Biblical Terms Renderings Window Greyed out

Question

I’m going through the training for using the Biblical terms renderings window part of the window is greyed out and I can’t do anything with it. Anybody any ideas?

Answer 1

There could be a number of reasons.
My first guess is that you haven’t been given permissions to edit renderings. You can look under Project Menu> Project Settings> User Permissions> Other Permissions. There are 2 relevant permissions. I believe that the ‘Terms’ permission refers to editing which terms are part of the project terms list, and ‘Renderings’ refers to entering an approved rendering for that given term. Check to see if you have these permissions for the project you’re working on.

Comments

I am the project manager so I do have permission for terms and renderings.

Answer 2

If I select a list like major Biblical terms, or NT key Biblical terms then I have items show up the the key terms and renderings window. But when I select project Biblical terms the window is greyed out. Is it possible that the project Biblical terms list has not be generated.

Comments

You could quickly create just one project list entry and see if the selector no longer greys out: Just work from any other list and pick an obvious term and click the star on the left.

No idea what might happen if you select that new list and would then remove your only lonely test-entry. To be safe, maybe create a few real entries. Sounds like you are interested to work with a project list anyway.

hth

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anon338354:

Is it possible that the project Biblical terms list has not be generated.

The Project Biblical Terms list for every project doesn’t include anything by default. You will have to add terms to the Project Biblical Terms list for it to show anything.

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Before I get started, we’re aware that it is not currently a simple process to add terms to a project. We’re in the process of redesigning the tool.

Blockquote Is it possible that the project Biblical terms list has not be generated.

Yes, it is most likely that your “associated” Biblical Terms list for this project is the Project Biblical Terms list and it probably doesn’t have any terms in it yet:

By default, the Project Biblical Terms list is empty, ready for you to add the terms your project cares about. Terms are added to that list by first selecting a list (which already has terms in it) in the Biblical Terms tool:

Let’s say you chose “Major Biblical Terms” from the list of options and you’re now looking at that list. You can either “star” terms from that list (in column 2 of the tool, click or shift-click on the stars). Or, from the menu choose “Copy all terms to the XYZ project …” if you want to use all of the terms from a list you’re viewing. That’s the quickest way to add them all (see below):

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You’ll need to use Select biblical terms list... again and choose “XYZ project biblical terms” from the bottom of the first section of the list in order to go back to viewing and using your Project list:

Now the Biblical Terms Renderings window shouldn’t look grey, it should show all the newly added terms.

You could also add other terms from another list, or remove terms. Think of the Project Biblical Terms list as a virtual list which displays terms from other “real” lists.

There are many Help topics in Paratext about Biblical Terms. You could start with, “Introduction to the Biblical Terms tool”. paratext.org has many videos too. The one titled “Project Biblical Terms List: The Basics” should be helpful.

Answer 3

Got, it. thanks. Sorted.