Recent activity by RickNivens

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I have over a hundred notes that Paratext has marked as "unread" for me because another user (correctly) resolved them. I ... unread". How can I quickly mark them all as "read"?
asked Jan 17, 2025
1 answer 255 views
The facilitator of a translation project does not yet have her own computer, so she is temporarily using the laptop of an older ... if and when she is able to get her own laptop?
asked Sep 4, 2024
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I was poking around in the advanced menu of PT the other day and stumbled upon the item: Consume Scripture Burrito. Is this ... on one? Thanks! PS Is this what I'm looking for?
commented Nov 23, 2022
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Questions about Study Bibles: Is there a Study Bible Authoring Guide for Paratext 9, as there was for Paratext 7.3? ... lead the user to a logistical dead end?) Thanks, RickNivens
asked Jul 5, 2022
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In the Paratext Help topic Introduction to Biblical Terms lists , there's this sentence: In Paratext 8.0 (and ... English or Indonesian gloss/definition in the English column).
answered Jul 5, 2022
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Should characters used in foreign words (sometimes used in footnotes) be included in the character inventory? Or is there ... when they show up in the basic checks as invalid?
commented Oct 1, 2020
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I've just reported this via Paratext 9 Give Feedback , but FYI to all of you until it's fixed, and assuming it ... other change) in order to make those new unread notes appear.
asked Nov 19, 2019
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PT9 installed smoothly on all of our office PCs except for one. (PT8 works with no problems on this PC.) This ... , result: 0x80070570, restart: None, ba requested restart: No
answered Oct 21, 2019
4 answers 957 views
Tildes (used in USFMs as non-breaking spaces) disappear when the view is changed in Preview view, as expected. ... . Am I missing some step that would make these disappear?
answered Oct 6, 2018
3 answers 482 views
Is it possible to embed a closing USFM code within another? For example, it would be helpful to embed \tl \tl* ... amee ménane pe leoolamwamolufe? Eie, mwa. Thanks, SIL+LSS+PNG
commented Sep 6, 2018
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I just realized that in the Notes window, if I click the book/chapter/verse reference in an Unread note without ... to behave this way? I certainly don't. Thanks, RickNivens
commented Aug 10, 2018
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Like everyone else, we use Paratext for our Bible translation work, but unlike many Paratext users my wife and I and our ... Extra books in Paratext? It would really be helpful.
answered Jul 9, 2018
1 answer 507 views
I need some wisdom as to how to best treat and tag glossary items when the items in question are sometimes preceded by ... \w which produces *x-abcd in a printed text. anon863078
answered Jun 21, 2018
2 answers 377 views
Last year I did extensive work on the Indonesian localization file, but never submitted it to the Paratext developers ... to the latter location? Or will that break something?
answered May 18, 2018
4 answers 655 views
We need to do two dialect adaptations for our project. There will be a minor change in vocabulary but fair change in ... we might find a discussion with pros and cons about this?
answered May 15, 2018
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On May 4, when I did a send/receive, I got the following Conflict note on Acts 18:0: Changes made to a ... edits back into the text. What might have caused this? RickNivens
answered May 10, 2018
3 answers 562 views
I have been noticing a popup message recently, when doing a send/receive with multiple projects selected. The message is ... issue with the one extra project I had just downloaded.
answered Jul 28, 2017
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On the books tab of project properties window there is an Extra Materials button. What is it supposed to control ... relevant to that? extra_material_button-1.png615 721 34.9 KB
commented Jul 22, 2017
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