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Goal of this Documentation
The goal of this documentation is to explain every e-Sword feature for both the casual and advanced user. This documentation is the product of hundreds of hours of work.
If you have questions about a feature, we hope you can easily find the answers you are seeking by referring to the hyperlinked Table of Contents. If you’re viewing this document in a PDF browser, the Table of Contents is available in the Bookmarks window. The Table of Contents is invaluable for using this documentation.
This documentation uses informal, conversational English, keeping with our goal of real-world use by Christians wanting to learn more about e-Sword. The best way to accomplish our goal is to use conversational English.
Documentation Authors
A concept of this manual was first written in 2003 by Barrie Gordon and Johan Struwig.
Sarah Valente completely rewrote the manual in June 2011. Other than the organizational structure, the documentation Sarah produced bears little resemblance to the 2003 version.
Josh Bond rewrote and reorganized the manual, split in two revisions: July 2011 and November 2011.
This documentation is produced by BibleSupport.com.
Copyright and Distribution
This text is copyrighted only to prevent the documentation from being used for commercial profit.
You may freely copy and distribute this documentation as long as you make do not make any changes or use the documentation commercially, including charging, in any way, for it’s use, reading or distribution.
If you have any questions on this policy, contact Josh Bond at BibleSupport.com.
Table of Contents
About this User’s Guide 12
About e-Sword 12
Goal of this Documentation 12
Documentation Authors 12
Copyright and Distribution 12
What New in e-Sword 10? 13
Reference Library 13
Search All Topics At Once 13
REFX File Format 13
Support For Pictures 13
New Editor with True Word Processing Power 14
SermonAudio.com Integration 14
STEP Reader Still Included 14
Chapter 1: Getting to Know e-Sword 15
e-Sword Interface Overview 15
e-Sword Quick References: Tooltips 15
Common Tasks Menu 16
e-Sword Hotkey Reference Sheet 16
The Main Toolbar and Main Menu 19
Main Toolbar Icon Summary 19
Maximizing Window Views 21
Bible Books Navigation Tree 21
Introduction to the Bibles Window 22
The Compare Tab 24
The Parallel Tab 25
Introduction to the Commentaries Window 26
Introduction to the Editors Window 27
Introduction to the Dictionaries Window 28
Introduction to the Reference Library 29
Chapter 2: Customizing e-Sword 30
Adjusting the Layout of e-Sword’s Main Screen 30
Maximizing / Minimizing Window Panes With Push Pins 30
Maximizing Window Panes With the Window Menu 31
Making Window Panes Larger or Smaller 32
Window Docking Introduction 33
Docking Windows – Getting Started 34
Docking Windows: Overlapping 36
Floating Window Customization 39
Zoom Feature: A Gift for Old Eyes 40
The Zoom Icon 40
Zooming with the Mouse Wheel 40
Changing Fonts and Sizes 41
Changing Text and Background Colors 42
e-Sword Multilingual Settings 42
Changing the e-Sword Application Language 42
Miscellaneous Display Options 43
Search Options 44
Reset e-Sword Settings 44
Hiding and Uninstalling Resources 45
Hiding Resources 45
Permanently Delete Resources 46
Deleting Editor Notes 46
Configuring Resource Tabs 47
Display Tabs on a Single Row or Multiple Rows 47
Resource Tab Sorting - Advanced 47
Renaming Resource Tabs 48
Resource Tab Conflicts 48
Changing the e-Sword Resource Location 49
Downloading Additional Resources 50
Unofficial Resources 50
Official Resources 50
Installing Unofficial Resources 52
Self Installing Resources 52
Compressed Zip File 52
Raw e-Sword Resources 52
Support for Unofficial e-Sword Resources 52
Chapter 3: The Bibles Window in Detail 53
Navigating the Bible in the Bibles Window 53
Using the Bible Books Window 54
Using the Lookup Scripture Reference Popup 54
Viewing Your Previous Bible Search Results 55
Viewing Your Verse History 55
Searching the Bible - Basic 56
Quick Searching – Context Menu 58
Additional Search Options Wheel 59
Searching Only the OT, NT, and Apocrypha 60
Apocrypha 60
Extended Bible Search - Multiple Translations 61
Search Results 61
Searching the Bible - Advanced 62
Copying and Printing Bible Searches 63
Printing 64
Quick Copying 64
Copying/Printing Entire Bible Passages 65
Copying and Printing from Parallel Mode 66
Working with Strong's Hebrew and Greek Numbers 67
Strong’s Number Basics 67
e-Sword Modules with Strong’s Numbers 67
Viewing Strong’s Number Definitions Without Leaving the Bible Window 67
Viewing Strong’s Number Definitions in the Dictionary Window 68
Searching by Strong's Numbers 69
The Compare Tab 71
The Parallel Tab 72
Split Bible View 73
Analyzing Verses – Passage Theme and Word Distribution 74
Using the Gospel Harmony 76
Displaying Information about a Bible Translation 77
Chapter 4: Highlighting, Marking, and Bookmarking Resources 78
Highlighting Text 78
Marking Text 80
Working with Bookmarks 81
Setting Bookmarks 81
Accessing Bookmarks 81
Bookmark Hotkeys/Shortcuts 82
Bible Markup File 83
Chapter 5: The Verse List Feature – Saving Verses 84
Adding a Verse to Your Verse List 84
Creating a Verse List from a Search 85
Creating a Verse List Manually 86
Updating a Verse List 87
Adding a Verse from a Verse List 87
Deleting a Verse from a Verse List 87
Sorting Verses in a Verse List 87
Viewing Verse References 88
Deleting Verse Lists 89
Chapter 6: Printing in e-Sword 90
Printing in e-Sword 90
The Print Preview Window 90
Printing Bible Chapters 91
Printing Selected Verses and Chapters 91
Printing from the Editors Window 93
Printing from the Commentaries 93
Printing from the Dictionaries Window 93
Printing from the Reference Library Window 93
Printing Bible Reading 94
Printing Daily Devotions 94
Printing Prayer Lists 94
Printing with the STEP Reader 94
Chapter 7: The Commentaries Window 95
Using Commentaries 95
When to Synchronize/Unsynchronize a Commentary 96
Selecting Between Verse, Book, and Chapter Comments 97
Viewing “Next Comment” and “Previous Comment” 97
Viewing Commentary Information 97
Viewing All Commentary Entries – Birds Eye View 98
Searching a Commentary 99
Searching More Than One Commentary Simultaneously 99
Chapter 8: Introduction to the Editors 100
New Editor Features in e-Sword 10 100
Editor Hotkeys 100
Using the Editor – Word Processing 102
Find (Ctrl-F), Replace (Ctrl-R), Go To (Ctrl-G) 102
Spell Check (F7) 103
Thesaurus (Shift-F7) 103
Cut (Ctrl-X), Copy (Ctrl-C), Paste (Ctrl-V) 103
Pasting Formatted Text (F11 Toggle) 103
Undo (Ctrl-Z) and Redo (Ctrl-Y) 103
Insert Bookmark 104
Insert Hyperlink 104
Insert Table 105
Dragging Table Boundaries 105
Table Properties (Settings) 106
Adjusting Rows and Columns 107
Insert Picture 107
Image Attributes 108
Header and Footer 110
Page Layout 111
Show/Hide Formatting Symbols 111
Font Selection and Size 111
Bold (Ctrl- 
, Italic (Ctrl-I), Underline (Ctrl-U) 112
Font Color 112
Highlight 112
Format Scripture Tooltip (Ctrl-J) 113
Align Left, Align Center (Ctrl-E), Align Right, Justify 113
Numbering and Bullets 114
Bullets and Numbering Format 114
Decrease Indent and Increase Indent 114
Format Paragraph 115
Border 115
Columns 116
Page Break 116
Save Notes 116
Understanding Where the Editors Read Notes Files. 117
How to Backup Your Notes - Advanced 117
Chapter 9: Journal Notes 118
Viewing Journal Notes 118
Creating a Journal Note 119
Editing a Journal Note 119
Deleting a Journal Note 120
Viewing All Journal Notes – Birds Eye View 121
Searching Journal Notes 122
Additional Search Options Wheel 122
Copying from the Bible to Your Journal Notes 123
Copying from Other Windows to Journal Notes 124
Copying the Entire Text 124
Copying an Excerpt 124
Importing and Exporting Journal Notes 125
To import a file: 125
To export a Journal note: 125
Managing More than One Journal Notes File - Advanced 126
Creating a New Journal Notes File 126
Opening a Journal Notes File 126
Changing Where e-Sword Reads Journal Notes - Advanced 127
Chapter 10: The Study Notes 128
Viewing Study Notes 128
Creating a Study Note 129
Editing a Study Note 130
Deleting a Study Note 130
Viewing All Study Notes – Birds Eye View 131
Searching Study Notes 132
Additional Search Options Wheel 133
Copying from the Bible to Your Study Notes 135
Copying from Other Windows to Study Notes 136
Copying the Entire Text 136
Copying an Excerpt 136
Importing and Exporting Study Notes 137
To import a file: 137
To export a Study note: 137
Managing More than One Study Notes File - Advanced 138
Creating a New Study Notes File 138
Opening a Study Notes File 139
Changing Where e-Sword Reads Study Notes - Advanced 139
Chapter 11: Topic Notes 140
Viewing Resources: Topic Editor or Reference Library? 140
e-Sword 9 Users: Can’t Find your Topic Notes? 141
Viewing Your Topic Notes 141
Creating a Topic Note 142
Editing a Topic Note 143
Optimizing Topic Notes Files with Images 144
How Image Bloat Happens 144
Removing Image Bloat 144
Deleting a Topic Note 144
Searching Topic Notes 145
Additional Search Options Wheel 146
Copying from the Bible to Your Topic Notes 148
Copying from Other Windows to Topic Notes 149
Copying the Entire Text 149
Copying an Excerpt 149
Importing and Exporting Topic Notes 150
To import a file: 150
To export a Topic note: 150
Managing More than One Topic Notes File - Advanced 151
Creating a New Topic Notes File 151
Opening a Topic Notes File 152
Changing Where e-Sword Reads Topic Notes - Advanced 153
Reference Library (.REFX) Files 154
When to Use Reference Book Files 154
Why Convert to Reference Book Files Then? 154
How to Convert Topic Notes to Reference Book Format 154
Chapter 12: The Dictionaries Window 155
Using Dictionaries 155
Topics List and Performance 155
Quick Lookup Inside the Dictionary 156
Viewing Your Dictionary Search History 157
Viewing Strong’s Number Definitions in the Dictionary Window 158
Strong’s Number Basics 158
Searching a Dictionary 159
Searching More Than One Dictionary Simultaneously 159
Chapter 13: Reference Library 160
Viewing Resources: Topic Editor or Reference Library? 160
Why Can’t I View Topic Notes Files in the Reference Library? 160
Opening the Reference Library 161
Reference Library: Background, Foreground, Resizing 161
Viewing Resources in the Reference Library 162
Filtering Resources in the Reference Library 162
Searching the Reference Library - Basic 163
Additional Search Options Wheel 165
Searching the Reference Library - Advanced 167
Extended Search - Multiple Reference Books 168
Search Summary 168
Paste Into Topic Notes 169
Highlighting Text 169
Chapter 14: The Bible Reading Plan 170
Opening Bible Reading Plans 170
Using Bible Reading Plans 171
Previous Reading and Next Reading 171
Incrementing the Reading Plan Progress Bar 171
View Chapter as Paragraph 171
Changing Bible Reading Plans 171
Creating a Bible Reading Plan 172
Show at Startup 172
Chapter 15: Daily Devotions 173
About Daily Devotions 173
Opening the Daily Devotions 173
Using the Daily Devotions 174
Show Devotions at Startup 174
Chapter 16: Prayer Requests 175
Opening Prayer Requests 175
Viewing Prayer Requests 175
Adding Prayer Requests 176
Editing or Deleting a Prayer Request 177
Managing Prayer Request Files 178
Creating Prayer Request Files 178
Loading Prayer Request Files 178
Show Prayer Requests at Startup 179
Chapter 17: Scripture Memory 180
Opening Scripture Memory 180
Viewing Verses to Memorize 180
Adding Scripture Memory 181
Editing or Deleting a Memory Verse 182
Testing Memory Verses 183
Associate Reference Test 183
Fill In The Blanks 184
Word Position 184
First Letter 184
Managing Memory Verse Files 185
Creating Memory Verse Files 185
Loading Memory Verse Files 185
Show Memory Verses at Startup 186
Chapter 18: Sermon Audio 187
Starting Sermon Audio 187
Listening to a Sermon 188
Learning More About the Speaker or Sermon 188
Using the Audio Player 189
Listening to Sermons On Different Verses 190
Sorting Sermons By Heading 190
Adjusting the Width of Heading Columns 190
Chapter 19: Sermon Illustrations 191
Unlocking Sermon Illustrations 191
Opening Sermon Illustrations 191
Viewing and Copying Sermon Illustrations 192
Filtering Sermon Illustrations 192
Adding Sermon Illustrations 192
Editing or Deleting a Sermon Illustration 193
Chapter 20: The Graphics Viewer 194
Opening the Graphics Viewer 194
Viewing Graphics 195
Selecting Graphics within the Graphic File 195
Panning Graphics 195
Resizing Graphics 196
Chapter 21: The STEP Reader 197
About STEP Books 197
Opening The STEP Reader 197
Viewing STEP Books 198
Pasting Into Notes 198
Searching STEP Books 199
Chapter 22: Searching e-Sword Using Regular Expressions 200
Regular Expressions 200
Conventions Used in this Chapter 200
Lesson 1: Case sensitive; Characters found anywhere 201
Lesson 2: Literal vs. Special Meaning Characters 201
Lesson 3: Word Boundaries 202
Lesson 4: Dot Character 203
Lesson 5: Brackets “[]” 204
Lesson 6: Range of characters “-” 204
Lesson 7: Caret “^” 205
Lesson 8: Word Characters “\w” 206
Lesson 9: Non-Word Characters “\W” 207
Lesson 10: Pipe Character “|” and Parenthesis “()” 208
Lesson 11: Digit “\d” 209
Lesson 12: Quantifiers "*", "+", and "?" 210
Lesson 13: Curly brackets “{}” 212
Lesson 14: Beginning Verse Anchor “^” 212
Lesson 15: Ending Verse Anchor “$” 213
Lesson 16: Putting It All Together with Useful Examples 214
Example 1: Verses Starting/Ending with a Specific Characters 214
Example 2: Finding Words Beginning/Ending with Specific Characters 215
Example 3: Finding Verses Only If They Contain Two+ Specific Words. 216
Example 4: Finding “Wildcard” Verses References. 217
Example 5: Finding a Verse with Words in Proximity to other Words. 218
Reference Information on Regular Expressions. 218Screenshots
I just downloaded the PDF to be able to read on my laptop here and there and catch up with all that e-Sword can do. A valuable resource, thank you for your time and effort, it is a blessing, as it has already answered some of my questions 
I just wanted to say thanks - this PDF is great! I have a friend over in SE Asia that I sent a copy to and they loved it.
VERY simple to understand and the photo's are wonderful. This is a real service to the eSword community and Christ's Body.
Thanks Again, lg
Ps. 90.17
I'm sorry if i'm mistaken, but the manual for download is still version 1.1. with 83 pages.
Looks really good. Many thanks to Sarah and you, Josh.
As it turns out, Regex doesn't work in extended search. One version at a time, if you please.
RickB
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Thank you for making this tutorial available in pdf format. This is truly an answer to prayer as a result of many inquiries and complaints about an up to date documentation for e-Sword. You do not realize just how important this is to those who I given e-Sword to.
e-Sword once was a program that was so simple and easy to use one really didn't need a help file or even a tutorial manual. But since the event of the 9x series, many things have changed, and there have been a number of new additions made to the program. And so the how to questions have grown in e-Sword, and the program has become somewhat complex to use, and now there is an actual learning curve to it.
So again, a real great big thank you for this edition of the manual. God love you heaps for it.
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