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Copying & Exporting

Copying verses​

Select a verse or range and press Ctrl+C, or right-click and choose Copy Passage.... Either opens the copy dialog.

To copy only some words, select them with the mouse and press Ctrl+C. This copies the selected text without opening the dialog.

The verse context menu, with its copy commands among the other actions

The copy dialog​

The Copy Passage dialog has:

  • Passage: the verse range, which you can change without closing the dialog.
  • Format: Standard (the reference on its own line, then the passage), Combined (the whole passage on one line, with the reference inline), or Custom Template.
  • Advanced Options: where the reference goes (before, after, or none), how verse numbers are shown, quote marks, whether to show the translation (e.g., KJV), words of Christ in red, Text format (Inline or Block quote), and Markdown formatting.
  • Preview: what will be copied.

Choose Copy (or press Enter) to copy, or Cancel (Esc).

The copy dialog with its format options and the live preview of the result

Custom templates​

The Custom Template format lets you write your own layout as a template. A template sets the arrangement of the reference, verse numbers, text, and translation name. The variables button lists the variables you can use.

  • Load template… loads a built-in template (Standard, Plain, Inline, or Quote) or one you saved.
  • Save… saves the current template under a name.
  • Delete removes a saved template.

Examples:

  • Reference after the text: "For God so loved the world…" (John 3:16, KJV)
  • Reference first: John 3:16 — For God so loved the world…
  • Verse-numbered blocks
  • Text only, with no reference

The template editor, with a custom citation format being built

Exporting notes​

From the Notes pane, a note can be printed or exported as .docx, .md, or .pdf. See Notes & Highlights.

To save all your notes, highlights, and other data to one password-protected file, use File → Backup & Restore. The file can be restored in Merge or Replace All mode. See Backup & Restore.

Printing​

To print a note, use the print and export menu in the note editor, or press Ctrl+P in the editor. For Bible text, print using your operating system's print facility. Reading mode with the study side collapsed gives the cleanest output. See Personalizing for zoom and text size.

Bible translations, commentaries, and dictionaries are separately licensed. Some are in the public domain. Many modern translations limit how much may be quoted and require attribution.

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This Bible app does not check these terms, and so if distributing quoted text, just be sure it's allowed for that translation, if it's copyrighted.