The three main window areas, Bible, Commentary and Dictionary, are covered in this section.
The selection Tabs at the top of the Bible, Commentary and Dictionary windows provide a way to quickly select which text to view in each window. By clicking on a tab that text will be displayed.
To bring up the Right Click Mouse Menu right click in the text of the item you want select to produce a menu for. However, if the item you want the menu for is highlighted, you can right click anywhere in the window it is in and the highlighted text will be selected.
The Right Click Mouse Menu has the following options:
Copy will copy highlighted text to the Windows clipboard.
Dictionary Lookup changes the display in the dictionary window for the selected word. If that word is not in the current dictionary the display moves to the word following where the word should have been. LEFT click with the mouse cursor, on the word to look up, before right clicking.
Create Verse List opens a verse list window for the verses in the reference list of the selected text. (A reference list looks something like, # Col 2:13-15;Rom 5:18.) The title bar of the verse list window shows the source of the list. Multiple verse list windows can be open at the same time. Clicking on a verse reference in a verse list window will display the verse in the preview panel of the verse list window. Double clicking on a verse reference will cause the Bible and Commentary windows to display the text for that verse.
References to verses appear in the Right Click Mouse Menu if a verse reference list was the selected text. Selecting one of the verses causes the Bible and Commentary windows to display text for the selected verse.
The Bible window displays text indicated by the Current Verse tools, the selected Bible translation Tab and the window scrollbar. To change the current verse see [Verse Lookup Controls].
The Bible window uses the Right Click Mouse Options. For information on what Bible translation modules are available and how to install them see [Modules].
The Commentary Window displays a comment, if one exists, for the verse indicated by the Current Verse selection tools and the commentary indicated by the selected commentary Tab. To see the comment for another verse use the [Verse Lookup Controls] to change the current verse.
In addition to the Right Click Mouse Options the Commentary window has the following Extra Right Mouse Options for the Personal commentary module.
To create or Edit an entry in the Personal Commentary module for the current verse select Edit Entry from the Right Mouse Menu to open a Rich Text Format Editor window. To delete the entry for the current verse select Delete Entry from the Right Mouse Menu.
Multiple Verse (passage) Comments
All the verses of a passage can be linked to the same comment in the Personal Commentary module. Create a comment using Edit Entry for one of the verses and then for each remaining verse make the verse current and then select Link to Comment for Verse and enter the name of the verse with the comment to link to. Parallel verses can also be linked this way, though it is best to avoid mixing passage and parallel comments. A better way to do Parallels and cross-references is to put a verse list in the comment or copy and paste comments.
Making a Verse List (cross-references)
To provide for cross-referencing in the Personal comments a verse list may be placed in the text. Right click on the comment to bring up the comment editor. Then place a pound sign, "#", in the text where the list should go. Follow it with a space and a verse or passage reference. For multiple references in a list, separate the references with semicolons. The format looks like, # Col 2:13-15;Rom 5:18. When the comment in the comment window is right clicked, the Right Click Menu will show the references in the menu. Selecting a reference from the menu will make it the current verse.
There are two ways to look up the definition of a word--using the Right Click Menu or the Dictionary Key.
To look up the definition of a word in a Bible, Commentary or Dictionary window right click on the word to bring up the Right Click Menu and select Dictionary Lookup. The word will then be displayed in the Dictionary Key and the Word List will scroll to the place in the list where the word should be. If the word exists in the selected dictionary, the definition for it will be displayed. If the word does not exist in the selected dictionary, the definition for the word following where the word would have been is displayed.
To look up the definition of a word by using the Dictionary Key, just enter the word into the Dictionary Key. The word list will scroll through the word list for the selected dictionary as you type the word. If the word does not exist in the selected dictionary, the definition for the word following where the word would have been is displayed.
To change the selected dictionary click on the tab of another dictionary. Use the scroll bar in Dictionary Word List to scroll through the words in the selected dictionary that are in the word list near the Dictionary Key word.