Personal notes
There are 5 different ways you can add personal
notes:
- Verse notes: these are notes that are
linked on a specific verse. This way, you can create your own personal
commentary
- Subject notes: these are notes on any
subject, not specifically linked to a verse of the Bible
- Chapter notes: these are notes about a
specific chapter
- Book notes: these are notes about a
specific book of the Bible
- Foot notes: these are very similar to
verse notes (they are linked with a specific verse) but, unlike all the
others, they can be displayed within the
Bible view, along with the Bible text. You can use foot notes to add,
for example, cross references.
To add notes, you use the Edit notes dialog.
See the Using the editor topic for
details on how to add notes, verse links, formatting, etc.
You can categorize your notes and create a hierarchical structure of
them by using categories.
All notes of the first 4 categories are displayed in the Personal notes window. Click the F12 to show/hide this window. To maximize/restore
it press F8.
At the bottom of the window, you can select the type of notes you want
to see/edit: Verse, Subjects, Chapters, Books
Verse notes
These notes are linked to a specific verse. To add
notes for a verse, first click on a Bible
(or navigate) to the verse you want to add notes on. Then, from the
notes window click on the
Add notes link or press the
appropriate icon on the toolbar (or press F2).
Write your notes on the editor and press F2 again to save and close
the editor.
To edit a note follow the same procedure.
To delete a note, press the icon with the
red X on the toolbar. Be careful since you cannot undo
this action (you will be asked to confirm it first).
To see all notes for which you have added
notes either:
- Click on the combo box on the toolbar
and select one
- Press CTRL+W to display the contents
(or the icon on the toolbar)
Note: whenever you navigate to a note on a
verse, the active Bible view changes to that
verse also
Another way to see the verses for which you have notes on, is from
the Bible tree by selecting from the toolbar the highlighting of notes
according to verse notes (see Bible
tree topic)
You can select to highlight the verses for
which you have added notes directly on the
Bible view. To do so, right click on a Bible view and select Highlight verses with notes. Doing so will cause
those verses that have notes to appear in red letters and a red bar at
the right of the verse.
Subject notes
With subject notes, you can add your notes
on any given subject. Click on the Subjects
tab on the notes window to see/edit subject
notes. To add a new note, click
on the corresponding icon on the toolbar and enter
a new title for your subject. After that click
on the Add note link or click on the edit notes icon (or press F2).
To see a list of all the subject notes you have added either:
- Click on the combo box on the toolbar
- Press CTRL+W to display the contents
(or the icon on the toolbar)
Book & Chapter notes
These are notes on a specific book or chapter. They work exactly like
the verse notes.
Foot notes
Footnotes are exactly like verse notes but they are displayed along
with the Bible text. For information about adding footnotes, please
refer to the Bible view topic.
Where are my notes saved? How to make a backup?
All your personal notes, verse
lists, and any Bible text formatting
you have applied to any translation are saved in the file user.edb. This
file resides in the program's installation directory (default is
c:\Program Files\The Word). You can make a backup of your notes just by
copying this file to another location. Make sure that the program
is not running before you copy this file!
From times to times, and especially if you have made a lot of
updates/deletes it is advised to perform a compact operation on the file. This will shrink the file and correct
any possible errors within. To do this, from the Help
menu choose Repair/Compact notes.
If you decide to re-install the program in another computer or in
another location, you can copy this file to restore
all your notes.
Check the tips & tricks topic on how to
set an alternate location for this file.