border style shown in the icon. Click the border down-arrow icon to display a Border Selection window. Once chosen, that border is available from the border layout icon for quicker reference.

If you select text before clicking the Border icon, the border will enclose the text you selected.

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Columns
You may select how many columns the text will be divided into. This is for display and printing purposes only. Your column preferences will not be saved after restarting e-Sword. If you save a Topics Note file as a Reference Library book (refx), the column setting will also not be saved in that format. The different column layouts are shown to the right. You can use the Columns icon in two ways: Clicking the column layout icon will change the number of columns. Clicking the column down-arrow icon displays a Column Selection window. Once chosen, that column layout is available from the column layout icon for quicker reference.

Page Break
Often used in word processing software, Page Break forces all the text after the break to the next page. The Page Layout icon must be pressed to view the actual Page Break. Otherwise, a dotted line shows where the page break will occur.

Save Notes
Its always a good idea to click the Save icon before using other features in e-Sword.

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Understanding Where the Editors Read Notes Files.

When you first installed e-Sword, three default Notes files were installed including: journal.jnlx (Journal Notes), study.notx (Study Notes), and topic.topx (Topic Notes). These files store the information you enter into the Editors Window. By default, all three file types are located in the e-Sword user directory (typically "My Documents\e-sword").

How to Backup Your Notes - Advanced

Advanced users may want to backup their Notes or move their Notes to another computer. This section assumes a basic level of proficiency with Windows, folder navigation, and file copying. By default, e-Sword stores Notes files in your e-sword user folder (typically "My Documents\e-sword"). If you changed your storage location, you must use that location in the steps below. 1. Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the My Documents\e-sword folder. 2. Copy the Journal, Study, and/or Topic Note file(s) to your backup location. By default, the Editors store notes in: JOURNAL.JNLX (Journal Notes), STUDY.NOTX (Study Notes), and TOPIC.TOPX (Topic Notes). If you created additional Notes files, copy them also.

Storing/Sharing Your Notes on DropBox.com

Advanced users may have asked about storing their notes on DropBox.com so they can be accessed on multiple computers. The instructions below work for DropBox.com when using their Application for the PC. 1. Copy your Study, Journal, and Topic note files to DropBox. 2. Ctrl-right click in the e-Sword Editor window (Journal, Study, or Topic). 3. Click Open 4. Navigate to your Users\[your name]\dropbox folder. For example, my path is: C:\Users\Josh\Dropbox. Your path will be different, depending on your what your Windows user account name is. TIP TO FIND PATH: On many versions of Windows, click the Start Button. Choose Run and enter this text (without quotes) %homepath%/dropbox. This shows the complete path to your Drop Box location if you don't know your User path. 5. Choose the Study, Journal, or Topic module (as appropriate for which Editor window is active) and click Open.

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Chapter 9: Journal Notes

The Journal Notes feature allows you to keep a journal about spiritual growth, issues you struggle with, events in your life, answers to prayer, or anything you choose. Journal Notes are organized by date, similar to a diary. Many Christians find journaling key to explosive personal and spiritual growth.

Whats in this Chapter?

Viewing Journal Notes ....................................................................................................119 Creating a Journal Note ..................................................................................................120 Editing a Journal Note ....................................................................................................120 Deleting a Journal Note ..................................................................................................121 Viewing All Journal Notes Overview.............................................................................122 Searching Journal Notes.................................................................................................123 Additional Search Options Wheel ...................................................................................123 Copying from the Bible to Your Journal Notes ................................................................124 Copying from Other Windows to Journal Notes ..............................................................125 Importing and Exporting Journal Notes ...........................................................................126 Managing More than One Journal Notes File - Advanced ...............................................127 Changing Where e-Sword Reads Journal Notes - Advanced ..........................................128

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Viewing Journal Notes

To view all Journal Notes, click the Locate Notes icon, shown below in red below.

To view a specific Journal Note, click the date drop-down menu on the toolbar and click a date, as shown below:

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Creating a Journal Note

To create a Journal Note: 1. Notice the date selected in the date field. By default, todays date appears but you can change the date, as shown below. 2. Type your Journal Notes. Click the Save icon to save your notes. It's a good idea to save your notes before navigating elsewhere in e-Sword.

TIP: You can create popup Scripture "ToolTips" in your own Notes! Just select an existing verse reference, like John 3:16, and click the Format Scripture ToolTip icon (or press Ctrl-J).

Editing a Journal Note

You can edit any Journal Note you previously wrote: 1. Navigate to the date where you made the Journal Note (see calendar above). 2. Click the date of the Journal Note to edit. 3. Edit your Journal Note and click the Save icon to save your notes. It's a good idea to save your notes before navigating elsewhere in e-Sword.

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Deleting a Journal Note

You can delete any Journal Note: 1. Navigate to the date where you made the Journal Note (see calendar below). 2. Click the date of the Journal Note to delete. 3. Select all the text in the window with the mouse or by pressing the Ctrl-A key combination. 4. Press the Delete key to delete the Journal Note. You can undelete the text by pressing Ctrl-Z key combination or clicking the Undo icon.

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Viewing All Journal Notes Overview

If you want to view all of your Journal Notes: 1. Click the Locate Journal Notes icon:

2. The Locate Journal Notes window shows which dates contain Journal Notes. 3. Click any date in the left summary pane to display your Journal Notes in the right window pane. The example below shows the Journal Notes for November 5, 2011.

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Searching Journal Notes

To search your Journal Notes; 1. Click the Locate Notes icon in the Journal Notes Editor.

2. Searching Journal notes is nearly identical to searching Study Notes, except Study Notes are verse-based and Journal Notes are date-based. See Chapter 10 for more information.

Additional Search Options Wheel

Searching Journal notes is nearly identical to searching Study Notes, except Study Notes are verse-based and Journal Notes are date-based. Please see Chapter 10 for more information on the Additional Search Options Wheel.

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Copying from the Bible to Your Journal Notes

In addition to copying with this method, you can also apply formatting to copied verses with the Copy Verses command documented in the Chapter 3, The Bible Windows In-Depth. To copy Psalms 33:6 into your Journal Notes: 1. Navigate to the date of the Journal Note. Left-click the mouse where you want to paste the verse. 2. Navigate to Psalms 33:6 in the Bible window. 3. Right click the verse in the Bible window and select Paste Into Journal Notes. (To paste more than one verse, select the verses you want to paste before right-clicking and choosing Paste Into Journal Notes.)

4. The verse appears in your Journal notes.

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Copying from Other Windows to Journal Notes

When copying from the other windows, such as the Commentaries, Dictionaries, Reference Library, etc. to the Journal Notes editor, you have two options: 1. Copy the entire text to the Journal Notes window, or 2. Copy an excerpt of the text to the Journal Notes window.

Copying the Entire Text

1. Place your cursor in the Journal Notes window where you want the copied text to appear. 2. Find the window containing the text you want to copy. 3. Click the Select All icon or right click anywhere in the text and choose Select All from the menu. The complete text appearing in the window will be highlighted. 4. With the text still selected, right click and select Paste into Journal Notes. The selected text will be copied into your Journal Notes at the location where you last placed your cursor.

Copying an Excerpt
1. Place your cursor in the Journal Notes window where you want the copied text to appear. 2. Find the window containing the text you want to copy. 3. Select the part of the text you want to copy to Journal Notes by highlighting (left click the mouse and drag to select) the text. 4. Right click and select Paste into Journal Notes. Only the selected text will paste.

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Importing and Exporting Journal Notes

e-Sword lets you import data (text, images, tables, etc.) into Journal Notes. You can also export your Journal Notes to other file formats. The import option includes (or imports) text into your Journal Notes from other files. You can import the following file types: html, doc (Microsoft Word), rtf (Rich Text Format), and txt (plain text).

To import a file: 1. Select the date of the Journal Note in the Journal Notes Editor. The text you import will
appear in this Journal Note.

2. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse. Click the Import button. 3. Navigate to the folder containing the file to import, select the file, and click Open. 4. The text from your document will appear in the date of he Journal Note you selected in
Step 1 above.

The export option creates an external file (separate from e-Sword) containing your Journal Note. You can export the following file types: html, doc (Microsoft Word), rtf (Rich Text Format), txt (plain text), and pdf.

To export a Journal note:

1. Select the Journal Note you want to export by navigating to that date in the Journal Notes Editor.

2. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse. Click the Export button.
3. Navigate to the folder that will contain your exported file, provide a name for your file, and click save. You may need to adjust the Save as type setting to specify the file format e-Sword uses to export your data.

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Managing More than One Journal Notes File - Advanced

Advanced users may want to create and edit more than one Journal Notes file. The default name for the Journal Notes file is journal.jnlx and its typically stored in My Documents\e-sword, or the location of your e-Sword user folder. This configuration meets the needs of the majority of e-Sword users. If you do not need additional files or do not feel comfortable with the instructions that follow, you probably do not need this functionality.

Creating a New Journal Notes File

To create a new Journal Notes file: 1. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse in the Journal Notes Window. 2. Click the New button. 3. Specify a filename and click the Save button. 4. You now have a new, blank Journal Notes file.

Opening a Journal Notes File

To open a new Journal Note file: 1. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse in the Journal Notes Window. 2. Click the Open option. 3. Choose a filename and click the Open button.

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Changing Where e-Sword Reads Journal Notes - Advanced

Most users do not need to change where e-Sword reads Journal Notes files. Advanced users may want to read from a different location. And some users who upgrade from a previous version may have changed where e-Sword reads Journal Notes files. Each Note Editor uses its own folder setting. By default, all three Editors read from the eSword user folder, typically My Documents\e-sword. However, each Editor Type can read from a different location. WARNING: Changing the folder the Journal Notes Editor reads may result in you not being able to find your other Journal Notes files. For example, if you have multiple Journal Notes files in one folder, but you change where e-Sword reads Journal Notes files, you will not be able to view your other Journal Notes files. In that situation, you must either change the folder where the Journal Notes reads or move your Journal Notes to the new folder. To change the folder where the e-Sword reads Journal Notes: 1. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse in the Journal Notes window. 2. Click the Open option. 3. Navigate to the folder where e-Sword should read Journal Notes. 4. Choose a filename and click the Open button. 5. e-Sword will now read Journal Notes from this folder.

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Chapter 10: The Study Notes

The Study Notes feature allows you to write notes about individual verses, similar to making notes in the margin of a printed Bible. Here, you can record your personal discoveries, conclusions, and commentary about specific verses. Study Notes are verse-basedthe note itself is matched with a verse of the Bible. e-Sword synchronizes your Study Notes with the Bible verse youre currently reading. When you view a Bible verse containing a study note, the Study Note tab will show the notes you wrote for the verse.

Whats in this Chapter?

Viewing Study Notes.......................................................................................................130 Creating a Study Note ....................................................................................................131 Editing a Study Note .......................................................................................................132 Deleting a Study Note .....................................................................................................132 Viewing All Study Notes Birds Eye View ......................................................................133 Searching Study Notes ...................................................................................................134 Additional Search Options Wheel ...................................................................................135 Copying from the Bible to Your Study Notes ...................................................................137 Copying from Other Windows to Study Notes .................................................................138 Importing and Exporting Study Notes..............................................................................139 Managing More than One Study Notes File - Advanced .................................................140 Changing Where e-Sword Reads Study Notes - Advanced ............................................141

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Viewing Study Notes

Viewing All Study Notes
To view all Study Notes, click the Locate Notes icon, shown below in red.

Viewing a Specific Study Note

To view a specific Study Note, click the verse drop-down menu on the toolbar and choose the verse, as shown below. If the Link icon is pressed in the Editors window, and you select a different Bible verse in the Bibles window, the Editors window then shows the study note for the verse chosen in the Bible window. TIP: The Bibles window shows which verses have a study note. In the screenshot below, notice 1 Corinthians 15:3 and 15:6 have a squiggly line below the reference. The squiggly line means a study note exists for that verse.

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Creating a Study Note

To create a study note for Genesis 2:1: 1. Navigate to Genesis 2:1 in the Bibles window or from the Editors window. 2. Click the Study Notes tab in the Editors window (lower right window, by default in eSword). Notice that the Book, Chapter and Verse (in the Editors window) automatically changes to the Bible verse you navigate to in the Bibles window. TIP: The Link icon synchronizes the verse in the Study Notes Editor with the verse you open in the Bibles window. If you want the Study Note window to display the Study Note for the Bible verse you've chosen, make sure the Link icon is pressed. 3. Type your notes for Genesis 2:1. Click the Save icon to save your notes. It's a good idea to save your notes before navigating elsewhere in e-Sword.

TIP: You can create popup Scripture "ToolTips" in your own Notes! Just select an existing verse reference, like John 3:16, and click the Format Scripture ToolTip icon (or press Ctrl-J).

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Editing a Study Note

You can edit any Study Note you previously wrote: 1. Navigate to the verse in the Editors Window (see red box below):

2. Edit your study note and click the Save icon to save your notes. It's a good idea to save your notes before navigating elsewhere in e-Sword.

Deleting a Study Note

You can delete any Study Note: 1. Navigate to the verse with the Study Note you want to delete. 2. Select all the text in the window with the mouse or by pressing Ctrl-A key combination. 3. Press the Delete key to delete the Study Note. You can undelete the text by pressing Ctrl-Z key combination or clicking the Undo icon.

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Viewing All Study Notes Birds Eye View

If you want to view all of your Study Notes: 1. Click the Locate Notes icon:

2. The Locate Study Notes window shows which verses contain Study Notes. 3. Click any verse in the left summary pane to display your study notes in the right window pane. The example below shows the study notes for Genesis 2:1.

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Searching Study Notes

To search your Study Notes: 1. Click the Locate Notes icon in the Study Notes Editor.

2. The Locate Study Notes window appears, as shown below. Type the search word(s) in the first field. Not sure how to spell your search terms? Take your best guess and then click the spell check icon .

3. In the screenshot above, we typed, "all things" in the search box. 4. We selected Search for all of the words from the drop down menu to find only Study Notes with all words from our search phrase. 5. Click the Search icon in the upper, right corner of this window. The search results are categorized by section on the left, as shown above. 6. After reviewing the search results, press the OK button. This closes the search window and displays the full text of the Study Note you chose.
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TIP: If we selected, Search for any of the words, e-Sword would have displayed search results with both words from our search phrase (all and things). Study Notes would have been shown if they contained the word all and things as separate words anywhere in the Study Note. Be careful how you refine your search.

Additional Search Options Wheel

For an even more specific search, click the search wheel, (shown in red below). You may use this more specific search with or without Regular Expressions, discussed in Chapter 22.

Case Sensitive: When checked, this option will make your search case sensitive to find god with a lower-case g (see above).

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Partial Search: Below, we searched for "child". Notice the results for variations of our search phrase, including child, children, childless, etc. (see below).

Synonyms: You can search for your search phrase and synonyms of your search phrase. In the example below, the synonyms found include, redemption and several others off-screen. The synonym box will be grayed-out (unavailable) unless Search for any of the words is chosen (see below).

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Copying from the Bible to Your Study Notes

In addition to copying with this method, you can also apply formatting to copied verses with the Copy Verses command documented in the Chapter 3, The Bible Windows In-Depth. To copy Psalms 33:6 into the Study Notes for Genesis 2:1: 1. Navigate to Genesis 2:1 in the Study Notes Editor window. Left-click the mouse where you want to paste the verse. 2. Deselect the Link icon in the Study Notes Editor window and navigate to Psalms 33:6 in the Bible window. 3. Right click the verse in the Bible window and select Paste Into Study Notes. (To paste more than one verse, select the verses you want to paste before right-clicking and choosing Paste Into Study Notes.)

4. The verse appears in your Study notes.

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Copying from Other Windows to Study Notes

When copying from the other windows, such as the Commentaries, Dictionaries, Reference Library, etc. to the Study Notes editor, you have two options: 1. Copy the entire text to the Study Notes window. 2. Copy an excerpt of the text to the Study Notes window.

Copying the Entire Text

1. Place your cursor in the Study Notes window where you want the copied text to appear. 2. Find the window containing the text you want to copy. 3. Click the Select All icon or right click anywhere in the text and choose Select All from the menu. The complete text appearing in the window will be highlighted. 4. With the text still selected, right-click and select Paste into Study Notes (be sure your Study Notes are open to the correct verse). The selected text will be copied into your Study Notes at the location where you last placed your cursor.

Copying an Excerpt
1. Place your cursor in the Study Note window where you want the copied text to appear. 2. Find the window containing the text you want to copy. 3. Select the part of the text you want to copy to Study Notes by highlighting (left click the mouse and drag to select) the text. 4. Right-click and select Paste into Study Notes. Only the selected text will paste.

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Importing and Exporting Study Notes

e-Sword lets you import data (text, images, tables, etc.) into Study Notes. You can also export your Study Notes to other file formats. The import option includes (or imports) text into your Study Notes from other files. You can import the following file types: html, doc (Microsoft Word), rtf (Rich Text Format), and txt (plain text).

To import a file: 1. Select a verse from the Study Notes Editor. The text you import will appear in this
Study Note.

2. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse. Click the Import button. 3. Navigate to the folder containing the file to import, select the file, and click Open. 4. The text from your document will appear in the verse you selected in Step 1 above.

The export option creates an external file (separate from e-Sword) containing your Study Note. You can export the following file types: html, doc (Microsoft Word), rtf (Rich Text Format), txt (plain text), and pdf.

To export a Study note:

1. Select the Study Note you want to export by navigating to that verse in the Study Notes Editor.

2. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse. Click the Export button.
3. Navigate to the folder that will contain your exported file, provide a name for your file, and click save. You may need to adjust the Save as type setting to specify the file format e-Sword uses to export your data.

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Managing More than One Study Notes File - Advanced

Advanced users may want to create and edit more than one Study Notes file. The default name for the Study Notes file is study.notx and its typically stored in My Documents\e-sword, or the location of your e-Sword user folder. This configuration meets the needs of the majority of e-Sword users. If you do not need additional files or do not feel comfortable with the instructions that follow, you may not need this functionality. At the bottom of the screen below, notice the popup menu, outlined in red. The default Study Note file, study.notx, is the currently selected file. To view a different file, select the Study Note from the menu.

Creating a New Study Notes File

To create a new Study Notes file: 1. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse in the Study Notes Window. 2. Click the New button. 3. Specify a filename and click the Save button. 4. The Study Notes file shown at the bottom of the screen above will change to the filename you chose in step 3. You now have a new, blank Study Notes file.

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Opening a Study Notes File

To open a new Study Note file: WARNING: If you open a file from a different folder location, the Study Notes Editor shows only the Study Note files from that folder in the popup menu at the bottom of the Editor window. That means the popup menu will show only the filenames in the folder where you opened the file.

1. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse in the Study Notes Window. 2. Click the Open option from the menu. 3. Choose a filename and click the Open button. 4. The Study Notes file shown at the bottom of the screen above changes to the filename you selected in step 3.

Changing Where e-Sword Reads Study Notes - Advanced

Most users do not need to change where e-Sword reads Study Notes files. Advanced users may want to read from a different location. And some users who upgrade from a previous version may have changed where e-Sword reads Study Notes files. Each Note Editor uses its own folder setting. By default, all three Editors read from the eSword user folder, typically My Documents\e-sword. However, each Editor type can read from a different location. WARNING: Changing the folder the Study Notes Editor reads may result in you not being able to find your other Study Notes files. For example, if you have multiple study notes files in one folder, but you change where e-Sword reads Study Notes files, you will not be able to view your other Study Notes files. In that situation, you must either change the folder where the Study Notes reads or move your study notes to the new folder. To change the folder where e-Sword reads Study Notes: 1. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse in the Study Notes window. 2. Click the Open option. 3. Navigate to the folder where e-Sword should read Study Notes. 4. Choose a filename and click the Open button.

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5. The Study Notes file shown at the bottom of the screen above changes to the filename you selected in step 4. And the popup menu at the bottom of the Editors window now shows only the files from the new folder you selected in step 4.

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The Topic Notes feature allows you to write topical notes about subjects that interest you, similar to notes some people make on blank pages at the end of their printed Bible. Here, you can record your personal discoveries and conclusions about different subjects in the Bible. Topic Notes are subject-based. My default, e-Sword creates the file topic.topx in your e-Sword user folder, usually My Documents\e-Sword, to store your topic entries.

Whats in this Chapter?

Viewing Resources: Topic Editor or Reference Library? .................................................144 e-Sword 9 Users: Cant Find your Topic Notes? .............................................................145 Viewing Your Topic Notes...............................................................................................145 Creating a Topic Note .....................................................................................................146 Editing a Topic Note .......................................................................................................147 Optimizing Topic Notes Files with Images ......................................................................148 Deleting a Topic Note .....................................................................................................148 Searching Topic Notes ...................................................................................................149 Additional Search Options Wheel ...................................................................................150 Copying from the Bible to Your Topic Notes ...................................................................152 Copying from Other Windows to Topic Notes .................................................................153 Importing and Exporting Topic Notes ..............................................................................154 Managing More than One Topic Notes File - Advanced ..................................................155 Changing Where e-Sword Reads Topic Notes - Advanced .............................................157 Reference Library (.REFX) Files .....................................................................................158 When to Use Reference Book Files ................................................................................158 How to Convert Topic Notes to Reference Book Format .................................................159

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Viewing Resources: Topic Editor or Reference Library?

In previous versions of e-Sword, the Topic Notes Editor displayed third party Topic Notes (Topic Notes you downloaded). Now, this material is viewed through the Reference Library instead of the Topic Notes Editor. By comparison, the Topic Notes Editor is now for your personal topical notes (topical notes you wrote), just like the Journal Notes are for your personal journal notes and the Study Notes are for your personal study notes.

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e-Sword 9 Users: Cant Find your Topic Notes?

If you upgraded from e-Sword 9 and cannot find your Topic Notes, you most likely stored your Topic Notes in the program files\e-sword folder. You can view those Topic Notes from the Reference Library, see Chapter 13. You can control where the Reference Library looks for resources by reading the Changing Your e-Sword Resource Location section. Topic Notes you need to edit: move these files to your e-Sword user folder, usually My Documents\e-Sword. If necessary, follow the instructions in Changing Where e-Sword Reads Topic Notes so e-Sword reads the proper folder to display your Topic Note files. Topic Notes you only need to view: move these files to your e-Sword install folder, usually Program Files\e-Sword. Then view them from the Reference Library (see Chapter 13).

Viewing Your Topic Notes

To view all of your Topic Notes, click the Topic Menu, shown below. To view a specific topic, left-click the topic with the mouse.

If you have multiple Topic files, view a different Topic file by clicking the popup menu at the bottom of the Editor window.

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Creating a Topic Note

To create a topic note: 1. Click the New Topic icon in the Editors window.

2. Enter the title of the topic you want to create.

3. Notice the new entry topic title appears in the Editor toolbar. 4. Enter your notes for this topic. Click the Save icon to save your notes. It's a good idea to save your notes before navigating elsewhere in e-Sword. TIP: You can create popup Scripture "ToolTips" in your own Notes! Just select an existing verse reference, like John 3:16, and click the Format Scripture ToolTip icon (or press Ctrl-J).

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Editing a Topic Note

You can edit any Topic Note: 1. Navigate to the topic in the Editors window (see larger red box below):

2. Edit your topic note and click the Save icon to save your notes. It's a good idea to save your notes before navigating elsewhere in e-Sword. 3. Click the Edit Topic Title icon (smaller red box above). 4. A window will appear allowing you to change the name of the topic title. Click the OK button to save changes or CANCEL to cancel changes.

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Optimizing Topic Notes Files with Images

Chapter 8, Introduction to the Editors, explains how to use and embed images in the Notes Editor.

How Image Bloat Happens

If you insert and then remove images from a Topic Note, the size of the file may become unnecessarily large. e-Sword uses the SQLite database format to store Topic Note data. When you insert an image, the size of the database expands to accommodate the image data. When you delete the image from a Topic Note, the database does not automatically contract. Even though the image is deleted, the database is still the same size! This wastes system resources and if you distribute the module to others, the module requires more downloading time and bandwidth.

Removing Image Bloat

e-Sword compacts the Topic Notes database when you delete a topic note. To make sure your Topic Notes module is the smallest size possible: 1. Click the New Topic icon.

2. Enter the title of the topic you want to create. 3. Click the Delete Topic icon to delete the topic you just created.

You should not worry about this issue if you occasionally use images in your personal Topic Notes. However, if you make modules for downloading by other people, you might consider making this a standard practice to produce the smallest files possible.

Deleting a Topic Note

Make sure that the topic you want to delete appears in the text box of the drop down list. Click the Delete Topic icon. The following dialog box appears:

If you are sure you want to delete the topic, click OK. Otherwise, click No. You cannot undelete or undo this action!

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Searching Topic Notes

To search your Topic Notes: 1. Click the Locate Notes icon in the Topic Notes Editor.

2. The Locate Topic Notes window appears. Type the search word(s) in the first field. Not sure how to spell your search terms? Take your best guess and then click the spell check icon .

3. In the screenshot above, we typed, "body of Christ" in the search box. 4. We selected Search for all of the words from the drop down menu to find only Topic Notes with all words from our search phrase. 5. Click the Search icon in the upper, right corner of this window. The search results are categorized by topic on the left, as shown above.
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6. After reviewing the search results, press the OK button. This closes the search window and displays the full text of the Topic Note you chose. TIP: If we selected, Search for any of the words, e-Sword would have displayed search results with all words from our search phrase (body and of and Christ). Topic Notes would have been shown if they contained all the words as separate words anywhere in the Topic Note. Be careful how you refine your search.

Additional Search Options Wheel

For an even more specific search, click the search wheel, (shown in red below). You may use this more specific search with or without Regular Expressions, discussed in Chapter 22.

Case Sensitive: When checked, this option makes your search case sensitive to find Word with an upper-case W (see above).

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Partial Search: Below, we searched for "bapti". Notice the results for variations of our search phrase, including baptized, baptism, baptizing, etc. (see below).

Synonyms: You can search for your search phrase and synonyms of your search phrase. In the example below, the synonyms for atonement include, redemption, atone, etc. The synonym box will be grayed-out (unavailable) unless Search for any of the words is chosen (see below).

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Copying from the Bible to Your Topic Notes

In addition to copying with this method, you can also apply formatting to copied verses with the Copy Verses command documented in the Chapter 3, The Bible Windows In-Depth. To copy Psalms 33:6 into your Topic Notes: 1. Navigate to Psalms 33:6 in the Topic Notes Editor window. Left-click the mouse where you want to paste the verse. 2. Right-click the verse in the Bible window and select Paste Into Topic Notes. (To paste more than one verse, select the verses you want to paste before right-clicking and choosing Paste Into Topic Notes.)

3. The verse appears in your Topic Notes.

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Copying from Other Windows to Topic Notes

When copying from the other windows, such as the Commentaries, Dictionaries, Reference Library, etc. to the Topic Notes editor, you have two options: 1. Copy the entire text to the Topic Notes window. 2. Copy an excerpt of the text to the Topic Notes window.

Copying the Entire Text

1. Place your cursor in the Topic Notes window where you want the copied text to appear. 2. Find the window containing the text you want to copy. 3. Click the Select All icon or right click anywhere in the text and choose Select All from the menu. The complete text appearing in the window will be highlighted. 4. With the text still selected, right-click and select Paste into Topic Notes (be sure your Topic Notes are open to the correct verse). The selected text will be copied into your Topic Notes at the location where you last placed your cursor.

Copying an Excerpt
1. Place your cursor in the Topic Note window where the copied text should appear. 2. Find the window containing the text you want to copy. 3. Select the part of the text you want to copy to Topic Notes by highlighting (left click the mouse and drag to select) the text. 4. Right click and select Paste into Topic Notes. Only the selected text will paste.

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Importing and Exporting Topic Notes

e-Sword lets you import data (text, images, tables, etc.) into Topic Notes. You can also export your Topic Notes to other file formats. The import option includes (or imports) text into your Topic Notes from other files. You can import the following file types: html, doc (Microsoft Word), rtf (Rich Text Format), and txt (plain text).

To import a file:
1. Select a verse from the Topic Notes Editor. The text you import will appear in this Topic Note. 2. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse. Click the Import button. 3. Navigate to the folder containing the file to import, select the file, and click Open. 4. The text from your document will appear in the verse you selected in Step 1 above.

The export option creates an external file (separate from e-Sword) containing your Topic Note. You can export the following file types: html, doc (Microsoft Word), rtf (Rich Text Format), txt (plain text), and pdf.

To export a Topic note:

1. Select the Topic Note you want to export by navigating to that verse in the Topic Notes Editor. 2. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse. Click the Export button. 3. Navigate to the folder that will contain your exported file, provide a name for your file, and click save. You may need to adjust the Save as type setting to specify the file format e-Sword uses to export your data.

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Managing More than One Topic Notes File - Advanced

Advanced users may want to create and edit more than one Topic Notes file. The default name for the Topic Notes file is topic.topx and is typically stored in My Documents\e-sword, or the location of your e-Sword user folder. This configuration meets the needs of the majority of e-Sword users. If you do not need additional files or do not feel comfortable with the instructions that follow, you may not need this functionality. At the bottom of the screen below, the popup menu is outlined in red. The default Topic Note file, topic.topx, is the currently selected file. To view a different file, select the Topic Note from the menu.

Creating a New Topic Notes File

To create a new Topic Notes file: 1. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse in the Topic Notes Window. 2. Click the New button. 3. Specify a filename and click the Save button. 4. The Topic Notes file shown at the bottom of the screen above changes to the filename you chose in step 3. You now have a new, blank Topic Notes file. 5. See the Creating a Topic Note section for instructions on adding a Topic Note to the Topic File.

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Opening a Topic Notes File

To open a Topic Note file: WARNING: If you open a file from a different folder location, the Topic Notes Editor shows only the Topic Note files from that folder in the popup menu at the bottom of the Editor window. That means the popup menu will show only the filenames in the folder where you opened the file.

1. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse in the Topic Notes Window. 2. Click the Open option. 3. Choose a filename and click the Open button. 4. The Topic Notes file shown at the bottom of the screen above changes to the filename you selected in step 3. e-Sword 9 Users: Cant Find your Topic Notes? If you upgraded from e-Sword 9 and cannot find your Topic Notes, you most likely stored your Topic Notes in your program files\e-sword folder. You can view those Topic Notes from the Reference Library (see Chapter 13). Read Changing Your e-Sword Resource Location to control where the Reference Library looks for resources. In previous versions of e-Sword, the Topic Notes Editor displayed third party Topic Notes (Topic Notes you downloaded). Now, this material is viewed through the Reference Library instead of the Topic Notes Editor. By comparison, the Topic Notes Editor is now for your personal topical notes (topical notes you wrote), just like the Journal Notes are for your personal journal notes and the Study Notes are for your personal study notes. Topic Notes you need to edit: move these files to your e-Sword user folder, usually My Documents\e-Sword. If necessary, follow the instructions in Changing Where e-Sword Reads Topic Notes so e-Sword reads the proper folder to display your Topic Note files. Topic Notes you only need to view: move these files to your e-Sword install folder, usually Program Files\e-Sword. Then view them from the Reference Library (see Chapter 13).

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Changing Where e-Sword Reads Topic Notes - Advanced

Most users do not need to change where e-Sword reads Topic Notes files. Advanced users may want to read from a different location. And some users who upgrade from a previous version may have changed where e-Sword reads Topic Notes files. Each Note Editor uses its own folder setting. By default, all three Editors read from the eSword user folder, typically My Documents\e-sword. However, each Editor Type can read from a different location. WARNING: Changing the folder the Topic Notes Editor reads may result in you not being able to find your other Topic Notes files. For example, if you have multiple Topic Notes files in one folder but you change where e-Sword reads Topic Notes files, you will not be able to view your other Topic Notes files. In that situation, you must either change the folder where the Topic Notes Editor reads or move your Topic Notes to the new folder. To change the folder where the e-Sword reads Topic Notes: 1. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse in the Topic Notes Window. 2. Click the Open option. 3. Navigate to the folder where e-Sword should read Topic Notes. 4. Choose a filename and click the Open button. 5. The Topic Notes file shown at the bottom of the screen above changes to the filename you selected in step 4. And the popup menu at the bottom of the Editors window now shows only the files from the new folder you selected in step 4.

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Reference Library (.REFX) Files

e-Sword supports a new file format for the Reference Library. Reference Book files are identical to Topic files except Reference Book files are compressed to save disk space. If you distribute REFX files to other e-Sword users, Reference Book files cannot be edited or changed. One of the criticisms about Topic files has been that anyone can change the content of a Topic file, effectively putting words in the mouth of its author. The Reference Book format prevents such casual tampering.

When to Use Reference Book Files

You can convert your Topic Notes files (.topx) to Reference Book (.refx) format. You are not required to convert your Topic Notes files to Reference Book format. The Reference Library will read Topic Notes files and Reference Book files. If you simply want to view your Topic Notes in the Reference Library, copy the Topic Note files to your e-Sword resource folder, usually c:\program files\e-sword. You can control where the Reference Library looks for resources by reading the Changing Your e-Sword Resource Location section.

Why Convert to Reference Book Files Then?

Most of the time, users will not need to create Reference Book files. Reference Book files should be used in three situations: 1. You do not want your content changed. Or if your content is copyrighted and you do not wanted the material easily distributed beyond e-Sword. 2. You used e-Swords new image/picture functionality and the resource is large because of the added pictures. The REFX format compresses the data. In one test, a 4mb file compressed to 600kb, a reduction of about 7 times! Smaller files require less hard drive space, less computer memory, and generally help e-Sword run faster. 3. You lack the technical skills to copy your Topic files to the e-Sword resource folder, usually c:\program files\e-sword. During the conversion to Reference Book format , the converted REFX files are moved to your e-Sword install folder.

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How to Convert Topic Notes to Reference Book Format

To convert Topic Notes to Reference Book format: 1. While pressing the Ctrl key, right-click the mouse in the Topic Notes window. 2. Click the Convert to Reference Book option. 3. Choose where to save the REFX module. You should choose your e-Sword installation folder, usually c:\program files\e-Sword, unless you changed the location where e-Sword reads modules. See the Changing Your e-Sword Resource Location section if necessary. 4. A confirmation box tells you to restart eSword to see the Reference Library book in the Reference Library. Note that you will only see the new REFX module if you saved the module in your eSword Resource Location folder.

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Chapter 12: The Dictionaries Window

e-Sword provides a Dictionaries window so you can reference definitions of words and Strongs numbers while using e-Sword. e-Sword extends dictionary functionality beyond the traditional term/definition format. For example, the "Nave's Topical Bible" (Nave) and "Torrey's New Topical Textbook" (Torrey) are specialty dictionary modules. These excellent resources contain many cross references, perfect for conducting in-depth studies on specific Biblical topics.

Whats in this Chapter?

Using Dictionaries ...........................................................................................................161 Quick Lookup Inside the Dictionary .................................................................................162 Viewing Dictionary Search History ..................................................................................163 Viewing Strongs Number Definitions in the Dictionary Window ......................................164 Searching a Dictionary ....................................................................................................165 Searching More Than One Dictionary Simultaneously ....................................................165

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Using Dictionaries
When you click a word in any tab or window in e-Sword, all dictionaries containing information about the selected word will display the blue (i) Information Icon (see the Chafer tab below with the blue icon). The word you click does not need to be a hyperlink or tooltip link. The word can be normal text.

TIP: If the Dictionary window stops displaying new information when you click words, make sure the Link icon is pressed. Also remember that a dictionary may not necessarily have a definition for every word.

Topics List and Performance

If your dictionary view does not contain a list of entries (see the list above beginning with Abiding), click the Dictionary Topics icon. By default, the Dictionary Topics icon is already pressed. PERFORMANCE TIP: If a dictionary reacts or performs slowly, disable the display of Dictionary Topics. If enabled, the Dictionary Topics display must load before you can use the dictionary. This can make switching between resource tabs slow for large dictionaries.

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Quick Lookup Inside the Dictionary

While using a dictionary, you may want to lookup a word appearing in the text of the dictionary itself. 1. Right-click the word to display the following menu options:

2. Click Lookup and the definition displays in your current dictionary (if available) and the blue (i) Information Icon appears for other dictionaries with matching entries. TIP: You can bypass the context menu shown above. While pressing the Ctrl key, click a word in the dictionary to view its definition.

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Viewing Dictionary Search History

e-Sword remembers which dictionary entries you viewed this session. To cycle back through previous entries, click the blue back arrow at the beginning of the Dictionaries toolbar.

If you viewed entries from more than one dictionary, the dictionary tab view will not automatically change. The blue (i) Information Icon appears in the dictionary tabs with matching entries to your previous queries.

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Viewing Strongs Number Definitions in the Dictionary Window

The study of Hebrew and Greek text, without first learning Hebrew or Greek, is one of eSword's most powerful features. This is accomplished through the Strong's number system. James Strong assigned every unique Hebrew and Greek word in the Bible a number. Thanks to Strongs numbers, we are able to easily search the Scriptures to locate Hebrew and Greek words.

Strongs Number Basics

The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, and the New Testament was written in Greek. The Strongs numbering system formats the Old Testament in Hebrew with an H in front of the number and the New Testament Greek with a G in front of the number. For example, the reference, H430, refers to Old Testament. G430 represents a word in the New Testament and has no correlation to the Hebrew H430 word. When you find a Strong's number elsewhere in e-Sword, you can view the definition in the Dictionary window: 1. Confirm the link icon is pressed.

2. Click the Strongs number. 3. The blue (i) information icons appear on the resource tabs of the Dictionaries window (be sure the link icon is selected).

TIP: Strongs numbers can be viewed without leaving your current window, if you only need a quick definition. Strong's definitions can be displayed as "ToolTips". Place the mouse pointer over a Strong's number to display the definition in a ToolTip popup. MEGA TIP: Press the F4 button to copy the Strongs definition to the Windows clipboard. You can paste (Ctrl-V) the definition into the Notes Editor or your own word processor.

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Searching a Dictionary
The Dictionaries search is nearly identical to the Bible and Reference Library search. Click the Search Dictionaries Search. icon, or click Dictionaries from the main menu and choose

When the Search window opens, type the word you want to search and select your search criteria. Click the Search icon and a search will be done in the active dictionary. For more information on using the dictionary search features, see the search instructions in Chapter 3 and Chapter 13. Also see Chapter 22 for an explanation of Regular Expression Searching.

Searching More Than One Dictionary Simultaneously

To search multiple dictionaries at once, select Dictionary from the main menu and choose Extended Search. When the Extended Search window opens, you can select which dictionaries to search. Click the Dictionaries icon highlighted in red below. For more information on using the dictionary search features, see the extended search instructions in Chapter 3 and Chapter 13. Also see Chapter 22 for an explanation of Regular Expression Searching.

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Chapter 13: Reference Library

The Reference Library is now the central location to view your downloaded Topic files and a new type of file called Reference Modules (.refx). Material available from the Reference Library includes books, essays, and papers written by other authors. Some may be as short as a few pages, and other resources may contain thousands of pages. For example, BibleSupport.com hosts a number of James Hastings, William Evans and F.B. Meyer books in Reference Book format. You can also download official Reference Modules through the e-Sword Module Downloader. With the Reference Library you can: Select resources to read with the drop down menu near the top, right of the window. Filter your resources by title, which is helpful for narrowing large libraries. Search all of your Topic Notes and Reference Library Books at once!

The Reference Library displays .refx modules and .topx modules.

Whats in this Chapter?

Viewing Resources: Topic Editor or Reference Library? .................................................167 Why Cant I View Topic Notes Files in the Reference Library?........................................167 Opening the Reference Library .......................................................................................167 Reference Library: Background, Foreground, Resizing ...................................................168 Viewing Resources in the Reference Library ..................................................................169 Filtering Resources in the Reference Library ..................................................................169 Searching the Reference Library - Basic.........................................................................170 Additional Search Options Wheel ...................................................................................172 Searching the Reference Library - Advanced..................................................................174 Extended Search - Multiple Reference Books .................................................................175 Paste Into Topic Notes ...................................................................................................176 Highlighting Text .............................................................................................................176

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Viewing Resources: Topic Editor or Reference Library?

In previous versions of e-Sword, the Topic Notes Editor displayed third party Topic Notes (Topic Notes you downloaded). Now, this material is viewed through the Reference Library instead of the Topic Notes tab (of the Editors window). The Reference Library is view-only, like Bibles, Commentaries, and Dictionaries. You cannot edit topic notes through the Reference Library. By comparison, the Topic Notes tab (of the Editors Window) is now for your personal topical notes (topical notes you wrote), just like the Journal Notes are for your personal journal notes and the Study Notes are for your personal study notes.

Why Cant I View Topic Notes Files in the Reference Library?

By default, e-Sword 10 expects your third party Topic Notes to be in your e-Sword resource folder, usually c:\program files\e-sword. You can control where e-Sword looks for resources by reviewing the Changing Your e-Sword Resource Location section. If your downloaded Topic Notes are in the My Documents\e-sword folder, or another folder, you must move them to your e-Sword resource folder for the Reference Library to find them. Remember, this only applies to your downloaded, or third party, Topic Notes. Your personal topic notesthe topical notes you wroteshould remain in the My Documents\e-sword folder so you can continue editing them in the Topic Notes Editor.

Opening the Reference Library

The Reference Library is represented on the main e-Sword screen with a small icon, highlighted in red below:

You can also open the Reference Library by clicking Tools from the main menu and then choosing Reference Library.

Reference Library

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Reference Library: Background, Foreground, Resizing

The Reference Library window floats on top of e-Swords main window. You can access the e-Sword main window without closing the Reference Library window. For example, if you need to reference the Bible, lookup a definition, view commentary text, or create a Study Note, click the e-Sword main window in the background. You may also move the e-Sword main window and the Reference Library window so they are offset or in any orientation that suits your monitor. Lastly, you may resize the Reference Library window larger or smaller (see Chapter 2, Customizing e-Sword).

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Viewing Resources in the Reference Library

With the Reference Library, you can select resources to read with the drop down menu near the top of the screen. Each resources sections, or chapters, appear on the left side of the screen. The section or chapter text is shown on the right side of the screen. In the example below, you can see the other resources available in the Reference Library.

Filtering Resources in the Reference Library

If you have numerous resources, you can filter your resources by title. In the example below, the only resources showing contain the word evans. After typing your keyword filter, click the Filter Title icons (shown in red below).

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Searching the Reference Library - Basic

1. To search the Reference Library, make sure the Reference Library is open and the active resource is the one you want to search. 2. Click the search icon in the Reference Library window. Or, click Library from the Reference Library menu and then select Search. 3. A search window appears. At the top of the search window, you will see the name of the resource you were viewing when you opened the search window. Your search is limited to this resource. To search a different resource, select a new resource from the drop down menu.

4. Type your search word(s) in the first field. Not sure how to spell your search terms? Take your best guess and then click the Spell Check icon .

5. In the screenshot above, we typed, "new testament" in the search box. 6. We selected Search for all of the words from the drop down menu to find only resources with all the words from our search phrase.

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7. Click the search icon in the upper, right corner of this window. The search results are categorized by section on the left.

8. After reviewing the search results, press the OK button. This closes the search window and displays the full text of the section or chapter you chose. TIP: If we selected, Search for any of the words, e-Sword would have displayed search results for any chapter with both words from our search phrase (new and testament). These results would not necessarily have been discussing the New Testament. Be careful how you refine your search.

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Additional Search Options Wheel

For an even more specific search, click the search wheel, (shown in red below). You may use this more specific search with or without Regular Expressions, discussed in Chapter 22.

Case Sensitive: When checked, this option will make your search case sensitive to find god with a lower-case g (see above). Partial Search: Below, we searched for "scriptur". Notice the results for variations of our search phrase, including Scripture, Scriptures, and Scriptural (see below).

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Synonyms: You can search for your search phrase and synonyms of your search phrase. In the example below, the synonyms found include, The word, Scripture, New Testament and Old Testament. The synonym box will be grayed-out (unavailable) unless Search for any of the words is chosen (see below).

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Searching the Reference Library - Advanced

Regular Expressions, also referred to as REGEX or REGEXP, use special codes to match patterns of text in powerful ways. In e-Sword, regular expressions allow you to search the Bible beyond the search methods previously discussed. This section is a very brief introduction to searching with Regular Expressions using e-Sword. Chapter 22 covers this functionality in much greater detail. If we select Regular expressions from the drop down list, we can perform a much broader "wild card" search. For example, in the window below, we searched for words starting with s and ending in e by typing \b (the symbol for word boundary) followed by l...e and closed with the word boundary symbol \b.

For more information on searching with Regular Expressions and its exceptional power, see Chapter 22.

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Extended Search - Multiple Reference Books

To search for words or phrases across multiple resources, click Library on the Reference Library menu, and then select Extended Search. TIP: The more resources you search at once and the longer the resources are in length, the more time e-Sword will need to complete the search. Searching thousands of resources may require a long time. The progress bar shows the current status of the search.

You may press the Escape key to abort a search, while showing the results already found. This window is almost identical to the basic Reference Library Search function, but it allows you to select multiple resources.

Reference Books icon: This icon, shown in the red box above, displays the Resource Window (also shown above). The Resource Window lets you choose which resources to include in your search.

Search Summary
In left column of the window above, the first box shows the name of the chapter (or section) with matching text. The second box shows the name of the resource where the match was found.

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Paste Into Topic Notes

As with most windows in e-Sword, the Reference Library lets you paste selected text into your Journal, Study, or Topic Notes. 1. Click the main e-Sword window behind the Reference Library. 2. Select either the Journal Notes, Study Notes, or Topic Notes tab from the Editors Window. 3. In the Reference Library window, select the text you want to copy. 4. Click the Paste Into Topic Notes icon .

TIP: After selecting text to copy, you can also right-click the mouse and choose Paste Into Notes from the context menu.

Highlighting Text
e-Sword supports highlighting text in the Reference Library window. Select the text you want to highlight and press the Highlight icon on Highlighting text, see Chapter 4. . For more information

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Chapter 14: The Bible Reading Plan

The Bible Reading Plan will organize and structure your Bible reading. Bible Reading plans help you stay on track, often with a specific goal, such as reading the entire Bible in a year, reading the Old Testament in six months, or reading the Psalms. Since you can make your own Bible Reading Plans, you control when and how often you read. You can configure the Bible Reading Plan window to automatically launch when you start eSword for the first time each day.

Whats in this Chapter?

Opening Bible Reading Plans .........................................................................................178 Using Bible Reading Plans .............................................................................................179 Creating a Bible Reading Plan ........................................................................................180 Show at Startup ..............................................................................................................180

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Opening Bible Reading Plans

To open Bible Reading Plans, select Tools from the main menu and then choose Bible Reading.

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Using Bible Reading Plans

The Reading Plan Progress meter displays your progress toward accomplishing the plans goal. Bible Reading Plans can be organized in different ways but our example below allows for 365 days (see large red box).

Previous Reading and Next Reading

The Next Reading icon shows the next passage in the reading plan. You can also click the Previous Reading icon.

Incrementing the Reading Plan Progress Bar

As you read each passage, click the Completed Reading green to remind you the passage has been read. icon. The icon turns from red to

View Chapter as Paragraph

This toggle icon switches between the verse view shown on the previous page and a paragraph view that displays each chapter as a paragraph.

Changing Bible Reading Plans

From the drop down menu at the bottom of the Bible Reading window, select the reading plan:

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Creating a Bible Reading Plan

To create a Bible Reading Plan: 1. Click the New Bible Reading Plan icon.

2. Click the plus signs to expand the Books of the Bible lists, starting with Bible. 3. Select as little as one book or as much as the entire Bible.

4. Click the Next button. 5. Select the days of the week you will use the Bible Reading Plan. 6. Select the time needed to complete the reading. e-Sword compares the number of books you selected with your chosen timeframe to calculate the time necessary to complete the plan. 7. Save your reading plan by entering a filename and clicking the Finish button.

Show at Startup
This handy feature reminds you about your Bible Reading Plan when you start e-Sword for the first time that day. The Bible Reading window will not show for subsequent starts during the same day. Tick the box marked, "Show at Startup" at the bottom of the Bible Reading window.
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Chapter 15: Daily Devotions

e-Sword includes a Daily Devotions section containing devotions by Spurgeon. You can also download other official e-Sword devotions, such as Hoekstra, Morrison, Meyer and Ryle. To download new devotions, select Download from the main menu and then select Devotions. You may also visit BibleSupport.com for additional, user-created devotionals. You can configure the Daily Devotions window to automatically launch when you start e-Sword for the first time each day.

Whats in this Chapter?

Opening the Daily Devotions ..........................................................................................182 Using the Daily Devotions ...............................................................................................182 Show Devotions at Startup .............................................................................................183

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CHAPTER 15: DAILY DEVOTIONS

Opening the Daily Devotions

To open the Daily Devotions, select Tools from the main menu and choose Daily Devotions.

Your installed devotions are shown in the tabs at the top of the window.

Using the Daily Devotions

Select the day you want to read using the Date Display Box at the bottom of the window. The current day's devotion appears automatically, but you may select any other day's devotion. Click the date bar and the following popup window appears: Use the forward and back arrows to select the desired month. Then click the day you want to read.

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Show Devotions at Startup

This handy feature allows e-Sword to remind you about Devotions when you start e-Sword for the first time that day. The Devotions window will not show for subsequent starts during the same day. Tick the box marked, "Show at Startup" at the top of the Daily Devotions window.

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Chapter 16: Prayer Requests

We should never forget the power of prayer. With this feature, e-Sword reminds us to pray and helps us remember what to pray about. You can configure the Prayer Requests window to automatically launch when you start e-Sword for the first time each day.

Whats in this Chapter?

Opening Prayer Requests...............................................................................................185 Viewing Prayer Requests................................................................................................185 Adding Prayer Requests .................................................................................................186 Editing or Deleting a Prayer Request ..............................................................................187 Managing Prayer Request Files ......................................................................................188 Show Prayer Requests at Startup ...................................................................................189

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CHAPTER 16: PRAYER REQUESTS

Opening Prayer Requests

The prayer request feature adds organization and remembrance to your prayer life. To open the window, select Tools from the main menu, and choose Prayer Requests.

Each prayer request is labeled with these abbreviations: A - Adoration C - Confession T - Thanksgiving S Supplication

Viewing Prayer Requests

You can view your prayer requests by clicking the title of the prayer request from the Todays Prayer Requests tab.

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Adding Prayer Requests

Add a new request using the Request Maintenance tab:

1. Click the Add button to add a new Prayer Request. 2. Enter the following information: Prayer Request Type: Select the Prayer Request category. Prayer Request Start Date: The prayer request will not appear in the Todays Prayer Requests tab until your selected start date. Prayer Request Frequency: Select between Once, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Answered. If you select weekly, the prayer request appears in the Todays Prayer Requests tab on the same day of the week as your start date. If you select monthly, the prayer request appears in the Todays Prayer Requests tab on the same day of the month as your start date. Prayer Description: Enter what you need to pray for in the bottom half of the window. 3. Click Update to add the request or Cancel to exit without saving.

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Editing or Deleting a Prayer Request

To edit a Prayer Request: 1. Click the Request Maintenance tab. 2. Click the prayer request title you want to edit. 3. Click Edit. 4. Edit any of the following information: Prayer Request Title Prayer Request Type Prayer Request Start Date The Prayer Request Frequency, and The Prayer Request Details

5. After you finish editing the prayer request, click the Update button.

To delete a prayer request: 1. Click the prayer request title you want to delete. 2. Click the Delete button 3. Confirm your request by clicking Yes. Cancel the delete by clicking No.

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Managing Prayer Request Files

If more than one person uses e-Sword on the same computer or if you want to categorize your prayer requests in different files, you can create a new prayer request file. By default, e-Sword stores prayer requests in the prayer.prlx file in your e-Sword user folder, usually My Documents\e-Sword.

Creating Prayer Request Files

To create a Prayer Request file: 1. Click the Request Maintenance tab. 2. Click the New Prayer Requests File button.

3. Specify a new filename and click the Save button.

Loading Prayer Request Files

After creating at least one other Prayer Request file, e-Sword displays your Prayer Request files in a drop down menu at the bottom of the window. Click another Prayer Request file to show requests from that file:

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Show Prayer Requests at Startup

This handy feature reminds you about Prayer Requests when you start e-Sword for the first time that day. The Prayer Requests window will not show for subsequent starts during the same day. Tick the box marked, "Show at Startup" at the top of the Prayer Requests window.

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Chapter 17: Scripture Memory

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you, Psalms 119:11. The Scripture Memory tool organizes your scripture memorization goals and makes memorizing verses entertaining. This feature includes several puzzle-style word games that children (and adults) enjoy playing. You can configure the Scripture Memory window to automatically launch when you start eSword for the first time each day.

Whats in this Chapter?

Opening Scripture Memory .............................................................................................191 Viewing Verses to Memorize ..........................................................................................191 Adding Scripture Memory ...............................................................................................192 Editing or Deleting a Memory Verse ...............................................................................194 Testing Memory Verses ..................................................................................................195 Managing Memory Verse Files .......................................................................................197 Show Memory Verses at Startup ....................................................................................198

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CHAPTER 17: SCRIPTURE MEMORY

Opening Scripture Memory

The Scripture Memory feature organizes your scripture memorization goals. To open the Scripture Memory window, select Tools from the main menu and choose Scripture Memory.

Viewing Verses to Memorize

You can view your memorization verses by clicking the verse in the Todays Memory Verses tab.

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Adding Scripture Memory

Add a new Memory Verse using the Verse Maintenance tab:

1. Click the Add button to add a new verse. 2. Enter the following information: Memory Verse: Enter the verse you want to memorize. Translation: Select the translation used to display the verse. Verse Memory Category: Select a category for the verse. Hint / General Idea: Displayed as a hint by the Test Memory Verses feature.

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Start Date: The verse will not appear in the Todays Memory Verses tab until your selected start date. Verse Frequency: Select between Once, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Randomly, or Memorized. If you select weekly, the verse appears in the Todays Memory Verses tab on the same day of the week as your start date. If you select monthly, the verse appears in the Todays Memory Verses tab on the same day of the month as your start date. 3. Click the Update button to add the verse or Cancel to exit without saving.

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Editing or Deleting a Memory Verse

To edit a Memory Verse: 1. Click the Verse Maintenance tab. 2. Click the verse you want to edit. 3. Click Edit. 4. Edit any of the following information: Memory Verse: Enter the verse you want to memorize. Translation: Select the translation used to display the verse. Verse Memory Category: Select a category for the verse. Hint / General Idea: Displayed as a hint by the Test Memory Verses feature. Start Date: The verse will not appear in the Todays Memory Verses tab until your selected start date. Verse Frequency: Select between Once, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Randomly, or Memorized. If you select weekly, the verse appears in the Todays Memory Verses tab on the same day of the week as your start date. If you select monthly, the verse appears in the Todays Memory Verses tab on the same day of the month as your start date. 5. After you finish editing the verse, click the Update button.

To delete a Memory Verse: 1. Click the verse you want to delete. 2. Click the Delete button 3. Confirm your request by clicking Yes. Cancel the delete by clicking No.

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Testing Memory Verses

The multiple choice tests and creative word games help you memorize your Memory Verses. The test tabs are shown at the top of the window. The Hint button at the bottom the window displays the Hint / General Idea field (see Editing or Deleting a Memory Verse above). Each test also includes a color coded error chart. The window background turns a progressively darker shade of red with each error. When the answer is correct, the window background turns a soothing shade of green.

Associate Reference Test

This is a multiple choice style test, requiring you to match the text of the verse with multiple verse references at the bottom of the window (see screenshot above).

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Fill In The Blanks

Select from the words at the bottom of the screen to fill in the blanks. Start with the first blank word and work your way through the verse. If you make an error, you must try again.

Word Position
Beginning with the first blank word, you must double click the correct word from the list of words (in the right window pane). Work you way through the blank words until complete. If you make an error, you must try again.

First Letter
Beginning with the first blank word, enter the first letter of the word. Work you way through the blank words until complete. If you make an error, you must try again.

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Managing Memory Verse Files

If more than one person uses e-Sword on the same computer or if you want to categorize your Memory Verses in different files, you can create a new memory verse file. By default, e-Sword stores memory verses in memory.memx in your e-Sword user folder, usually My Documents\e-Sword.

Creating Memory Verse Files

To create a Memory Verse file: 1. Click the Verse Maintenance tab. 2. Click the New Scripture Memory File button.

3. Specify a new filename and click the Save button.

Loading Memory Verse Files

After creating at least one other Memory Verse file, e-Sword displays your Memory Verse files in a drop down menu at the bottom of the window. Click another Memory Verse file to show verses from that file:

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Show Memory Verses at Startup

This handy feature reminds you about Memory Verses when you start e-Sword for the first time that day. The Scripture Memory window will not show for subsequent starts during the same day. Tick the box marked, "Show at Startup" at the top of the Scripture Memory window.

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Chapter 18: SermonAudio.com

e-Sword is integrated with SermonAudio.com. You can listen to sermons while you study the Bible. This window automatically organizes sermons by verse according to the active passage of scripture in the e-Sword Bibles window! After this window opens, you can change the passage of scripture to listen to sermons on other Bible verses. REMEMBER: An active Internet connection is required for e-Sword to connect with SermonAudio.com

Whats in this Chapter?

Opening the SermonAudio.com Window ........................................................................200 Listening to a Sermon .....................................................................................................200 Listening to Sermons On Different Verses ......................................................................203 Sorting Sermons By Heading ..........................................................................................203 Adjusting the Width of Heading Columns ........................................................................203
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CHAPTER 18: SERMONAUDIO.COM

Opening the SermonAudio.com Window

Click Tools from the main menu and choose SermonAudio.com. This window displays sermons based on the active verse in e-Swords Bibles window. The active verse in the Bibles window is highlighted in red.

Listening to a Sermon
To listen to a sermon, click the sermon titles blue hyperlink.

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Learning More About the Speaker or Sermon

Click the SermonAudio.com logo to learn more about the speaker or sermon currently playing. If you are not currently playing a sermon, the profile of your last played sermon will load. After the website loads in your browser, you can: View the speakers biographical information. Download the audio in mp3 format. Purchase a transcript. Find podcasts. Identify the speakers most popular sermons. Browse all the speakers sermons. Locate affiliated churches and broadcasters.

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Using the Sermon Player

You can control the sound with the Sermon Player in the lower, left portion of the window. If youre unfamiliar with Internet audio players, think of the Sermon Player as an advanced VCR. For ease of explanation, weve added a few sticky notes to the Sermon Player. The numbered notes are explained below: 1. Rewind: If available, the audio will rewind while you hold this icon. 2. Seek: By moving this icon right or left with your mouse, you can skip forward or backward in the audio playback. 3. Fast Forward: The audio will play at twice the speed while you hold this icon. 4. Play: Click the play icon to start the sermon. 5. Stop: Click the stop icon to stop the sermon. 6. Previous: Skip to the previous sermon, if available. 7. Next: Skip to the next sermon, if available. 8. Mute: Instantly decreases the volume to zero. 9. Volume: Increases or decreases the sound level as you move this icon right or left.

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Listening to Sermons On Different Verses

The SermonAudio.com window initially shows sermons based on the active verse in e-Swords Bibles window. To display sermon titles on different verses: 1. Click Bible from the SermonAudio.com window menu. 2. Choose Lookup Scripture Reference. The Lookup Scripture Reference window is undocked, meaning the window floats and can be moved. Right-click a Bible book name to quickly show sermons from the first verse/chapter. Right-click a chapter number to immediately view sermons on that chapter. Left-click or right-click a verse to show sermons on that verse.

Sorting Sermons By Heading

You may sort sermons by Reference, Title, Subtitle, Speaker, Date, and Play Count. Click the header field you want to sort by, as shown below with the mouse pointer. By clicking the same header field again, the sort order reverses.

Adjusting the Width of Heading Columns

You can adjust the width of the heading columns by positioning your mouse pointer over the divider line until the mouse pointer turns into a multi-directional arrow. While left-clicking the mouse, drag the divider line to change width of that heading column.
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Chapter 19: Sermon Illustrations

Sermon Illustrations are helpful for preachers preparing a sermon. Sermon illustrations can bring to life a sermon, illustrating concepts that might otherwise be difficult to explain. You have the option of buying a Sermon Illustration package through e-Sword or building your own Sermon Illustrations database.

Whats in this Chapter?

Unlocking Sermon Illustrations .......................................................................................205 Opening Sermon Illustrations ..........................................................................................205 Viewing and Copying Sermon Illustrations ......................................................................206 Filtering Sermon Illustrations ..........................................................................................206 Adding Sermon Illustrations ............................................................................................207 Editing or Deleting a Sermon Illustration .........................................................................208

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Unlocking Sermon Illustrations

The Sermon Illustrations menu option is grayed-out (non-selectable) without the Sermon Illustrations file (illustrations.illx). You can you purchase the fully loaded Sermon Illustrations module from e-Sword.net. The module comes complete with over 4000 Bible illustrations, anecdotes, and poems compiled by AMG Publishers and Pulpit Helps Magazine. You can also download a blank illustrations.illx file from BibleSupport.com to activate the Sermon Illustrations feature. You must add your own sermon illustrations to this blank file, which makes the above purchase option a great deal.

Opening Sermon Illustrations

To open the Sermon Illustrations window, select Tools from the main menu and then choose Sermon Illustrations.

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Viewing and Copying Sermon Illustrations

1. View a Sermon Illustration by left-clicking an illustration in the Sermon Illustrations tab. 2. Click the Copy Sermon Illustration button to copy the text. 3. Paste the text into your Topic Notes, Study Notes, or any word processor.

Filtering Sermon Illustrations

The Illustration Filter is in the Sermon Illustrations tab. The Illustration Filter limits your view of sermon illustrations to help narrow your search. Sermon Illustrations are organized by Scripture and Category. You may also search by keyword.

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Adding Sermon Illustrations

Add a new sermon illustration under the Illustration Maintenance tab:

1. Click the Add button to add a Sermon Illustration. 2. Enter the following information: Illustration Title: Title of your illustration. Illustration Category: Choose an existing category or type a new category. Scripture Reference: Enter any verses this illustration applies to. Sermon Illustration Text: Enter the text into the bottom half of the window. 3. Click the Update button to add the illustration or Cancel to exit without saving.

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Editing or Deleting a Sermon Illustration

To edit a Sermon Illustration: 1. Click the Illustration Maintenance tab. 2. Click the sermon illustration title you want to edit. 3. Click Edit. 4. Edit any of the following information: Illustration Title: Title of your illustration. Illustration Category: Choose an existing category or type a new category. Scripture Reference: Enter any verses this illustration applies to. Sermon Illustration Text: Enter the text into the bottom half of the window. 5. After you finish editing the sermon illustration, click the Update button.

To delete a sermon illustration: 1. Click the sermon illustration title you want to delete. 2. Click the Delete button 3. Confirm your request by clicking Yes. Cancel the delete by clicking No.

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Chapter 20: The Graphics Viewer

e-Sword contains a built in Graphics Viewer. Your Bible study will come to life as you explore the maps that coincide with your reading. You can view maps, illustrations and paintings used in your Bible studies or sermons. e-Sword resources will sometimes direct you to a graphic in the Graphics Viewer.

Whats in this Chapter?

Opening the Graphics Viewer .........................................................................................210 Viewing Graphics ............................................................................................................211 Copying Graphics ...........................................................................................................212

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Opening the Graphics Viewer

Access the Graphics Viewer by clicking the Graphics Viewer icon on the e-Sword main toolbar. Or click Tools from the main menu and select Graphics Viewer. TIP: The Graphics Viewer will be inactive if you do not have any installed graphical resources. To use the Graphics Viewer, make sure at least one graphical resource is installed. Download graphics resources by clicking Download from the main menu and choosing Graphics. You may also download graphics files from BibleSupport.com.

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Viewing Graphics
Choose from your graphic files by clicking a resource tab above the Map Display window.

Selecting Graphics within the Graphic File

Many graphics files have more than one graphic. The first graphic in the file is shown after you select a resource tab. Other available graphics are shown in the drop down menu (see below).

Panning Graphics
Notice how your mouse pointer changes to a hand when you move your mouse inside the Map Display window. Click anywhere in the Map Display window and drag the graphic by holding down the left mouse button.

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Resizing Graphics
The Graphics Viewer toolbar contains several icons for resizing graphics: Click the Zoom In and Zoom Out icons repeatedly to adjust the zoom. The Fit All to resize graphics. These icons can be clicked

icon resizes the graphic to fit in your viewable window.

The Fit Height icon resizes the height of the graphic to fit the viewable window, although the width is allowed to extend beyond the viewable window. The Fit Width icon resizes the width of the graphic to fit the viewable window, although the height is allowed to extend beyond the viewable window. TIP: You can resize the Graphics Viewer window to create a larger viewable window. Then you can see more of a large graphic without panning or resizing the graphic. See Chapter 2, Customizing eSword for more information on resizing floating windows. Many of these options are also available by clicking View on the Graphics Viewer menu.

Copying Graphics
You can copy any graphic to your Journal, Study, or Topic Notes in the Editors window or elsewhere on your computer. 1. Display the graphic you want to copy. 2. Click Edit from the Graphics Viewer menu and choose Copy. You may also use the Ctrl-C shortcut to copy. 3. Press Ctrl-V to paste the graphic elsewhere on your computer.

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Chapter 21: The STEP Reader

STEP is an abbreviation for Standard Template for Electronic Publishing. This file format was designed for the storage of electronic Bible reference books. STEP is used by QuickVerse, Bible Companion, and other Bible software products. If you already own any of these software titles, the inclusion of the STEP Reader means you can use these resources within e-Sword! If you do not have any STEP files, you may download a sampler step book pack at e-Sword.net under "Extras". You may also download free and purchased Step books at: www.lightbydesign.net

Whats in this Chapter?

Opening The STEP Reader ............................................................................................214 Viewing STEP Books ......................................................................................................215 Pasting Into Notes ....................................................................................................215

Searching STEP Books ..................................................................................................216

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Opening The STEP Reader

To open the STEP Reader, click the Tools from the main menu and choose STEP Reader.

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Viewing STEP Books

To view STEP books, click File from the STEP Reader menu and choose Open. The STEP Reader divides the screen into two panes: The topical (or scriptural) navigation pane on the left and the text on the right.

Pasting Into Notes

The STEP Reader supports pasting selected text into your Journal, Study, or Topic Notes. Select the text you want to paste, and click the Paste Into Notes icon. You can also right-click the mouse and choose Paste Into Notes from the context menu.

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Searching STEP Books

To search a STEP Book: 1. Click the Search tab on the left window pane 2. Select your search criteria and click Search. 3. Your search results appear in the right window pane, with keyword matches shown in yellow.

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Chapter 22: Searching e-Sword Using Regular Expressions

This section is intended for an advanced audience with a technical aptitude. In depth use of this feature requires analytical and complex problem solving skills and knowledge of a search syntax known as Regular Expressions. NOTE: Regular Expressions have been selectively implemented in e-Sword. Not all examples of Regular Expressions found elsewhere will work in e-Sword. If you are running a version earlier than 9.9.1 the examples may not work properly because of changes to this feature. Extra contributors to this section include: The tips shown at eStudySource.com and LayHands.com (LayHands.com contains errors in syntax and definition that have been corrected in this manual.).

Whats in this Chapter?

Regular Expressions.......................................................................................................218 Conventions Used in this Chapter...................................................................................218 Lesson 1: Case sensitive; Characters found anywhere ...................................................219 Lesson 2: Literal vs. Special Meaning Characters...........................................................219 Lesson 3: Word Boundaries ............................................................................................220 Lesson 4: Dot Character .................................................................................................221 Lesson 5: Brackets [] ....................................................................................................222 Lesson 6: Range of characters -...................................................................................222 Lesson 7: Caret ^ .........................................................................................................223 Lesson 8: Word Characters \w .....................................................................................224 Lesson 9: Non-Word Characters \W .............................................................................225 Lesson 10: Pipe Character | and Parenthesis () ........................................................226 Lesson 11: Digit \d........................................................................................................227 Lesson 12: Quantifiers "*", "+", and "?" ...........................................................................228 Lesson 13: Curly brackets {} .........................................................................................230 Lesson 14: Beginning Verse Anchor ^ ..........................................................................230 Lesson 15: Ending Verse Anchor $ ..............................................................................231 Lesson 16: Putting It All Together with Useful Examples ................................................232

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CHAPTER 22: SEARCHING E-SWORD USING REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

Regular Expressions
Regular Expressions, also referred to as REGEX or REGEXP, use special codes to match patterns of text in very powerful (but complicated) ways. In e-Sword, regular expressions allow you to search the Bible beyond the search methods previously discussed. Understand that regular expressions see each verse in the Bible as separate characters (letters, numbers, spaces, punctuation, etc.). Humans assemble characters into words as we read, but regular expressions (by default) do not understand words, spaces between words, or punctuation. Regular expressions only see characters.

Conventions Used in this Chapter

The search pattern examples used in this section may have quotation marks around them. These quotation marks set the text apart from surrounding text for your convenience only. The quotation marks are not apart of the search expression and will cause the expression to fail. Do not include the quotation marks around a search pattern.

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Lesson 1: Case sensitive; Characters found anywhere

If we search for tax, e-Sword returns verses with tax anywhere in the word. This includes words like taxed, taxes, taxing, and Artaxerxes. The search is also case sensitive, meaning the search will not find Tax or TAX.

Lesson 2: Literal vs. Special Meaning Characters

Each character in a search pattern means something to the search. A search for Jesus Christ only shows results for Jesus Christ, not Jesus, Christ, or Christ Jesus. These search terms are literal characters. e-Sword literally finds these exact characters. Special meaning characters are symbolic. They tell e-Sword how to conduct the search. For example, placing \b before a search term (like this: \btax) tells e-Sword to only find words beginning with tax. You cannot use special meaning characters to find literal characters. For example, to find every question in the bible, you might search for the ?. This will not work because the ? is a special meaning character. e-Sword will attempt to use its special meaning, not its literal meaning. The following characters have special meaning: ^ . ? * () {} [] | \ To make a question mark literal, so we can search for it, you must escape the question mark by placing a backslash in front, like this: \?

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Lesson 3: Word Boundaries

Word boundaries tell e-Sword to match your search using words, not just characters. Search for: Explanation: \btax \b marks the beginning of a word boundary. This tells e-Sword to only find our search letters if they begin a word.

Words found: taxed, taxes, taxing, etc. Words not found: Artaxerxes, poll-tax, etc.

Search for: Explanation:

tax\b \b marks the ending of a word boundary. This tells e-Sword to only find our search letters at the end of a word. tax, poll-tax etc. Artaxerxes, taxes, taxing, taxed

Words found: Words not found:

Search for: Explanation:

\btax\b \b marks the beginning and ending of a word boundary. This tells e-Sword to only find our search letters if tax marks the beginning and ending of a word. tax Artaxerxes, taxes, taxing, taxed, poll-tax, etc.

Words found: Words not found:

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Lesson 4: Dot Character

The dot represents any one character. Search for: Explanation: \bl.e The dot represents any one character. So, the search will return lie, lies, lye, etc. But not like or life because those words would require more than one character and we only have one dot, allowing for one character.

Words found: lie, lies, lye, etc. Words not found: like, life, etc.

Search for: Explanation:

\bl..e The dot represents any one character and we have two dots. So, the search will match like, life, etc. But not lie, lies, lye, etc.

Words found: like, life, etc. Words not found: lie, lies, lye etc.

Search for: Explanation:

\b.ord The dot represents any one character, whether uppercase or lowercase.

Words found: lord, Lord, cord, word, etc.

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Lesson 5: Brackets []
Square brackets mean any single character within the square brackets. Search for: Explanation: [Ll]ord Searching for "[Ll]ord" will return all verses containing "Lord" or "lord". Verses with Lord or lord.

Verses found:

Search for: Explanation: Verses found:

gr[ae]y Searching for gr[ae]y will return all verses containing gray or grey Verses with gray or grey. This is useful when you are not sure how a translation spells a word, gray/grey, color/colour, etc.

Lesson 6: Range of characters -

A range of characters can be specified with [ - ] syntax. Several ranges can be given in one expression. Search for: Explanation: H307[0-4] Locate all verses containing "H3070", "H3071", "H3072", "H3073", or "H3074". Verses with "H3070", "H3071", "H3072", "H3073", or "H3074". Verses with H3075, H3076, etc.

Verses found: Verses not found:

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Lesson 7: Caret ^
If a character class starts with ^, then specified characters will not be selected. Search for: Explanation: H307[^5-9] Locate all verses containing "H3070", "H3071", "H3072", "H3073", or "H3074", but it will also match "H307". Verses with "H3070", "H3071", "H3072", "H3073", "H3074", H3080, etc. Verses with H3075, H3076, H3077, H3078, H3079.

Verses found:

Verses not found:

Search for: Explanation:

man[^k] Locate all verses containing the characters man as long as the characters are not mankind or any other word with man + k. Verses with man and any other variation of man except mankind and any other word with man + k. Verses with mankind. A cleaner way to accomplish the above search is to use a negative lookahead assertion: man(?!kind)

Verses found:

Verses not found:

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Lesson 8: Word Characters \w

This code matches a word character. Word characters include the letters from A - Z (upper-case and lower-case), plus the digits from 0 - 9, plus the underscore _ character. All other characters (spaces, punctuation, etc.) are non-word characters. Building on the brackets in Lesson 5, understand that \w is an abbreviation for: [A-Zaz0-9_].

Search for: Explanation:

sel\w Finds all words which contain "sel" followed immediately by a word character. "self, selves, Methuselah, himself, themselves, etc.

Words found:

Search for: Explanation:

sel\w\b Finds all words which contain "sel" followed immediately by a word character and the end of the word. "self, sell, closely, himself, myself, etc. " Methuselah, themselves, selves, etc.

Words found: Words not found:

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Lesson 9: Non-Word Characters \W

This code matches a non-word character. Word characters include the letters from A - Z (upper-case and lower-case), plus the digits from 0 - 9, plus the underline character. All other characters (spaces, punctuation, etc.) are "non-word characters". Building on the brackets in Lesson 5, understand that \W is an abbreviation for: "[^AZa-z0-9_]. Search for: Explanation: \Wself Finds all words which begin with " self". More specifically, this finds a string of characters containing a non-word character (such as a space) followed immediately by "self". " self", " selfish", " self-control", etc. "itself", "herself", "yourself", etc.

Words found: Words not found:

Search for: Explanation:

"\Wself\W" Finds all occurrences of the word "self" as a stand-alone word. More specifically, this finds a string of characters containing a non-word character (such as a space) followed immediately by "self", followed immediately by a non-word character (such as a space or punctuation). "self". Since a hyphen is a non-word character, this search will also find words such as "self-control", "self-indulgence", and so on. In a moment we'll see how to exclude hyphenated words. "selfish", "yourself", etc.

Words found:

Words not found:

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Lesson 10: Pipe Character | and Parenthesis ()

The pipe | sign means or. Search for: Explanation: Jesus|God Finds all verses with Jesus or God. The search will return a verse with either term. Verses with Jesus or God Verses not having Jesus and not having God

Verses found: Verses not found:

Parenthesis allow for grouping or to apply a quantifier to all characters in parenthesis (see Lesson 12 for Quantifiers). Search for: Explanation: lov(e|ed|er|es) Alternating text can be enclosed in parentheses "()" and alternatives separated with "|". Searching for "lov(e|ed|er|es|ing)" will locate all verses containing: "love", "loved", "lover", "loved", or "loving". Verses found: Verses not found: Verses "love", "loved", "lover", "loved". Verses containing: loving.

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Lesson 11: Digit \d

"\d" matches any digit. \d is equivalent to "[0-9]" (see Lesson 5 for Brackets). "\D" matches any non-numeric character. This is equivalent to "[^0-9]". The examples below are based on a search of the KJV+ Bible. Search for: Explanation: H\d\d\d\b Locate all verses containing the a 3 digit Strongs number H100H999. The \b boundary prevents the search from finding a 3 digit number within a 4 digit number. Any 3 digit Strongs number, such as H100-H999. All other Strongs numbers.

Verses found: Verses not found:

Search for: Explanation:

\D\d\d\d\b Locate all verses containing a non-numeric character, followed by 3 digits. Any 3 digit Strongs number, such as H100-H999 and G100-G999. All other Strongs numbers.

Verses found: Verses not found:

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Lesson 12: Quantifiers "*", "+", and "?"

Quantifiers specify how many times a character can occur. The asterisk * character finds previous character zero or more times. The plus + character finds find the previous character one or more times. The question mark ? character finds the previous character zero or one times. Its difficult to find practical Bible examples that only use quantifiers (without using other commands in conjunction with quantifiers). So lets take two hypothetical examples, just to gain an understanding of the concepts. Some of the examples that follow will make practical use of quantifiers. Search for: Explanation: Words found: abc* Finds the letter "c" zero or more times. ab", "abc", "abcc", "abccc", etc.

Search for: Explanation: Words found:

ro*t Finds the letter "o" zero or more times. rot", "brother", "root", "rooted", "birth", words containing rt, etc.

Search for: Explanation: Words found: Words not found:

abc+ Finds the letter "c" one or more times. abc", "abcc", "abccc", etc. ab

Search for: Explanation: Words found:

ro+t Finds the letter "o" one or more times. rot", "brother", "root", "rooted", etc. If a word had three os, it would be found. words containing rt, like birth, because the o must be found at least once.
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Search for: Explanation:

abc? Finds the letter "c" zero or one times only. This differs from the + and * characters because they could find the character one or more times. The question mark is limited to a maximum of one. ab, abc abcc, abccc, etc.

Words found: Words not found:

Search for: Explanation:

ro?t Finds the letter "o" zero or one times only. This differs from the + and * characters because they could find the character one or more times. The question mark is limited to a maximum of one. rot", "brother", "root", "rooted", "birth", words containing rt, etc. If a word had three os, it would not be found.

Words found: Words not found:

Searching for "Saviou?r", Saviou*r, or Saviou+r, will each locate 29 verses in the KJV containing "Savior" or "Saviour. This illustrates that sometimes there isnt a difference which quantifier you use. But in our later examples, you will see a quantifier choice can be critical.

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Lesson 13: Curly brackets {}

Curly brackets "{}" enable precise specification of character repetitions: (abc){2} matches the abc characters two times. (abc){2,4} matches abc a minimum of two times and a maximum of four times, (abc){2,} matches abc a minimum of two times, and {,4} matches abc maximally four times.

Quantifiers "*", "+", and "?" (Lesson 12) are really special cases of the bracket notation. "*" is equivalent to {0,} and "+" is equivalent to {1,} and "?" is equivalent to {0,1}. In Lesson 6, we searched for H\d\d\d\b in the KJV+ Bible to locate all verses containing a three digit Strongs number, such as H100-H999. Using what we just learned, we can search for H\d{3}\b to return the same result as Lesson 6. Since \d stands for any digit and {3} limits our digits to three, only H100H999 will match.

Lesson 14: Beginning Verse Anchor ^

The ^ anchor tells e-Sword to find our search term at the beginning of a verse. Search for: Explanation: Verses found: Verses not found: ^ God Locates all verses starting with the characters God. All verses starting with the characters God. Verses with God anywhere else in the verse.

Because each e-Sword verse begins with a space, we have a space in ^ God.

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Lesson 15: Ending Verse Anchor $

The $ anchor tells e-Sword to find our search term at the end of a verse. Search for: Explanation: Verses found: Verses not found: man $ Locates all verses ending with the characters man. All verses ending with the characters man. Verses with man anywhere else in the verse. Will NOT find verses ending in man., man?, man; etc.

Search for: Explanation:

man\W? $ Locate all verses ending with the characters man, including between zero and one non-word character. \W specifies the nonword character. ? quantifies the non-word character to say zero or one non-word characters. Non word characters are all characters other than a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and the underscore _ sign. All verses ending with the characters man plus a non-word character. This search locates man, man., man?, etc. Verses with man anywhere else in the verse.

Verses found:

Verses not found:

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Lesson 16: Putting It All Together with Useful Examples

Many people may skip to this section and hope to use these examples to solve their search goals. The in-depth examples and discussions of these commands were methodically given in the previous examples. If youre confused by these examples, please read the previous section(s) the command(s) where the commands were presented.

Example 1: Verses Starting/Ending with a Specific Characters

Lets search for verses where the word God starts the verse. Search for: Explanation: ^ God The caret ^ command anchors our search to the beginning of the verse. All e-Sword verses begin with a space, resulting in our space above between ^ and God. All verses starting with God. All verses beginning with text other than God.

Verses found: Verses not found:

Lets search for verses where the word God ends the verse. Search for: Explanation: God(\W)* $ The $ command will anchor our search to the end of a verse. But since verses can end with non-word characters, like punctuation, we must account for that or those instances of God will be excluded. Non-word characters are represented by \W. We must also include a space between our last character and our $ anchor. All verses ending with God, God,, God;, etc. All verses not ending with the above.

Verses found: Verses not found:

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Example 2: Finding Words Beginning/Ending with Specific Characters

Lets search for all names starting with P and ending with r. Since both first names and place are capitalized in the Bible, this search will find both. Search for: Explanation: \bP(\w)+r\b The \b commands define our word boundary. P represents the first letter. r represents the last letter. \w means all word characters and the parenthesis forces the + to apply only to the \w. The + matches one or more word characters in between the P and r. All verses containing: Peter, Potiphar, etc. All verses are excluded unless they contain a word starting with P and ending with r.

Verses found: Verses not found:

TIP: The above search has word boundaries. So if a verse ends with Peter. or Peter; our search will not find those verses! For our search to include punctuation (or non-word characters), we must modify our search to include zero or more non-word characters. Non-word characters are represented by \W and we can find zero or more instances of the previous character with *: \bP(\w)+r\b(\W)*

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Example 3: Finding Verses Only If They Contain Two+ Specific Words.

Lets search for Jesus and Peter and only find verses containing both words. You can easily find a third, fourth, fifth, etc. word by adding additional pipe | symbol. Search for: Explanation: (Jesus).+Peter|(Peter).+Jesus We should ideally use \b word boundaries around our search words, Jesus and Peter but for ease of presentation, we are not. The search finds Jesus and then skips one or more characters in search of Peter. The dot . represents any character. The + sign quantifies the dot wildcard character to unlimited. The pipe | sign says or. The flip side of this pattern searches for Peter then Jesus. The first side of our pattern would only find Jesus then Peter. Verses found: All verses containing both Jesus and Peter, including Simon Peter. All verses not containing the text Jesus and Peter.

Verses not found:

We can achieve the same results with a look-ahead assertion. A look-ahead assertion requires one string to the right of another to return a match. So, our search expression is: Jesus(?=.*Peter)|Peter(?=.*Jesus) These expressions arent completely identical, there are slight differences depending on whether the expression is greedy or lazy. Please refer to Regular-Expressions.info for more information.

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Example 4: Finding Wildcard Verses References.

You may use a Regular Expression to find verse references in a commentary or dictionary. Lets search for any Bible verse. Search for: Explanation: \w+.\d{1,3}:\d{1,3} \w finds any word character, + repeats the search as long as the search finds more word characters, the . finds any character (like a space or a _ in a verse reference), \d represents any digit, {1,3} matches the digit at least once and up to three times, the : is a literal character to find the : in the verse, and the final {1,3} behaves the same as the first. When running this search in a commentary, dictionary, or topic, the search matches all entries containing ANY Bible verse reference, including Genesis 1:1 and Gen_1:1.

Verses found:

What if you only want to find e-Sword verse references (tool tipped verses)? The difference between an e-Sword verse reference and a traditional verse reference is that e-Sword uses a three character book abbreviation and underscore _ sign between the book abbreviation and the chapter, like Gen_1:1. Our search expression is: \w{3}_\d{1,3}:\d{1,3}

What if you want to find specific verse references, such as all references to a specific bible book? Search for: Explanation: Gen_\d{1,3}:\d{1,3} Gen_ is literal textthe book of the Bible we want to find. The remaining search expression is the same as our example above. When running this search in a commentary, dictionary, or topic, the search matches all entries containing all e-Sword verse references from Genesis.

Verses found:

We can further refine our search to the first chapter of Genesis with this search: Gen_1:\d{1,3}

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Example 5: Finding a Verse with Words in Proximity to other Words.

You may use a Regular Expression to find verses with specific words in proximity to other words. This example is a more complex version of a previous example, Example 3. In the example below, lets search for Jesus followed by Christ with no more than six words between them. Search for: Explanation: \bJesus\W+(?:\w+\W+){1,6}Christ\b \b sets a word boundary, Jesus is our first word to find. \W+ finds one or more non-word characters (like a space for example). The parenthesis sets the precedence and scope of the look-ahead assertion. \w+ finds one or more word characters, \W+ finds one or more non-word characters. {1,6} skips a minimum of one word and a maximum of six words. Christ is the second word to find. This search only finds verses with Jesus followed by Christ, with at least one word in between and no more than six words in between.

Verses found:

What if we want to find the oppositeChrist followed by Jesus with at least one word in between and no more than six words in between? A few translations will show additional results. We must insert, a pipe | symbol and reverse the order of our words. Our expression is now: \bJesus\W+(?:\w+\W+){1,6}Christ\b|\bChrist\W+(?:\w+\W+){1,6}Jesus\b We can achieve the same results with a look-ahead assertion. A look-ahead assertion requires one string to the right of another to return a match. So, our search expression is: Jesus(?=.*Peter)|Peter(?=.*Jesus)

Reference Information on Regular Expressions.

Regular Expressions have been selectively implemented in e-Sword. This means many examples of Regular Expressions you find elsewhere will not work in e-Sword. A great Regular Expression command summary is available: http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/RegEx-QuickRef.htm. A wealth of reference material for Regular Expressions may be found here, although much of this material is either not applicable to searching the Bible in eSword or not supported by e-Sword: http://www.regular-expressions.info.

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