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Questions by JohnBrownie

+1 vote
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Sometimes Paratext preserves newlines in a comment, other times not.
When making a note, I often want to have a list of things which are done with adding newlines. Sometimes the note then ... I need to do to make it appear as separate paragraphs?
asked Mar 4
Paratext
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1 answer 65 views
I can only see an old version of my translation data
I successfully downloaded and installed Paratext Studio for Mac. I needed to install Mercurial, which took a number of ... , but they are massive files (hundreds of kilobytes).
asked May 1, 2025
Paratext 10
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2 answers 249 views
How do I diagnose and fix PT 9.4 installer?
We have a somewhat poor internet connection through the mobile phone network. One of our translators has Paratext ... said was expected. Any help gratefully received! Joihn
asked Aug 16, 2024
Paratext
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1 answer 287 views
Paratext Lite says there are no books in a project, but they are on the disk
My wife is using Paratext Lite on a Mac. She has access to three projects: our translation, the VE for that, and ... of permissions. What can we do to make this project visible?
asked Oct 25, 2023
Paratext Lite
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2 answers 276 views
How do I see what has changed in "Properties and Settings"?
After doing a send/receive with one of our translators, I see that he has made changes to "Properties and Settings" three ... find out what he changed, so that I can review it?
asked Oct 22, 2023
Paratext
+1 vote
1 answer 353 views
How can I use fractions like ½ in my project without having to deny a number error?
In translating 1 Kings 7, we want to use fractions when we give the number as numerals, e.g. in 7:10: Aitoka ... can be numbers. Is there some further setting that I have missed?
asked Oct 16, 2023
Paratext
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2 answers 603 views
Is it possible to make an interlinear with glosses in a particular language?
We have a completed NT and are working on OT translation. One of the translators has asked if it would be possible to ... glosses in it? Or is there another way to achieve this?
asked Jun 28, 2023
Paratext
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2 answers 228 views
Merge conflict problems
Having done a send/receive after one of the translators has done some work on some Psalms, I get two chapters ... changes have been made that are causing the conflict message?
asked Mar 6, 2023
Paratext
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3 answers 451 views
Set up new computer with very limited Internet access
In a couple of weeks we will travel to PNG to work with translators. One task is to set up a new ... to transfer and what not to transfer would be appreciated. JohnBrownie
asked Sep 19, 2022
Paratext
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13 answers 1.1k views
Trouble shooting send/receive remotely
One of our translators is having trouble with send/receive on Linux with PT8. Since I am not in the ... anyone have a better suggestion for diagnosing the problem? JohnBrownie
asked Apr 9, 2022
Paratext
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2 answers 166 views
Cannot print books, possibly because of tables
I'm trying to print Ezra and Nehemiah, but PTXprint fails with a TeX error log, the last portion of which is like ... 't seem to be getting anywhere. Anyone have any insights? John
asked Dec 16, 2020
PTXprint
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5 answers 739 views
PT9 on Linux error on menu
I've got PT9 on my Linux virtual machine. After some time, it has begun to be largely non-functional, with a ... for an update? Meanwhile, I'm continuing with PT8. JohnBrownie
asked Feb 3, 2020
Paratext
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3 answers 424 views
Send/Receive issues
We are having possible issues with send/receive over the Internet with a particular computer. Most of our computers are ... the problem? Or is it no problem actually? JohnBrownie
asked Jun 21, 2019
Paratext
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1 answer 230 views
Pathway stopped generating epub3 versions
I've been using Pathway to produce printed versions with PT8 for Linux with moderate success (pictures sometimes on the wrong ... any help on fixing this (or these)! John+Wickberg
asked Oct 7, 2017
Paratext
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