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<chapter id="hdbk-reference">
<title>Reference</title>
<sect1 id="hdbk-reference-menus"><title>Main menu reference</title>
<para>In this section you can find detailed descriptions of all entries in the main menu
of &bibletime;. They are ordered in just the way they appear in &bibletime;, with
all the sub-items listed under the major menu item they belong to. You can also see
the hotkey of each item;a complete listing of all hotkeys can be found in
<link linkend="hdbk-reference-hotkeys">this section</link>.</para>
<sect2 id="hdbk-reference-menus-file"><title><guimenu>File</guimenu></title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-file-quit">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_exit.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Closes BibleTime.</action> BibleTime will ask you if
you want to write unsaved changes to disk.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="hdbk-reference-menus-view"><title><guimenu>View</guimenu></title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-view-showtoolbar">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Toolbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Toggles Toolbar display.</action> Toggle this setting to turn the main toolbar
on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-view-showbookshelf">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F9</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_sidetree.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Bookshelf</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Toggles display of the Bookshelf.</action> Toggle this setting to turn the
Bookshelf on the left pane on or off. This can be handy if you need more space for the Mag.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-view-showmag">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F8</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_sidetree.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Mag</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Toggles display of the Mag(nifying glass).</action> Toggle this setting to turn the
Mag on the left pane on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="hdbk-reference-menus-search"><title><guimenu>Search</guimenu></title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-search-defaultbible">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_find.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Search</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Search in standard bible</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens the Search Dialog to search in the standard Bible only</action>.
More works can be added in the Search Dialog.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-search-openworks">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_find.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Search</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Search in open work(s)</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens the Search Dialog to search in all open works</action>.
More works can be added in the Search Dialog.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="hdbk-reference-menus-window"><title><guimenu>Window</guimenu></title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-window-savesession">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_sidetree.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Save session</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Directly saves the current session</action>.
This will open a context menu where you can select an existing session to save to.
It will be overwritten with your current session. See the next item on how to save to a new session.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-window-savenewsession">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_sidetree.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Save as new Session</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Saves the current session under a new name</action>.
This will ask for a new name to save the session to.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-window-loadsession">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_sidetree.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Load session</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Loads an existing session</action>.
This will open a context menu where you can select an existing session to load.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-window-deletesession">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_sidetree.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Delete session</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Deletes an existing session</action>.
This will open a context menu where you can select an existing session that should be deleted.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-window-fullscreen">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_fullscreen.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Fullscreen Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Toggles fullscreen mode</action>.
Here you can turn fullscreen mode on or off. In fullscreen mode, &bibletime; will expand to the full size
of your monitor screen, using as much space as possible.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-window-arrangement_mode">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_cascade_auto.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Arrangement mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Controls the basic window arrangement behaviour</action>.
In the opening context menu, you can either specify that you want to take care of
the window arrangement yourself (Manual mode) or have &bibletime; handle it for you
(Automatical modes, just try them out!).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-window-tile-vertically">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_tile.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Tile vertically</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Tiles all open read windows vertically</action>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-window-tile-horizontally">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>H</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_tile.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Tile horizontally</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Tiles all open windows horizontally</action>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-window-cascade">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>J</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_cascade.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Cascade</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Cascades all open windows</action>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-window-closeall">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_fileclose.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Close all</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Closes all open windows</action>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="hdbk-reference-menus-settings"><title><guimenu>Settings</guimenu></title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-settings-toolbars">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_configuretoolbars.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure toolbars</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens a dialog where you can customize &bibletime;'s toolbar</action>.
Just try it out, you can move around the toolbar buttons and even add new ones. Most of the entries available from
the main menu can be put on the toolbar as buttons. If you need a certain feature often, you might want to
put a button on the main menu, so that you can access it with only one click. Please see <link linkend="hdbk-config-toolbar">this section</link> for further information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-settings-bibletime">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_configure.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure &bibletime;</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens &bibletime;'s main configuration dialog</action>.
You can configure all kinds of nice settings there to adapt &bibletime; to your needs.
Please see <link linkend="hdbk-config-bt">this section</link> for details.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-settings-bookshelf_manager">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F4</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_configuresword.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Bookshelf Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens a dialog where you can change your Sword configuration and
manage your bookshelf</action>.
Please see <link linkend="hdbk-op-bookshelfmanager">this section</link> for details.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="hdbk-reference-menus-help"><title><guimenu>Help</guimenu></title>
&help.menu.documentation;
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="hdbk-reference-toolbar"><title>Toolbar reference</title>
<para>Please review <link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus">the preceding section</link>
for an explanation of the buttons that you find on the toolbar. You can also
<action>move the cursor over a button and wait a few seconds</action> to activate
the button's tooltip with a short description.</para>
<para>You can adapt the toolbar to your needs. Please use the following entry in the main menu:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="i_configuretoolbars.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>
Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure toolbars</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Configure toolbars</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
Please see <link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-settings-toolbars">this section</link> for detailed instructions.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="hdbk-reference-hotkeys">
<title>HotKeys index</title>
<para>This is index of all hotkeys and their corresponding description in
the handbook. The hotkeys are sorted (roughly) alphabetical. If you want to directly
find out which hotkey a certain menu item has, you can either look at the entry itelf
in &bibletime; (as it always shows the hotkey), or you can look it up in
<link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus">this section</link>.</para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colname="hotkey"/>
<colspec colname="desc"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Hotkey</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Left</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Moves back in the history of read windows.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Right</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Moves forward in the history of read windows.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-search-defaultbible"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Search</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Search in default bible</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
opens the search dialog to search in the default bible.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><menuchoice><guimenu>Window</guimenu><guimenuitem>Arrangement mode</guimenuitem>
<guimenuitem>Auto-tile vertically</guimenuitem></menuchoice> equivalent;
toggle automatic window tiling.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>H</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><menuchoice><guimenu>Window</guimenu><guimenuitem>Arrangement mode</guimenuitem>
<guimenuitem>Auto-tile horizontally</guimenuitem></menuchoice> equivalent;
toggle automatic window tiling.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>J</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><menuchoice><guimenu>Window</guimenu><guimenuitem>Arrangement mode</guimenuitem>
<guimenuitem>Auto-cascade</guimenuitem></menuchoice> equivalent;
toggle automatic window cascading.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><menuchoice><guimenu>Window</guimenu><guimenuitem>Arrangement mode</guimenuitem>
<guimenuitem>Manual mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice> equivalent;
toggle manual window placement.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-window-savenewsession"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Window</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Save as new session</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
saves current layout as new session.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-window-closeall"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Window</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Close all</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
closes all open windows.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Zoom out. This decreases the font size of read windows.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Zoom in. This increases the font size of read windows.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Select all. This selects all text in read windows.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Copy. This copies the selected text to the clipboard.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Search. This lets you search within the text of a read window.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>J</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-window-cascade"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Window</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Cascade</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
cascades all open windows.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-window-tile-vertically"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Window</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Tile vertically</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
tiles all open windows vertically.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>H</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-window-tile-horizontally"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Window</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Tile horizontally</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
tiles all open windows horizontally.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-search-openworks"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Search</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Search in open work(s)</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
opens the search dialog to search in all currently opened works.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-file-quit"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
closes &bibletime;.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Closes the current window.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Moves a bible or commentary read window to the next chapter.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Y</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Moves a bible or commentary read window to the next book.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Moves a read window to the next verse or entry.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>F</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-window-fullscreen"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Window</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Fullscreen mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
toggles fullscreen mode.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>X</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Moves a bible or commentary read window to the previous chapter.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Y</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Moves a bible or commentary read window to the previous book.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>V</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry>Moves a read window to the previous verse or entry.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F1</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Help</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Handbook</guimenuitem></menuchoice> equivalent;
opens the handbook.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F2</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Help</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>BibleStudy Howto</guimenuitem></menuchoice> equivalent;
opens the BibleStudy Howto.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F3</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Help</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Daily tip</guimenuitem></menuchoice> equivalent;
opens the tip of the day.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F4</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-settings-bookshelf_manager"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Bookshelf Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
opens the Bookshelf Manager.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F8</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-view-showbookshelf"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Bookshelf</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
toggles display of the Bookshelf.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F9</keycap> </keycombo></entry>
<entry><link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-view-showmag"><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show mag</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> equivalent;
toggles display of the mag(nifying glass).</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect1>
</chapter>