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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-fullscreenmode">
+ <term>
+ <menuchoice>
+ <shortcut>
+ <keycombo action="simul">
+ <keycap>F5</keycap>
+ </keycombo>
+ </shortcut>
+ <guimenu>
+ <inlinemediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="i_window_fullscreen.png" format="PNG" />
+ </imageobject>
+ </inlinemediaobject>View</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Fullscreen mode</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <action>Toggles full screen display.</action> Toggle this
+ setting to maximize the &bibletime; window.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-view-showtoolbar">
+ <term>
+ <menuchoice>
+ <shortcut>
+ <keycombo action="simul">
+ <keycap>F6</keycap>
+ </keycombo>
+ </shortcut>
+ <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>
+ <guimenu>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>
+ <guimenu>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-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-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-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>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-help-bibletime">
+ <term>
+ <menuchoice>
+ <shortcut>
+ <keycombo action="simul">
+ <keycap>F1</keycap>
+ </keycombo>
+ </shortcut>
+ <guimenu>
+ <inlinemediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="i_contents2.png" format="PNG" />
+ </imageobject>
+ </inlinemediaobject>Help</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Handbook</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <action>Opens &bibletime;'s user guide</action>
+ You are reading it now.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-help-bible_study_howto">
+ <term>
+ <menuchoice>
+ <shortcut>
+ <keycombo action="simul">
+ <keycap>F2</keycap>
+ </keycombo>
+ </shortcut>
+ <guimenu>
+ <inlinemediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="i_contents2.png"
+ format="PNG" />
+ </imageobject>
+ </inlinemediaobject>Help</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Bible Study Howto</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <action>Opens a guide on how to study the Bible</action>
+ 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.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="hdbk-reference-menus-help-about">
+ <term>
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Help</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>About</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <action>Opens a window about &bibletime; project
+ information</action>
+ contains information about &bibletime; software version,
+ project contributors, &sword; software version, &qt; software
+ version and the license agreement.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </sect2>
+ </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 itself 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>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">
+ <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>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>