theWord manual

1 2003-2012 Costas StergioutheW ord manual2 ContentsWelcome to theWord1 Installing/Updating3 Auto update5 Installing new modules6 General Concepts9 Global Preferences10 Modules14 Bible Modules16 Book Modules17 User Modules20 Adding/Editing Topics22 Adding/Editing Content24 Adding/Editing Module Properties27 Preparing User Module for Distribution28 Paid Modules30 Views35 Bible View39 Bookm arks46 Bible View Options46 Show/Hide Bible Texts59 User Form atting61 Com pare View62 List View64 Book View68 Module Sets75 Hyperlinking79 Autom atic Verse Recognition82 Copying/m oving book topics83 Non-user m odules form atting86 Book view Bookm arks87 RTF footnotes/endnotes88 Bible Search View89 Fast Tab91 Detailed Tab93 Options Tab97 Search syntax98 Book Search View103 Bible Tree107 View synchronization1083 ContentsBible Reading Plans115 Using your Bible Reading Plan119 Daily Readings124 Graphics Viewer127 Copying Verses129 Clipboard Monitor132 Cross-References136 Layouts143 Popups146 How word lookups are performed?

2 148 Importing personal notes from theWord 2149 Original language texts popups and word-click options150 Shortcuts152 Advanced functions157 Files used by theWord157 Working directly with the file159 Regular Expression Syntax161 Misc & Hidden functions184 Copyrights and License information1861 Welcome to theWordWelcome to theWord Bible Software! theWord is a free, high quality Bible software! I hope that it will prove to be a valuable tool as youstudy the Word of God! theWord is simple enough for the novice user, yet is very powerful and allows you to do things youwould not have expected to see in a free software. This manual will help you discover the features ofthe software and how you can better use it to enhance your Bible manual is available as a PDF file, HTML Help file (.chm) and online. Before you start 1. theWord provides very useful tips when you hover your mouse over a button, menu item or othercontrol.

3 Unlike other programs, the tool-tips in theWord have been designed to give you real help andexplain in detail what each function does! 2. theWord can be simple as well as complex! In case you are overwhelmed when it first starts, do thefollowing: Go to the main menu View -> Layout -> Predefined Layouts and choose Beginner, orNovice. This will automatically switch everything to a much simpler layout. Welcome Screen/Quick Startup GuideThe first time you run theWord , the following Welcome Screen appears:2 The same screen is also available from the Help -> Welcome Screen/Quick Startup may move your mouse over one of the three pre-created Beginner, Basic, Default tabs to see apreview of three predefined Layouts that you can initialize theWord with. A short description is availableon the right part of the Welcome Screen to help you choose a startup layout that better suits your is suggested to go through all three options and read through the quick notes on the right in order toget a quick overview of some of the basic features of may click on:Cancel: to retain your current layoutPreview: if you want to preview a layout live, before choosingGo: if you want to start using the selected theWordtheWord software uses an installer to automatically install itself on your computer.

4 You can start theinstaller by double-clicking on the installer exe (typically, the installer file name is ,but it may be slightly different depending on the package you have downloaded or whether you install itfrom a CD/DVD).Once you start the installation, just follow the on-screen instructions. theWord is compatible with Windows 9x, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, both 32bit and64bit versions. The default installation folder is c:\Program Files\The Word, or c:\Program Files (x86)\The Word for 64bit operating : Notice that although theWord may be installed under the Program Filesfolder, the actual modules will not, and should not, be installed in this folder. Ifyou install modules in that folder, then theWord will not be able to use thembecause these folder are read-only in normal windows installations. Be careful if you download modules from a 3rd party site that use installers toput the modules under the Program Files folder: they will not work!

5 Installing add-on modulesRead the Installing new modules topic to see how you can add more modules in theWord . See also thefile associations section for information on the extensions that theWord associated with from previous versionsYou can install a newer version of theWord over a previous one if you want to upgrade. All your personalsettings are safely preserved. If you upgrade from version 2, some settings may not be properlymigrated, but all your notes will still be migrated. You can import at a later time notes that you createdwith version 2 from the File->Import personal types: Normal, Compact, UFDT here are basically two installation types: normal installation and compact installation. These can beselected during installation from the installer (the UFD -USB Flash Drive- installation is a sub-type of thecompact installation that allows you to create completely portable installations).

6 In a normal installation, the files used by theWord are spread to several folders according to the officialMicrosoft recommendations (see Files used by theWord for details). In a compact installation, all filesused by theWord reside in the folder (and sub-folders) where you installed the software. A UFD installation is identical to a compact installation, except that no registry settings are written duringthe installation and no uninstaller is created, since it is not needed; you can completely remove theWordin that case by deleting the installation are no differences between a normal and a compact installation apart from the file locations. Whatmakes an installation compact is the existence of a file with the name compact in the same folder as themain executable file ( ). If this file is present, then theWord runs in compact mode. You cancheck the mode the software is running from the About dialog (Help->About), File Locations tab: Ifrunning in compact mode, there is a message on the upper-right corner reading running in compactmode:4 Appears if The Word isrunning in compact modeBy default, when running in compact mode, theWord will not use any modules that reside outside theprogram's installation folder.

7 You can change this option from the File->Preferences dialog, General tab,Other options section (When running in compact mode, use also all modules installed in targetcomputer option).TIP: You can change the installation type of theWord at any moment by creating/deleting an empty file with the name compact at the same folder where the mainexecutable file ( ) resides -normally under c:\Program Files\ theWord . If you change the installation mode like that, then the next time theWord starts, itwill read its settings from the file appropriate for the installation -see Files used by theWord for details. USB Flash Drive (UFD) installationThe only difference in that case is that no registry settings are written when you install the software. Ingeneral, theWord makes minimal use of the registry. Among the few settings written in the registry, one isthe location where theWord is installed: in a UFD installation even this information is omitted; practicallynothing is written to any folder in your computer, except from files in the installation folder!

8 Installing a portable version of theWord by yourselfYou can install a portable version of theWord on a USB flash drive, or in any folder you wish. Just followthese steps:Download the software (any package) along with any add-on modules you want. if you havealready downloaded and installed on your PC, you don't need to re-download. Use the theWord installer. Wait for it to the welcome screen, click , read carefully the License Agreement and click I Agree if you fully agree with the 3rd screen of the installer (Installation type) select Compact (Single folder) and alsocheck the USB flash drive mode option. Click the next screen (Choose components) select the modules you want installed on yourUSB flash drive. Click sure the USB flash drive is inserted in a USB slot of your PC. From the next screen (Choose install location) click Browse and select the drive letter of the USB flash Install and wait until the installer finishes.

9 That's it!To run the program, open from your windows explorer the USB flash drive and double-click on the file. Remember that you should not pull the USB flash drive from the PC while the programis running or you will lose unsaved : Please, consider making a donation and get a pre-loaded USB flash drive5as a gift! Although you can do it yourself, if you have found theWord usefulplease consider the possibility of a donation to help support it! You can readmore on the official site at Multiple installations of theWordYou can safely install theWord more than once in a single computer. The only thing you should be careful(in order to avoid confusion) is that you should do at most one normal installation. It is advised that inthat case you should choose to make the next installations in Compact/UFD mode. If you do so, eachinstallation will be totally independent of the is translated in several languages.

10 The standard installation of theWord includes all availablelanguages. You may choose to install these or you can later install add-on language packs that you candownload from the official site. Each language is normally distributed as a self-installing package so youonly need to download and execute the appropriate change the current language theWord is using go to File->Languages. Notice that the currentlanguage impacts the way that automatic verse recognition occurs!Uninstalling theWordYou can fully uninstall theWord software from your computer in 2 the theWord program group that is created during installation (can be found on yourWindows program menu), click the Control Panel, click Add or Remove programs, locate the entry for theWord and a compact/UFD installation, you can just delete the installation folder and everything will bedeleted (in case of a compact installation, remember to delete the 2 registry keys manually: checkthe Files used by theWord section for those; for UFD installation nothing else is required).