How do I change the background of a BookView Window?

Change the background of a BookView Window

How do I change the background of a BookView Window, or use an image?

By David Cox

WARNING: This feature is only in the present Beta version of TheWord. Sorry for not catching this sooner. I am using that version and didn’t notice that it isn’t in the current version.

Actually this is very simple to do. Please remember that TW has an “internal memory” of these BookView windows that you set up, and basically every time you open a new one, it will assign it to an internal slot. So if you change the background on a new Bookview window (having 2 others open), and set it to something, it is in the third Bookview window “slot”. You use a different layout with only 1 Bookview window, you will have to follow the instructions below and redo all of this for the number 1 Bookview window slot. This tip is for those of you who like to “pimp up” their software-system… :) Here is an example of what it will look like…

Personally, I would only recommend pastel colors.

How to Make it

First of all open the Module Set Icon (click the triangle to the right of the icon).

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Here click the Options (for using an Image or a Color).

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Click on the “Select…” option and then select an image from your hard drive. If you are using something you found on the Internet, you will need to download it to your hard disk first to now install the image here in “Select…”.

PROBLEMS: If you have don’t see the “Reader’s background image” option, try upgrading your version of TheWord. It is probably older.

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Both of these options are pretty straight-forward. (Note that I set the color first with still shows on the left hand topics list, then the background image.)
Here are some examples… Enjoy!
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Download the background image here (Right Click on Image and save to your hard disk, and then install with instructions above):
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background paper seamless
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background parchment seamless
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background really old paper





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Using Two Different Versions in Verse Ref Tooltip

Using Two Different Versions in Verse Ref Tooltip

Class Objective: How do you quickly see the Greek or Hebrew behind a particular verse? There are a lot of ways to look at a passage and see the original language behind it, but this toggle is a short cut for when you want to examine verse references in a book module, and flip back and forth between say an English version and the Greek or Hebrew. Study these two images…

Move the mouse over the verse reference




This is the normal TW behavior, when you just move the mouse over a verse reference. (This image is from Murrell’s Systematic Theology module.)

Press Control or Alt key, and now move the mouse over the verse reference





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Now you see the same verse but in the active Bible text version.

Setting for viewing two different versions in tooltips.

The way you do this is to use theWords option for seeing tooltips.

First of all, notice that TW has a default Bible version (see Setting the Default Bible Version), and that it has an active Bible version. The difference is that the default Bible version is what you set as your favorite Bible version, and the program will “default” to this in many settings. If you click in the Bible view window and then change to another Bible version, then your “Active Bible Version” is now different than the default version.




Setting the options to work differently

Okay, now we are ready to set an option to see how you want TW to handle the Bible reference tooltip popup. In File-> Preferences click on the Advanced Tab. You will note the following image…




This image shows you where you have the verse pop-up showing the Default Bible or the Active Module. TW allows you to make an “on the fly” choice by using mouseover Ctrl (or Alt) or just mouseover. The way we want to set this up is:

(1) set the default Bible as your English text, and (2) then select a Greek-Hebrew text as your active Bible (what is showing in the Bible View window). Now when you see a Bible verse reference in a module, mouse over it and whether you press Ctrl or Alt as you mouseover it, you will quickly see the two different texts.

Note that this option in the Preferences has the non-Control or Alt for one (Default or Active Bible View) and the other is with these control or alt keys. Set it up either way you like.












theWord Basic Bible Window: Navigation

theWord Basic Bible Window: Navigation

Objective

To understand and learn how to do some basic navigation in the TW Bible Window.

Note that you can rearrange the windows within the TW interface, so a sub-Window’s position is not really going to tell you what kind of Window it is. What will tell you that it is a Bible window is the phrase “Bible View” after the title on the title bar. Continue reading theWord Basic Bible Window: Navigation