Multiple Document Interface (MDI) Window

Multiple Document Interface (MDI) Window

This is where the opened documents are displayed. documents are displayed in "Document Windows", that are specific to the three types of documents. Crosswire Bible Society may release other document types for sword in the future. When they are released, BibleTime will support them as well.

Controlling Open Documents

Document Windows can be controlled and manipulated with normal KDE window/title bar functions. In addition to this, you can tile and cascade open Document Windows. Use the appropriate tool bar buttons, or menu functions under "Window" in the main menubar. Document Windows can be set to automatically cascade or tile also.

Navigating in Open Documents

Navigation within a document is accomplished with the Document Key Control Menu, and the scroll bar.

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To move to a specific location use the Document Key Control.

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To move within a section of a document use the scroll bar.

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For Bible texts the index key is Book - Chapter - Verse

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For commentaries the index key is Book - Chapter - Verse

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For lexicons the index key is Keyword

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Drag & Drop Works Here; if you drag a verse from one open document or a bookmark and drop it on another the second document will jump from it's current location to the location of the verse or bookmark dragged.

Editing your own commentary

The tool bar of commentary display windows has another button, with the picture of a pencil. Enter your notes For the "Personal" commentary module, left mouse button the button with the picture of a pencil to enter your own notes, or to edit notes you've already entered. When you're done, left mouse button on the "Save" (disk) button to save your notes. To delete notes for a selected verse, left mouse button the delete verse button Delete Verse Symbol.

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The personal commentary is a sword module. If you do not find it in the main index, get it from the Crosswire Bible Society.

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If you can not write to the personal commentary your permissions for the personal commentary module are wrong. Reset the permissions to allow your user to write to it.

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Drag & Drop Works Here, just like other commentaries and Bible texts.

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