Editing

Project

Before any editing can be done, create a new project and add books to it. Or of there is an existing project, open it.

Save

There is no need to save the text, because Bibledit takes care of that.

Text

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

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

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

Here follows a part of the book of John.

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

Explanation of markers used.

\id JHN

Identifies the book as John

\mt2 The Gospel according to

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

\mt1 John

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

\c 1

Indicates that chapter one starts here.

\s The Word became flesh

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

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

This is the text of verse one.

More information on USFM is available.

Data

All project data is stored in the data directory.

Undo/Redo

As long as you stay in the same chapter, you can undo any changes made. See menu Edit / Undo. There is also the Redo function.

Inserting Bible notes

All Bible notes can be inserted manually by inserting all markers needed.

But there are also convenience functions in the Insert menu.

A new footnote can be inserted in the text by choosing menu Insert - Footnote.

A new window will come up, where you can set what will be inserted.

The numbering can be set to automatic, or no numbering at all, or a certain character.

Further you can set whether to automatically insert the current reference in the footnote. If you do insert it, then you can set whether to include the chapter number, and the verse number, and what the separator between them will be. A suffix can be entered too. It will show how this is going to look in the text.

It is possible to save a certain footnote configuration in a template. The "New" button will make a new template, and the "Delete" button will delete the current one. If no template name is given, the default one will be used. Data is saved in a template only on pressing the "Ok" button.

The same things apply to endnotes and crossreferences.