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*** The MarkMyScriptures program file
contains an abbreviated form of these instructions. To access this file,
choose "Instructions" from your document list. Tap the subject
you want to learn about to see instructions for that function.***
| Pull
Down Menus
| Shortcuts | Preferences
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Basic Navigation
Document Screen Functions:
Cancel, Refresh, Open,
Delete,
Beam, Categories
Book/Chapter/Verse
Screen
Functions
Cancel, Bookmarks, Back
| Topical Indexes
What is this feature?
Creating Indexes
Creating Topics
Adding References
Adding Notes
Reference Screen Functions
Multi-Verse References
| Underlining
Basic, Custom,
Undo
Notes
Insert, Delete,
Edit
Fonts
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| History Function
Bookmarks
Bookmark Screen Functions
| Copy/ Paste
Printing Marks/Topics
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Files on
Memory Card
Reading Other Docs |
| Search
| Scrolling | Backup/Restore |
Accessing Pull Down Menus
MarkMyScriptures' pull down menus give
you access to a variety of features. Most of these features can be
accessed in other ways, but you may want to use the pull down menus until you
are familiar with the program and its shortcuts. In addition, some
information, and a few features can only be accessed through these menus, so you
will need to be familiar with their use. To access these menus, follow the
instructions below for your device type.
Palm® users: Tap
the screen where the document reference is displayed (example: Gen 1:1) OR tap the
Palm® menu
icon located in the Graffiti® area. (This icon is below
the home icon.)
CE® users: Tap the
upper area of your screen, near or on the document reference area.
This will access four of the five different pull
down menus: Navigate, Edit, Doc, and Prefs. To access the fifth
menu, called the Quick menu, tap the upside down arrow (CE users, the small
box) next to the "V" button. To select a menu, tap
it, and its function list will appear. Tap any menu function with your
stylus to use that function. For example, if you select "Scroll"
the text will then begin to scroll.
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Navigation
Scripture Navigation:
Reach references by selecting document, book, chapter and verse. These four navigation options have corresponding buttons
(D,B,C,V) in the upper
right hand corner of your screen. Tap a selection on each screen and you
will see that reference. Or select just one option
to change your current document, book, chapter, or verse.
In a completely indexed document, such as a
scripture file, each subsequent screen will come up automatically. For example, after
selecting "Book" the "Chapter" screen will come up. In
a partially indexed file, such as an MMSWeb Ensign file, after choosing the last
possible index option you will be taken to your chosen document position.
Non-indexed Doc Files: With
non-indexed files only one navigation button (D) appears. You can create
bookmarks to help navigate these documents, or use the scroll or search
functions to find specific areas. Page down/up or scroll to read text.
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Document Screen
Functions
Tap the "D: button, or select Document from
the Navigate menu to bring up this screen, which shows a list of all your
documents, or all the documents in your current category.
Use this screen to select or manage your documents.
- To enter a document, tap it.
This will automatically bring up the
"Books" screen if the document has a books index or it will open the
document in the last viewed position.
- Selecting the "Cancel" button at the bottom of this screen
will return you to the place you were prior to opening the screen.
- Selecting the "Refresh" button at the bottom of the screen
will bring up any new documents you have moved to your device.
- The "Open" button is automatically selected when you enter
this screen. When this button is selected and you tap a document, that
document will be opened.
- Selecting the "Del" button allows you to delete documents from
your document list. Select this button, and then tap on the document you
wish to delete. Important: You MUST use the MarkMyScriptures
delete function to delete documents. If you use your handheld's automatic
delete option you will delete ALL your documents, not just the document you
select. Deleting documents removes all marks, notes and topics associated
with a document, and these CANNOT be restored. So be certain you are
finished with a document before you delete it. Select the
"Open" button again when you are finished deleting
documents.
- Selecting the "Beam" button
will allow you to beam the selected document to another handheld device.
- Select the on-screen up/down arrow to move up and down in a
document list more than 11 documents long.
- Tap the Categories (All) button in the upper right hand corner of
your documents screen to create document categories. Tap the "Edit
Categories" button, then "New" to create a new category. Click
"Ok" when you have finished creating your categories. Tap the word "Unfiled" or category name to the right of
the document assign it to a new category. Select the category to assign it
to and it will be moved to your new category and be visible only when
"All" or the category name is selected in the upper right hand
corner of the screen.
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Book/Chapter/Verse
Screen Functions
- Selecting the "Cancel"
button at the bottom of these screens will return you to the document you were in
prior to opening the screen.
- Selecting the "Bookmarks" button at the bottom of this
screen will bring up a list of your bookmarks in that document.
- Selecting the "Back" button at the bottom of this
screen will return you to the screen listing your document choices.
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Underlining
Basic
Underlining: Drag your stylus from left to right directly
through the text you wish to underline. Lift the stylus and a line will appear under the text.
Underline Large Blocks of Text: Underline a block of text by dragging the stylus diagonally through the
text you wish to underline. End your diagonal line with a horizontal line underneath the last word.
Change Underline Style: Drag your stylus under a short space of text twice to change underline
styles. An underline options page will appear; select the style of
underlining you wish to use. Tapping an underline color or highlight
color will return you to the document and your new selection will be in
effect. The next time you underline, the underline style will be the same as
the one last selected. To switch to a different underline, repeat the
above process.
- Text Styles: Selecting
one of the colored text styles in the left column will change the text color
along with the underline or highlight. For example, you can choose
blue text with a red underline or red highlight. To have blue text
only select the "Text Color Only" button at the bottom of the
screen and you will be returned to your document.
- Custom Colors: Tap the
"Edit Colors" button on the bottom of the underline style
screen. Select one of the "abc" colors and then choose the
color you wish to change it to by selecting it from within the grid.
Tap "Ok" when you are finished, or choose the "Restore
Defaults" to return the color set to it's original settings.
Undo
Underlines: Drag the stylus from right to left directly through any portion of the text you wish to UN-underline. This will undo the complete underline.
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Notes
Inserting
Notes: Tap the text of your document to insert a
note. A note dialog box will appear. Enter the note by writing in the Graffiti®
area or by using the tap and select keyboard. Tap the" OK" button in the dialog box when you are done. A note
icon will appear on the screen to show the location of your note.
View/Edit
Notes: To view or to edit a note, tap the note icon.
You can add new text anywhere within the note by tapping the desired
insertion point in the note text with your stylus, and then entering the
additional information in the Graffiti® area. You can
highlight a block of text with your stylus within the note, and then do a
backspace in the Graffiti® area to remove text. Your note will be
saved in its current condition when you exit the dialog box.
Deleting Notes: To delete a note and its icon select and remove all text from the dialog box and
tap "OK." Tap "Cancel" to cancel a note before any
text has been entered.
Cut/Paste: To cut and paste between notes, enter a note
dialog box, select the text you wish to copy by highlighting it with your
stylus. Then, and tap the pull-down menu area on your device. An edit menu will appear allowing you to undo, cut, copy, paste,
or select all. Tap copy, and then tap "OK" on the current note.
Go to the area you wish to paste to, and bring up the edit menu. Select
paste. The copied text will be entered.
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The Topical Index Feature
A topical index lets you organize
scripture references by subject, and makes them easy to access. Use this feature to organize scriptures and ideas for
talks or lessons, or to enhance personal study.
What is an Index? Indexes
are for categorizing topics. They are broad subjects under which will be smaller
groupings of references.
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For example, you might
the following indexes: Christ, Prophets, Visions, and Covenants.
The index "Christ" might have topics such as: the
Crucifixion, Birth, Prophecies, Miracles, Apostles, and so on.
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If you don't plan to
create la lot of topics, you can have just one all inclusive index. Or
you can create several indexes each with its own range of topics.
What is a Topic?
A topic is a list of related scriptures and thoughts. It's main advantage
is hyperlinked references. When you add a scripture to your topical list,
you can re-visit that scripture just by selecting it from the list. It is
similar to the bookmark feature, but it automatically
uses the reference as its name. You can also add notes to the reference,
thus keeping all your ideas in one place.
Creating Topical Indexes
To create a new Index
follow these steps:
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Tap the
"Topics" function in the Navigate or Quick menu.
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On the
"Topics" screen, tap "Index" if it is not already
selected
On the
"Index" screen, tap "New" and enter the name of your
index in the Graffiti®
area, then click "OK."
To create a new Topic follow these steps:
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Select the index you want your topic to appear under from
the Index screen
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Tap "New" and enter the name of your topic.
You may enter a topic note, which will be visible when you click the note
icon next to your topic, if you desire.
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At this point you have an index (broad subject), holding a
topic (smaller subject) but no references within the topic beyond your topic
note. To make the topic useful you need to add references.
To add a
Reference follow these steps:
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If you are within your topic, click the "Ref"
button to browse to a scripture reference and add it to your topic
list.
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For example, if your Topic is Christ's Teachings, and
you want to add Matthew 25:40 to your topic, click Ref, New Testament,
Matthew, 25, 40. This will bring up a screen that says "New
Reference" Matthew 25:40 and it will include the text of the
verse. You can tap the text displayed and add a note if desired
(Unlike a regular note, your text will be displayed, there is no
icon). When you click "Ok" on this screen you will see
that Matthew 25:40 is listed beneath your topic, Christ's
Teachings. If you tap Matthew 25:40 in the list, you will be moved
to that reference. You can also add a separate note by selecting Note
on the References page.
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If you are
reading and want to add your current verse
as a reference in a topic,
tap the verse as you would to insert a note. When the note dialog
box appears, tap the "Add to Topic" button rather than entering
text. Then select the topic you wish to add the verse to by
selecting it from the Topics list. The reference will be added after
you click "Ok."
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When you add
references this way, entering text in the note dialog box will NOT
add a note to your topic. If you add text to a note dialog
box and then click "Add to Topic" you will be able to add
the reference to your topic list, AND a note icon will be added to the
document where you tapped containing the text of your note. To
add a note or idea to a reference, tap the verse area and begin typing
or writing in the Grafiti area.. You can also add a
separate note by selecting Note on the
References page.
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To create a
new topic, or new index for a reference added through a note
dialog box, just click Index, then New, or tap New on the Topics
screen. After you have created your new index or topic, select
it and your reference will be added to it.
Reference Screen
Functions: when you enter a topic you will see a screen with the name
of the topic, and a listing of all the references within that topic. You
can do several things from this screen.
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Select your topic name by tapping it and add a
note, add to the current topic note, or change the name of the topic.
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"Go To" is the automatically selected
function. When this is selected, tap any of your references to
go to that reference. To return to your topic list, choose
"Topics" from the Navigation or Quick Menu.
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Click the
"Ref" button at the bottom of the screen to add a
hyperlinked scriptural reference. Tapping this button will take
you to your document list. You can select references from your
indexed documents, just as you would navigate your scriptures.
Select the document, book, chapter, and verse you wish to add to your
topic. It will appear on a "New Reference" screen,
giving the reference and description-- the first several lines from
the verse. Click "OK" to return to the
"Refs" screen. You will see your reference on a line
below your topic title.
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Click the
"Note" button at the bottom of the screen to add
titled notes or ideas to the reference list. (Anything added
with the "Note" function will not be hyperlinked.) Tapping this button will take you to a "New
Reference" screen, where you can enter a title (which will appear
in the reference list) and text. Tap
"OK" to return to the "Refs" screen. You
will see your reference on a line under your topic title.
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The "Show Detail" check box
is automatically unchecked. When it is unchecked the Refs screen
will display a list of reference and note titles. Checking this
box displays references and notes with the first three lines of their
text. This view is helpful when teaching a lesson.
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The up/down
arrows at the top of the screen are for moving references to a
different position in the topic list. Click either the
up or down arrow buttons at the top of the screen, then select a note
or reference to move it up or down the list, respectively. When
the "Show Details" box is checked, up/down arrows appear at
the right of the screen to page up and down.
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Click
the "Delete" button, then tap a reference or note
to delete it.
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Tap the "Edit" button to edit a reference
or note. Choosing "Edit" is the only way to view
non-hyperlinked notes.
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Tap the "x" to return to the
"Topic" screen.
Adding more than one
verse to a topical reference:
Only one verse can
be hyperlinked when adding a topical reference. However, if you
would like to include more than one verse as part of your reference, you can do one of the
following (though it will NOT be hyperlinked):
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After adding
your topic and reference, go to the reference screen. Click
the "Show Details" box. This will show the verse you
have just added to your topic. Click the "Edit" box
at the top of the screen, then click on the reference you wish to
alter. You can then enter a note like "also verse
22", or "including verses 23, 24, and 25" Then
if you hyper link to that scripture, you will know that the
following verses are also part of that topic.
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Or, after
creating your topical reference of one verse, select that verse and
hyperlink back to it. Click on the "Edit" menu in
MarkMyScriptures, tap "Select text for Clipboard", and
drag your stylus over the additional text you wish to copy to the
reference. Tap on "Copy", then tap
"Ok". Select "Topics" from the functions
menu, and return to the reference you wish to alter. Tap
"Edit" on the reference screen, select your reference, tap
the top of the screen where it says "New reference", and
select "Paste" from the edit menu. The additional
verses will be pasted to the first. Click "Ok" and
those verses will be added to your reference.
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Or, hyperlink
each individual verse bys selecting "Add to Topics" for
each verse.
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Or, add a
"Note" on the reference screen showing the entire
reference. This will appear below your original hyperlinked
reference, for your information only-- it will not be hyperlinked.
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Scrolling
Start Scroll: To scroll text, select the scroll
function from the Navigate or Quick Menu. Palm® users:
you may also choose to start the scroll function by drawing an "S" in
the Graffiti® area. The text will start to scroll
and a speed indicator will appear at the top of your screen.
Drag the short bar on the indicator to the left with your stylus to
decrease the scroll speed, or to the right to increase scroll speed. Text
may appear grainy at very high scroll speeds.
End Scroll: Tap the screen once with your stylus to
halt scrolling.
Instead of scrolling, you may choose to
page up or down by pressing the appropriate hardware button on your handheld
device. Palm® users may also scroll up/down one
line by drawing an up or down line in the Graffiti®
area.
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History Function
One Stroke History
Previous/Next: To go back to a previous position, draw a backward line
(backspace)
between the "D" button and the reference indicator at the top of your
screen. To go forward, draw a forward line (space) in the same spot.
Up to 30 position changes are remembered. This feature is helpful if you
are reading in a class, and the teacher has everyone turn to a new reference,
and then back to the previous reading. Instead of re-selecting book,
chapter and verse, you can return to your former position with one stroke.
This feature will move you back and forth between documents, as well as between
different books/chapters of the same document.
Menu History Previous/Next: The Quick menu contains the History
Previous and History Next options.
You can also choose to set your right/left
hardware keys to history previous/next in the Preferences menu.
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Find (Look for/ Search) Function
Keyword Search: Search your current document for keywords,
by selecting the "Find" function from the Navigate or Quick
menu. Palm®
users: you may also start the find function by drawing an
"L" in the Graffiti®
area. Enter your search word in
the Graffiti® area.
The search is not case sensitive, or limiting, so entering a partial word is
acceptable. For example, entering the word "mote" would return
matches for "Mote", "mote", "smote",
"motes" etc.
Search Order: The default search method is searching from your current
position to the end of the document. But you can choose "Search
from beginning/End"-- to search from the beginning of the document to
the end of it, "Wrap"-- to search from your current position,
to the end of the document, then from the beginning of the document back to your
position; "Reverse Search" -- to search from your current
position back to the beginning of the document, or "Search Notes Instead"--
to search the text of your notes instead of the document text. The search
will only look in the current document. You cannot search the entire Bible
for a phrase, but must separately search the Old and New Testaments.
Continue Searching: Click
"Ok" in the search dialog to begin your search. The search will
stop once the first instance of your key word is located. Go to the next instance of your keyword by
choosing the "Find Next" function from the Navigate or Quick
Menu. Return to the previous instance by choosing "Find Prev"
from the Navigate or Quick menu. Palm users: you may choose to enter
a space or a backspace, respectively in the Graffiti®
area to use these functions.
Searching for Marks or Notes:
Choose the "Next Mark"/"Prev
Mark" search functions from the Navigate or Quick menus. These
functions will find the next underline or note in your current document.
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Bookmarks
Inserting Bookmarks: Select the "Bookmark"
function from the Navigate or Quick menu to insert a bookmark. A bookmark
does not leave an icon on your screen. It is a memory marker of the page
you are currently on. Give your bookmarks evocative names. For
instance, enter a short reference name, such as "Gen
3:"1 or name your bookmark "Personal Study", whatever will best
describe what you are marking. In either case, a bookmark inserted at Genesis 3:1 will return
you to that position.
Bookmark
Screen Functions
- Jump To is automatically
selected on this screen. When this option is selected and you tap a
bookmark you will be moved to that position.
- Reposition: Select "Reposition" and
then select the bookmark you are moving. This function is useful if you have a daily reading program. Begin each day's reading session by selecting your bookmark, and end each session by repositioning it at your current reference. No more remembering where you left off!
- Rename: Select
this option, then tap the bookmark you wish to rename. You will be
able to enter a new name, and it will be saved on exiting the bookmark
screen.
- Delete: Select
this option, then tap the bookmark you wish to delete. This
permanently deletes the bookmark.
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Fonts
Change your font by selecting the
"Font" function from the Navigate or Quick menu. A screen of
possible fonts will appear. Select the font you want, and your document
will appear in that font type.
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Moving Documents to a Memory Card
Move files from main memory to a
memory card: Select the "Move Doc to Card"
option from the Doc menu. The document you are currently in will be moved
to your storage card. A small marks management file must remain in main
memory for each document. Using the "Move Doc to Card" option
leaves this small file in place while moving the bulk of your file to the
correct directory for MarkMyScriptures access. Therefore it is best to
install your files to main memory and move them in this manner rather than
installing them directly to a memory card.
To move files back to your device:
select the "Move Doc to Device" function from the Doc menu.
Important
Note: The MarkMyScriptures program file must remain in main
memory. Only your document files can be stored on a memory card.
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Preference Settings
Most of the preference settings are
self explanatory. The first part of the list lets you select how to back
up your files. You may select or unselect the following:
Backup current doc/idx
file
Don't backup current doc/idx file
Backup all doc/idx files
Backup no doc/idx files
Backing up large doc files takes time when you are synchronizing your handheld
device. You may want to only back up your files and indexes occasionally,
as the original files should still be saved on your PC from the first download,
or from when you created them.
Marks are always backed up, so you do
not need to check a preference for this.
The remaining settings may vary
by device. For instance, if your device does not support high resolution,
you may not check that option. Or, if you do not have the complete
scriptures, downloaded through MMSWeb, the footnote preferences do
nothing. You may select or unselect the following:
Show Scrollbar in scriptures-- shows a document scroll bar to the side of
the text. Takes up room on your document screen so less text can fit, but
some people prefer it for reading.
Show last line as first after scroll-- when you end a scroll, displays
what would have been the following screen, instead of displaying the current
screen.
Add entire verse (topic add mode)-- Adds the entire verse when you link a
scriptural reference to a topic. If this is not checked, it adds only the
first few lines of a verse to the topic.
Left/Right Keys History-- Instead of selecting a menu option or
drawing a line on the screen, use the hardware keys to move to history previous
or history next. These are the keys to the right and left of the up/down
buttons.
High Res Mode-- only supported on some devices.
Auto-jump footnote when only 1--
if a footnote contains just one cross reference, jump to the cross reference
instead of displaying and then choosing it.
Limit
document title to 1 line-- may cut off some longer titles, but makes a
neater document list
Small font for B/C/V selection-- allows your book/chapter/verse screens
to display a small font size, even if your document text size is large. If
your B/C/V font is large, you will only have partial words on the books screen,
and a crowded screen on your numbers screen.
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Exporting Marks and Topics to Your
PC
View Marks and Topics with your
Desktop software: MarkMyScriptures cannot be viewed from
your PC. However, notes, marks, and topical indexes are backed up to your
PC in case of data loss. In addition, you can export your notes,
underlines, and topics files to the "memo" function of your
handheld. These items will then be available on your PC as part of your
device's desktop. From there you can copy these files to another format if
you wish.
To export your marks to a memo, select
the "Export marks to memo " option in the Doc menu. This will
send ALL of your notes and underlines for your current document to a memo
file. The memo category they will be assigned to is "unfiled."
To export your topics to a memo, select
the "topics" function from the Navigate or Quick menu. On the
main topics screen, tap the word "topic" in the upper left hand
corner. Select "export to memo." This will send your
current index and all its topics to a memo file. The memo category they
will be assigned to is "unfiled".
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Copying
Text to the Clipboard
To copy a block of text: Tap your pull down menu area and choose the
" Edit" menu. Tap "Sel text for
Clipboard." Drag stylus over the text you wish to copy. The text is then
in your device clipboard. You can paste it to a note, to a memo, or to any other
area where paste is an option.
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Reading Other Documents
What else can you read with
MarkMyScriptures? MarkMyScriptures can read any
non-proprietary document in DOC format. If the
file is in the proper format it will appear in your document list. Files for a
specific reader, downloaded from other sites or companies may not work with
MarkMyScriptures. These documents have special coding so they work only
with a certain reader to prevent unauthorized file transfer.
Documents from other companies that can
be read with MarkMyScriptures will not have the same navigation. Skimware
files, such as MMSWeb and scripture files, have embedded tags which make the
D/B/C/V navigation possible. Other
files will have only the "D" function, and must be navigated by a
document scroll bar. However, the scroll, search, notes, and
underline functions are available for non-indexed documents as well as the
scripture files.
Create your own files: You can create your own indexed
documents for MarkMyScriptures using the Make File utility which is part of
MMSWeb. For more information on this utility, click here.
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Graffiti® commands:
S - start scroll
F - font
D - document
B - book
C - chapter
V - verse
L - Look For (Find)
[space] - Find Next
[Back] - Find Previous
P - Previous Mark
N - Next Mark
[shift] - up 1 line
[I] - down 1 line
M - Edit/Copy Mode (instead of underline, will copy to
clipboard)
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Backup/Restore
MarkMyScriptures, Notes, Marks, and Topics Lost
files: If you have lost your MarkMyScriptures, MMSWeb or scripture files you
can re-download them from the Downloads page of our website. There is never a
charge to download. Enter your
registration code to reactivate your registered status. Backup
Palm: Your notes, marks, and topics are automatically backed up when
you hotsync. If you do not hotsync regularly and lose battery power or
have corrupted files whatever is not backed up is lost. To protect notes,
marks and topics when installing new files, or to re-install them after a data
loss, do the following:
- Use Windows Find File to search for
files named *marks*.pdb and *topics*.pdb. Copy these files to a
separate location when installing new files, to be sure they will not be
overwritten or erased.
- When new files have been installed,
copy all marks.pdb and topics.pdb files to your Install directory and do a
hotsync. Hit Refresh on the Documents page in MarkMyScriptures.
Your notes, marks and topics should be restored.
Backup CE: No MarkMyScriptures
files, including marks, notes, topics and documents are backed up when you
Activesync. To protect your data, download and install the free CE
Backup Utility and run it regularly with your device attached to the
computer to back up files. In case of data loss, simply use the Restore
function in the utility to reinstall your notes, marks and topics.
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