Questions by Ruth Mathys - Support.Bible Forum

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Importing text of book while retaining old version

What is best practice for importing a completely new version of a book, while somehow retaining the old version? Long ago, ... RUT for the new version? Or is there a better way?

asked Oct 7, 2025

Paratext

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Designate semicolons as only permitted in cross-references?

In our project, semicolons are permitted as separators between cross-references, but not in any kind of text. Is ... just have to locate and remove rogue semicolons using Find?

asked Sep 22, 2025

Paratext

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Add \nd markers within captions

Is there a way to use \nd markers within the caption of an illustration? Just editing the caption in the Figure Properties ... is the best way to flag this in the translation data?

asked Apr 1, 2025

Paratext

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Copy Heb/Gk transliterations?

Is there a straightforward way to copy Hebrew or Greek transliterations from the Source Language Text resource, to paste into ... doesn't seem to provide a way to copy them.

asked Feb 12, 2025

Paratext

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How do I change paragraph formatting at specific references?

I'm trying to get good formatting for the letters in Ezra. There doesn't seem to be a single format of styles that will ... and be a different font (e.g. Arial rather than Charis)?

asked Jan 10, 2025

PTXprint

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Is there a way to add a transliteration to a key term that has been added to a project?

If I create a key term via source language search, is there a way to add a transliteration for the benefit of ... I've created a number of key terms for recurring phrases.)

asked Nov 20, 2024

Paratext

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Does this process require a certain permission?

I'm looking to copy the entire contents of the All Biblical Terms list into the project-specific list. However, Copy all ... my menu. Do I need a particular permission to do it?

asked Sep 19, 2024

Paratext

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How do I handle a biblical term rendering that includes parentheses?

How can I enter a rendering into the Biblical Terms tool that includes a word in parentheses as part of the rendering ... (esp. if they minimise changes to the project itself)?

asked Jul 12, 2024

Paratext

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Outdent chapter # into margin for poetry?

Poetry looks better when the verse numbers are hung in the margin. However, PTXprint doesn't seem to do the same for chapter ... (for those of us who prefer UI to code)? Thanks!

asked Feb 20, 2024

PTXprint

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Autonumber paragraphs in book outline?

Is it straightforward to set each entry of a book outline to autonumber, or should we just enter the numbers into ... , and obviously the numbering needs to restart for each book.

asked Jan 18, 2024

PTXprint

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Joining morphemes in interlinearizer that are marked with *nd

I'm working with a language that adds suffixes to their equivalent of YHWH, but they only want that specific morpheme to ... -out) marker intrudes. Is there a way to do this?

asked Nov 29, 2023

Paratext

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Remove chapter # from header in Obadiah?

I have Show chapter numbers in single chapter books unchecked, but the spurious chapter number still appears in the running header for Obadiah. How can I prevent this?

asked Nov 14, 2023

PTXprint

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Right-justify some text in a list?

I’m working on the lists in Ezra (1:9-10, etc.) What is the best way to get the numbers to be right-justified? I’d like to avoid tables, but is there an alternative?

asked Nov 6, 2023

PTXprint

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Space between nested quote marks?

How do I get a small amount of space (thin space?) between the two quote marks of a nested set? I would expect this ... text itself, e.g. the wrong kind of quote mark being used?

asked Nov 6, 2023

PTXprint

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Outputting text as all caps

A team I’m helping would like the name of God to display as all caps (not small caps). What do I need to put in Changes.txt to get the contents of \nd…\nd* to display as all caps?

asked Oct 25, 2023

PTXprint