# Reference

## Main menu reference

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 shortcut of each item;a complete listing of all shortcuts can be found in the shortcuts section.

### File

File Open work

- Open work. This will give you a menu that will allow you to open installed books.

&Ctrl;+Q File Quit

- Closes &bibletime;. &bibletime; will ask you if you want to write unsaved changes to disk.

### View

F5 View Fullscreen mode

- Toggles full screen display. Toggle this setting to maximize the &bibletime; window.

View Show Bookshelf

- Toggles display of the Bookshelf. 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.

View Show Bookmarks

- Toggles display of the Bookmarks. Toggle this setting to turn the Bookmarks on the left pane on or off. This can be handy if you need more space for the Mag.

View Show Mag

- Toggles display of the Mag(nifying glass). Toggle this setting to turn the Mag on the left pane on or off.

View Show parallel text headers

- Toggles viewing of additional works Toggle this setting to allow you to view additional works in parallel to your current open books.

F6 View Toolbars Show main

- Toggles Main Toolbar display. Toggle this setting to turn the main toolbar on or off.

View Toolbars Show navigation

- Toggles Navigation in works. Toggle this setting to add or remove the navigation combo box in works. This can be handy to view the full toolbar in the open works

View Toolbars Show works

- Toggles Toolbars in works. Toggle this setting to add or remove the works icons in the open works.

View Toolbars Show tools

- Toggles tools in works. Toggle this setting to add or remove the tools icons in the open works.

View Toolbars Show format

- Toggles format. Toggle this setting when editing HTML in Personal Commentaries. It will add or remove the formatting toolbar.

View Toolbars Show toolbars in text windows

- Toggles toolbars in works. Toggle this setting to add or remove the complete toolbar in open works.

### Search

&Ctrl;+&Alt;+F Search Search in standard bible

- Opens the Search Dialog to search in the standard Bible only. More works can be added in the Search Dialog. A more detailed search description can be found in the Searching in works section.

&Ctrl;+O Search Search in open work(s)

- Opens the Search Dialog to search in all open works. Works can be added or removed in the Search Dialog. A more detailed search description can be found in the Searching in works section.

### Window

&Ctrl;+W Window Close window

- Closes active window.

&Ctrl;+&Alt;+W Window Close all

- Closes all open windows.

&Ctrl;+J Window Cascade

- Cascades all open windows.

&Ctrl;+I Window Tile

- Tiles all open windows.

&Ctrl;+G Window Tile vertically

- Automatically tiles all open windows vertically.

&Ctrl;+H Window Tile horizontally

- Automatically tiles all open windows horizontally.

Window Arrangement mode

- Controls the basic window arrangement behaviour. In the opening context menu, you can either specify that you want to take care of the window arrangement yourself (Manual mode), Tabbed, Auto-tile vertically, Auto-tile horizontally, Auto-tile or Auto-cascade. Just try them out!

Window Save session

- Directly saves the current session. 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.

&Ctrl;+&Alt;+S Window Save as new session

- Saves the current session under a new name. This will ask for a new name to save the session to.

Window Load session

- Loads an existing session. This will open a context menu where you can select an existing session to load.

Window Delete session

- Deletes an existing session. This will open a context menu where you can select an existing session that should be deleted.

### Settings

Settings Configure &bibletime;

- Opens &bibletime;'s main configuration dialog. You can configure all kinds of nice settings there to adapt &bibletime; to your needs. Please see the Configuring &bibletime; section for details.

F4 Settings Bookshelf Manager

- Opens a dialog where you can change your &sword; configuration and manage your bookshelf. Please see the Bookshelf Manager section for details.

### Help

F1 Help Handbook

- Opens &bibletime;'s user guide You are reading it now.

F2 Help Bible Study HowTo

- Opens a guide on how to study the Bible It is the hope of the &bibletime; team that this HowTo will provoke the readers to study the scriptures to see what they say. This particular study guide has been chosen as it takes care not to advocate any particular denominational doctrine. We expect you to read and study the scriptures to understand what they say. If you start with the attitude that you want to have the Lord sow his word in your heart He will not disappoint you.

F3 Help Tip of the Day

- Opens a helpful tip The Tip of the Day provides a useful tip that will assist in the use of &bibletime;.

Help About

- Opens a window about &bibletime; project information contains information about &bibletime; software version, project contributors, &sword; software version, &qt; software version and the license agreement.

## Works reference

In this section you can find descriptions of the icons associated with open works.

- Scrolls forward through history.

- Scrolls back through history.

- Select an installed bible.

- Select an additional bible.

- Search in selected works.

- Display configuration.

- Select an installed commentary.

- Select additional commentary.

- Synchronize displayed entry with active Bible window.

- Select a book.

- Select an installed glossary or devotional.

- Select an additional glossary or devotional.

## Shortcuts index

This is an index of all shortcuts and their corresponding description in the handbook. The shortcuts are sorted (roughly) alphabetical. If you want to directly find out which shortcuts a certain menu item has, you can either look at the entry itself in &bibletime; (as it always shows the shortcut), or you can look it in the Main Menu reference.

Shortcut | Description
&Alt;+Left | Moves back in the history of read windows.
&Alt;+Right | Moves forward in the history of read windows.
&Ctrl;+&Alt;+F | Search Search in default bible equivalent; opens the search dialog to search in the default bible.
&Ctrl;+&Alt;+G | Window Arrangement mode Auto-tile vertically equivalent; toggle automatic window tiling.
&Ctrl;+&Alt;+H | Window Arrangement mode Auto-tile horizontally equivalent; toggle automatic window tiling.
&Ctrl;+&Alt;+I | Window Arrangement mode Auto-tile equivalent; toggle automatic window tiling.
&Ctrl;+&Alt;+J | Window Arrangement mode Auto-cascade equivalent; toggle automatic window cascading.
&Ctrl;+&Alt;+M | Window Arrangement mode Manual mode equivalent; toggle manual window placement.
&Ctrl;+&Alt;+T | Window Arrangement mode Tabbed equivalent; organizes windows with tabs across the top.
&Ctrl;+&Alt;+S | Window Save as new session equivalent; saves current layout as new session.
&Ctrl;+&Alt;+W | Window Close all equivalent; closes all open windows.
&Ctrl;+A | Select all. This selects all text in read windows.
&Ctrl;+C | Copy. This copies the selected text to the clipboard.
&Ctrl;+F | Search. This lets you search within the text of a read window.
&Ctrl;+G | Window Tile vertically equivalent.
&Ctrl;+H | Window Tile horizontally equivalent.
&Ctrl;+I | Window Tile windows equivalent.
&Ctrl;+J | Window Cascade windows equivalent.
&Ctrl;+L | Change location. Changes focus to the toolbar field for the selected work.
&Ctrl;+N | Search with works of this window.
&Ctrl;+O | Search Search in open work(s) equivalent; opens the search dialog to search in all currently opened works.
&Ctrl;+Q | File Quit equivalent; closes &bibletime;.
&Ctrl;+W | Closes the current window.
F1 | Help Handbook equivalent; opens the handbook.
F2 | Help BibleStudy HowTo equivalent; opens the BibleStudy HowTo.
F3 | Help Tip of the Day Opens a helpful tip to use &bibletime;.
F4 | Settings Bookshelf Manager equivalent; opens the Bookshelf Manager.
F8 | View Show Bookshelf equivalent; toggles display of the Bookshelf.
F9 | View Show mag equivalent; toggles display of the mag(nifying glass).
&Shift;+Down | View Auto scroll down
&Shift;+Up | View Auto scroll up
&Space; | View Auto scroll pause