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How to make hyperlinks in a topic
Class objective: To make an ebook type topic with an outline and notes, page anchors, and with hyperlinks to these anchors/main subtopics. There are many ebook applications out there, one of the best and most popular is a simple Adobe Acrobat file (a pdf file). If properly made, a PDF can have an outline, with a table of contents and each point in it being a hyperlink to that section. There are epub books, and a host of other types of software and formats whereby you can make the material of a book or Bible study into a “public document with navigation”. However, the advantage of theWord over all of these, is that theWord automatically formats and links all Bible references into the Bible, and this default Bible can be … Read entire article »
Filed under: 04 Expert, Book Window, Hyperlinks, Module Creation
Doug Hamp’s Introduction to theWord
Objective: This is simply in-page links to Doug’s conference on using theWord. At about 10 minutes in the video conference (for about 2 minutes), you will see a summary of the program from the program designer, Costas Stegiou. Video 1 This video goes through some of the introductory things with using theWord. It compares theWord to other popular Bible Software which costs up to $1000s dollars for some of these commercial Bible programs. This video is about 45 minutes total. If you want to skip to the actual part where Hamps actually explains how to use the program, this starts at around 13:45 minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP8FuMKiWY8 Some Highlights in the presentation 1. Choosing a Bible translation. at 30:30 minutes. 2. Searching Bibles and Books. at 31:30 minutes 3. Overview of the Word. at 31:50 minutes. 4. Read a verse at … Read entire article »
Filed under: 01 Beginner, Featured, Youtube Video
Quick Finding a verse
This tip is given to help you hone your theWord skills. SITUATION: Let’s say you are writing something within theWord (in a BookView Window). You want to insert a verse. Where is that verse that says you should worship only God? Well you remember part of it, that it is in Matthew 4 in the temptation of Jesus in the desert, but you don’t remember exactly where it is. SOLUTION: Because you know that theWord uses automatic versification, you can use this to your advantage to easily and quickly find the verse. I call this “Quick Finding a Verse”. 1. Type the first part of the reference, the Book and chapter. “Mat 4″. Hit space, and it is versified. 2. Move the cursor over the just made reference. What you notice here is the popup … Read entire article »
Filed under: 02 Basic, Tips & Tricks
How to journey through the Bible
Class Objective: In this class we will show you how to “journey through the Bible.” The idea here is how to use TheWord such that you can easily get around in a Bible jumping from place to place. Open a Bibleview window if it is not yet open (F11). Overview The first thing here is understand how to use the program to get what you want. In this tutorial we will assume that you are using the Bible search function or you have a list of verses (say in a book) that you are using to visit and read. Please review the class on how to select different versions of the Bible, Bible Version Selector Bar. How to get to a particular verse in the Bible. There are several different ways to do this, and which … Read entire article »
Filed under: 01 Beginner, Bible Window
Your Own Commentary Notes
Class Objective: Show how to make personalized commentary notes in theWord. First of all, a commentary is simply a module that has the structure of one topic per verse in the Bible. So what we are going to do is to very simply, just make our own commentary. Some limitations of commentaries should be kept in mind. First of all, we should realize that of course you cannot name the topics whatever you want. This kind of freeform naming is for a regular book module. Secondly, you cannot add extra topics as child topic here. But what are the advantages of a commentary module? First of all, if you have your commentary open in theWord, you can see it as you scroll or jump around in the Bible. It is visible … Read entire article »
Filed under: 02 Basic, Bible Window
Cross References – Introduction
Objective: How to use Cross References in theWord. The image below shows a Cross Reference. A Cross Reference is very simply another Bible text that has to do with a particular verse in the Bible. We may note that cross-references are all made by men, and are not inspired. Within theWord program, the software makes use or allows for you to use cross references in your Bibles (any Bible you have). The cross-reference system is independent of any particular Bible module, so your pick your favorite cross references and after that, you can see them anywhere. Showing Cross References The short and simple way to show or hide Cross References is to click inside the BibleView window and simply type the letter x. That should show or hide (toggling the state) the Cross References. As … Read entire article »
Filed under: 02 Basic, Cross References
How to install theWord Modules
OBJECTIVE: To show the user how to install different types of theWord modules into their theWord program. See also FAQ: I installed a module and it doesn’t show up. General Install Info First a little explanation about modules and the theWord program. The theWord program is a program that works with modules which these modules is where the actual information is contained. Each module (Bible, commentary, dictionary, or book) has it’s own format, and absolutely needs the main theWord program to work. If you compare this Bible program to the Microsoft Word program which many people use daily, we see the way theWord works. First of all, Microsoft Word has its’ own program files which it keeps in the Windows programs folder. Then you open Microsoft Word and “look for a Microsoft Word document”. … Read entire article »
Filed under: 01 Beginner, Installation
How do you compress a module?
OBJECTIVE: Explain how to compress a theWord module. Why would you want to compress a module? This is where we should start. Actually there good reasons to compress your modules. First of all, if you are uploading them to the Internet, if you are emailing them, if you are using the modules on a USB Flash memory drive and have limited space, all of these are reasons to compress a module. What modules can you compress? You can compress any module except for Bible modules which are just plain ASCII text files. Exceptions You cannot compress a premium “encrypted” module. You cannot compress Bible modules (OT, NT, ONT). You cannot compress a module if it is locked with a password. Note that of course you can use a program like pkzip to compress any file. theWord program has … Read entire article »
Filed under: 03 Advanced, Module Creation
How to install TW in Compact Mode (USB mode)
OBJECTIVE: To install theWord onto a USB flash drive. This post is a branch off of the post, How to “normally” install TW on a Windows machine There are times when you want a second “copy” of the program on your hard disk, or you want to install the program onto a USB flash drive, and this post will examine this function, and tell you how to use it. Making the decision of what kind of install you want What are the differences in these two types of installations? Normal Mode Installation A normal mode installation will install theWord into you computer and operating system as a “normal” Windows program. Note that this means that it will be copied to the standard Windows program directory, which on my Windows 7 Starter, is “C:/Program Files/The Word” and … Read entire article »
Filed under: 01 Beginner, Installation
How to install TW “normally” on a Windows machine
Objective: To go through the steps to “normally” install TheWord in a typical Windows PC. _________ Introduction For those who are familiar with installing new programs into their Windows computer, this post will probably be very boring for you, so please jump to the bottom about “Making the decision of what kind of install you want.” I am going through each step of finding, downloading, and installing the program for those newbies to computers here. People have asked me to please be explicit, and don’t assume they know much of anything about computers or Windows. TheWord is a PC-Windows program, and, in general, it is to be used in a Window PC like any other Windows program. Personally, I have run it on a Toshiba 286 with 6MB of RAM using the USB installation … Read entire article »
Filed under: 01 Beginner, Installation
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