We have combined two verses into one. How do I keep Paratext from flagging this as an invalid verse reference?

Question

One of the translation projects I work with has had to combine two verses into one, due to the structure of the language. I therefore put the verse number as "\v 25-26" but this causes Paratext to flag this as an "invalid verse reference" in basic checks, which also causes problems in other areas such as the biblical terms tool. I've tried adjusting the custom verse mapping, but that doesn't seem to help. I know I could just deny the error in basic checks, but that wouldn't resolve the issue in other areas such as the biblical terms tool. I want Paratext to recognize the combined verses as a valid verse reference. How can I do this?

Answer 1

PT should be able to handle these. Perhaps the hyphen used doesn’t match what Paratext is expecting? 

In the project menu, go to Project Settings > Scripture references. In the first tab (Reference Format), check the setting for Range of verses: is the same hyphen or dash specified that you are using in MRK 7:25-26?

Comments

Ah, that was it! Somehow there was a non-breaking hyphen there instead of a regular one. I should have thought of that, as I've had problems with confusing these unicode characters before. It just didn't occur to me that that might be the problem here! Thank you!