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see how navigation tags and formatting can be entered, or you can copy and paste
the text below to Windows Notepad and save it as Sample Source.txt. You
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Book: Accessing Pull Down Menus
Chapter: How to Access Menus
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MarkMyScriptures uses five menus: Navigate, Edit, Doc, Prefs and Quick menu. The first four menus are hidden to reduce screen distractions. To access the five menus, follow the instructions below for your device type.
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Palm® users: Hidden menus-- Tap the Palm® menu button located in the Graffiti® area --OR-- tap near the on-screen document reference in the upper left hand corner of the screen to bring up the hidden menus. Quick menu-- tap the upside down arrow next to the "V" button.
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>> CE® users: Hidden menus-- Tap near the on-screen document reference in the upper left hand corner of the screen to bring up the hidden menus. Quick menu-- tap the small box next to the "V" button.
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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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Chapter: Navigate Menu Functions
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Choose Document
Choose Book
Choose Chapter
Choose Verse
Find (Search)
Find Next
Find Previous
Next Mark
Previous Mark
Bookmarks
Topics
Scroll
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More information about each of these functions will be included under their own separate headings.
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Chapter: Edit and Doc Menu Functions
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Edit menu function:
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Select Text for Clipboard
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Doc menu functions:
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Beam Current Document
Beam Current Index
Delete Current Document
Move Document to Memory Card
Move Document to device
Export Marks to Memo
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More information about each of these functions will be included under their own separate headings.
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Chapter: Prefs Menu Functions
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Preferences (choose settings)
Font Change
Highlight Type/Color
Choose Color Set
About MarkMyScriptures
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More information about each of these functions will be included under their own separate headings.
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Chapter: Quick Menu Functions
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Scroll
Font
Find (Search)
Find Next
Find Previous
History Next
History Previous
Next Mark
Previous Mark
Bookmarks
Topics
Highlights
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More information about each of these functions will be included under their own separate headings.
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Book: Navigation Functions
Chapter: Overview
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Navigation with MarkMyScriptures is a simple as the click of a button. The four navigation options (Document, Book, Chapter and Verse) have corresponding buttons in the upper right hand corner or your screen. Just tap a selection from each of these four options to see any reference in seconds. --OR-- Select just ONE option, to change your current document, book, chapter, or verse.
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Chapter: The Documents function/page
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When you tap the "D" button, or select the "Choose Document" function, a screen containing a list of available documents will appear. Tap the document you want to enter; this will automatically bring up the "Books" screen.
==> A document is an entire work, such as the Old Testament.
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---Other functions on this screen---
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=> The "Cancel" button-- Returns you to the place you were at prior to opening the screen.
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=> The "Refresh" button-- Brings up any new documents you have moved to your device.
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=> The "Open" button-- Automatically selected when you enter this screen. When this button is selected and you tap a document, that document will be opened.
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=> The "Del" button-- Deletes documents from your document list. Select this button, and then tap on the document you wish to delete. =>Important Note: You MUST use the MarkMyScriptures delete function to delete documents. IF YOU USE YOUR HANDHELD'S DELETE FUNCTION, YOU WILL DELETE ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS-- NOT JUST THE ONES 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.
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=> The "BD" button-- Beams the selected document to another handheld device.
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=> The "BI" button-- Beams the selected document's navigation index to another handheld device.
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=> The "All" button-- To create document categories, select this button and then tap the "Edit Categories" option to create a new category.
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=> The document category-- Begins as "Unfiled." Tap the category name to reassign that document to a different category.
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=> The note icon-- Appears next to documents with a navigation index. Documents without this symbol will only have the "D" button in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and must be navigated by scroll bar. ==>You can create your own document indexes with the free MakeMyScriptures utility, available at our website, www.skimware.com. See the site for more information.
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=> The lock symbol-- Appears next to documents that cannot be beamed to another handheld device. These documents may, however, be moved to a storage card. More information on moving documents to a storage card will be presented later.
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=> The card symbol-- Appears next to documents currently on a storage card.
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=> The on-screen up/down arrow-- Tap to move up and down in a document list more than 11 documents long.
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Chapter: The Books function/page
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When you tap the "B" button, or select the "Choose Book" function, a screen containing a list of the available books in a document will appear. Tap the book you want to enter; this will automatically bring up the "Chapter" screen.
==> A book is a book within a document, such as Genesis in the Old Testament.
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---Other functions on this screen---
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=> The "Cancel" button-- Returns you to the place you were at prior to opening the screen.
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=> The "Bookmarks" button-- Brings up a list of your bookmarks in that document. More information on bookmarks will be presented later.
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=> The "Back" button-- Returns you to the screen listing your document choices.
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Chapter: The Chapter function/page
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When you tap the "C" button, or select the "Choose Chapter" function, a screen containing a list of the available chapters in a book will appear. Tap the chapter you want to enter; this will automatically bring up the "Verse" screen.
==> The chapter screen contains a numerical listing of chapters within a book. The book of Genesis has 50 chapters, so the numbers 1-50 would appear on the screen for that book.
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---Other functions on this screen---
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=> The "Cancel" button-- Returns you to the place you were at prior to opening the screen.
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=> The "Back" button-- Returns you to the screen listing your book choices.
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Chapter: The Verse function/page
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When you tap the "V" button, or select the "Choose Verse" function, a screen containing a list of the available verses in a chapter will appear. Tap the verse you want to enter; this will automatically bring you to the reference you have selected.
==> The verse screen contains a numerical listing of verrses within a chapter. The first chapter of Genesis has 31 verses, so the numbers 1-31 would appear on the screen for that chapter.
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---Other functions on this screen---
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=> The "Cancel" button-- Returns you to the place you were at prior to opening the screen.
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=> The "Back" button-- Returns you to the screen listing your chapter choices.
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Book: Interactive Study Functions
Chapter: Underlining
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To underline, 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.
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==>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.
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==> Changing the 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. After selecting it you will be returned to the document screen, and the new underlining style 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. You can also change a current underline from one style to another with this same process.
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==> To undo underlining 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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Chapter: Notes
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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 entering your text on the 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.
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==>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. :
==> To erase note text, drag your stylus over the text to select it. Then do a backspace in the Graffiti® area or on the keyboard. Your note will be saved in its current condition when you exit the dialog box.
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==> 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.
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==> To cut and paste between notes, enter the note dialog box, select the text you wish to copy by highlighting it with your stylus. Then, tap the hidden 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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Chapter: Topical Indexes
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Creating Topical Indexes lets you organize your favorite scriptures in an easy to access format. You can also use this feature to organize scriptures and ideas for talks or lessons.
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1. Tap the "Topics" function in the Navigate or Quick menu.
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2. On the "Topics" screen, tap "Index."
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3. On the "Index" screen, tap "New" and enter the name of your index in the Graffiti® area, then click "OK." Or, you may select a previously created index.
==> An index is a category, group, or subject under which will be sub-categories, or "topics." You might have a "Personal Study" index, under which would be the topics you are studying. You can create as many indexes as you wish.
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4. On the "Topics" screen, click on "New" and enter the name of your topic. You may enter a note about your topic on this screen if you wish. Click "OK" when you are finished. Or, select a previously created topic from your topic list.
==> A "topic" is place where you can create a list of related scriptures and thoughts. You can create as many topics as you wish.
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5. On the "Ref" (references) screen, you have several options for adding information to your topic:
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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. If you tap on this reference, you will be taken to it. Return to the topical index by tapping "Topics" in the functions menu.
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==> Click the "Note" button at the bottom of the screen to add non-hyperlinked references. Tapping this button will take you to a "New Reference" screen, where you can enter your own reference and description. You can enter a phrase or a scriptural reference on the reference line. The description area is the place to enter your thoughts and ideas in the topical index. Tap "OK" to return to the "Refs" screen. You will see your reference on a line under your topic title. If you tap on a "Note" reference it will bring up a "This entry is not linked to a DOC" message. Click "Done" to exit the message.
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==>Click the "Show Detail" check box when you wish to see the complete version of your topical index. When this box is not checked, your topic title will appear at the top of the screen, followed by the reference line from each of your references or notes. When this box is checked, your topic title will appear at the top of the screen followed by the reference and description of each of your references and notes.
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==> 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. Click the "Delete" button, then tap the reference or note you wish to delete. Tap the "Edit" button to edit a reference or note. Tap the "x" to return to the "Topic" screen.
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6. To add a hyperlinked reference to one of your topics while you are reading, tap the screen as if to enter a note. Click the "Add to Topics" button in the note dialog box, then select the topic you wish to add this reference to. It will appear in your reference list as a hyperlinked scripture.
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==> Adding more than one verse to a topical reference:
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Only one verse can be hyperlinked when adding a topical reference. However, if you would like to include more than one verse 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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Book: Reading functions
Chapter: Scrolling
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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.
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The text will begin scrolling 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 scroll speed, or to the right to increase scroll speed. Text may appear somewhat grainy at very high scroll speeds.
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==> Tap the screen once with your stylus to halt scrolling.
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==> Instead of scrolling, you may choose to page up or down by pressing the appropriate hardware button on your handheld device.
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==> You may activate a document scroll bar by selecting that option from the "Prefs" menu under "preferences." You can then tap the up or down arrows on the scroll bar to move up or down incrementally.
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==> Palm® users may also scroll up/down one line by drawing an up or down line in the Graffiti® area.
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Chapter: History Function
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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.
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Chapter: Find (Look for/ Search) Function
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Search your current document for keywords by selecting the "Find" function from the Navigate or Quick menu.
==>Palm® users: you may also choose to start the find function by drawing an "L" in the Graffiti® area.
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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.
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Select a search method, and then click "OK."
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==>The default search method is searching from your current position to the end of the document. But you can also choose once of the following options:
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==> "Search form beginning/End"-- to search from the beginning of the document to the end of it
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==> "Wrap"-- to search from your current position, to the end of the document, then from the beginning of the document back to your position
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==> "Reverse Search" -- to search from your current position back to the beginning of the document
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==> "Search Notes Instead"-- to search the text of your notes instead of the document text.
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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.
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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.
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You may also 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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Chapter: Bookmarks
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Select the "Bookmark" function from the Navigate or Quick menu to insert a bookmark.
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A BOOKMARK DOES NOT LEAVE AN ICON ON YOUR SCREEN. It is a memory marker of the page you are currently on.
==> The memory marker will record the document, book, chapter and verse of the page you are on when you insert a bookmark. You do not need to include the reference in your bookmark name unless you wish to.
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Bookmark names can be up to 15 characters long. Use names that describe why a reference is marked, as the reference will NOT be shown in your bookmark list. A name like "My reading" or "family study" will help you make the best use of bookmarks.
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There are four functions on your bookmark screen:
: ==> "Jump To"-- This function is automatically selected. When this function is selected, tapping a bookmark will "jump you" to that bookmark.
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==> "Reposition"-- To move a current bookmark to a new reference, select "Reposition" from the function list, THEN tap the bookmark you wish to reposition.
---> 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!
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==> "Rename"-- To rename a bookmark, select "Rename" from the function list, THEN tap on the bookmark you wish to rename.
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==> "Delete"-- To delete a bookmark, select "Delete" from the function list, THEN tap on the bookmark you wish to delete.
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Chapter: Fonts
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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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Book: Device Functions
Chapter: Moving Documents to a Memory Card
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Select the "Move Doc to Card" option from the Doc menu. The current document will be moved to the storage card. It is best to use this function, and not your device function to move files. MarkMyScriptures scans only the storage card/books directory for documents. If files are not in this directory, they will not appear in your document list. The "Move to Card" option places the files in the correct directory.
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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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Chapter: Preference Settings
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You may choose the following settings by clicking on the "Preferences" functions in the Prefs menu:
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Backup current doc/idx file
Don't backup current doc/idx file
Backup all doc/idx files
Backup no doc/idx files
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==> 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.
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Marks are always backed up, so you do not need to check a preference for this.
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Other Options:
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==> "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.
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==> "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.
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==> "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.
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==> "Refresh docs list on program start"-- If this option is checked, you do not need to click the "refresh" button to see newly added documents.
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==> "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 have only partial words on the books screen, and the numbers screens will be crowded.
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To find out what version of MarkMyScriptures is currently on your device, click the "About" function on the Prefs menu.
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Chapter: Exporting Marks/Topics to Your PC
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Notes, marks, and topical indexes are backed up to your PC in case of data loss. However, you cannot view MarkMyScriptures files from your PC. You CAN export notes, marks and topical indexes to a printable format though, with the following process:
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==> Select "Export marks to memo" 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."
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Open your PDA desktop software and access your marks memo. Select the print option to print this file. If you have several marks, the file will fill more than one memo item.
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==> 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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Open your PDA desktop software and access your topics memo. Select the print option to print this file. If you have several entries, the file will fill more than one memo item.
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Chapter: Copying Text to the Clipboard
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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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Chapter: Reading Other Documents
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MarkMyScriptures can read any non-proprietary text file in DOC format. If the file is in the proper format it will appear in your document list.
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==> Important Note: The Book, Chapter and Verse functions will only work on indexed doc files. Other files will have only the "D" function, and must be navigated by a document scroll bar. ---> Scroll, search, notes, and underline functions DO work in your non-indexed documents.
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You can create your own indexed documents for MarkMyScriptures with the free MakeMyScriptures utility, available on the "Downloads" page of our website, www.skimware.com. You can create an index for any plain text file. Navigate your patriarchal blessing, business documents and more.
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Chapter: Graffiti® Commands
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The following are Graffiti® shortcuts available for Palm® users:
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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)
Chapter: On-line Support
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If you have questions about how to use MarkMyScriptures, you can contact SkimWare's online support by emailing: help@skimware.com.
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To Register MarkMyScriptures, visit our website, www.skimware.com for ordering information.
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Thank you for using MarkMyScriptures!
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