Superscript

[Kevin Murray]

Hi everyone. When I prepare sermons I like to cut and paste the passage into a word processor and then write all over the pages and make notes etc.

 

I don't like verse numbers getting in the way so I manually superscript them and take them down to 9 point as well [they are a necessary evil].

 

Is there a way to do this automatically in Accordance so I don't have to manually do the superscript? ie. I'd like to be able to export or cut and paste the text 'ready to go' into my word processor.

 

Thanks

 

Kevin

[Joe Weaks]

Kevin,

I may not be understanding your question, since my suggestions are pretty simple.

When you have a text open, select from the menu "Display/Set Text Display..." or press ⌘t. This brings up the text display dialog, where you can set many properties to the references in the text, including superscript. Do that, and if you want to, click the button to make those changes the default display option for every new window of that module.

Then, satisfied with the look, you can copy and paste text or you can save a window of text as an .rtf file that will be read with styling intact in your word processor.

Do offer more clarification if this is not what you're looking for.

Cheers,

Joe

[Kevin Murray]

Thanks Joe. I tried that repeatedly last night with no success.

 

I want to be able to read the line and have the verse reference [with no book or chapter ref] in 9 point above the line as a superscript.

 

Whenever I try this in the Text Setting Pref box I can get a preview in the "References" Style sample for italics, bold, underline but no preview for superscript.

 

Can't seem to work out how to attach a sample.

 

Thanks

Kevin

[Helen Brown]

I used Set Text Display to set the text like this:

But you can also go to Preferences: Citation and set a different format for the export of the text as a citation (Copy Special in the Edit menu) so that you can view it one way in Accordance and past it differently into Word.

[Kevin Murray]

Thanks Helen. I've tried that as well but it doesn't do what I want. I prefer to have the verse number not on the line but just above the line i.e. slightly out of the way. Can Accordance do this or am I being too picky?

 

By the way I'm from Australia

[Helen Brown]

Look closely, the verse number is superscripted, except at the beginning of a paragraph.

[Kevin Murray]

Thanks Helen - but try as I might I can't reproduce what you are getting.

 

But even what you've produced is inconsistent

[Helen Brown]

I gave you a snapshot of the settings, and I do not agree that the superscript is partial, it just does not appear on the first verse in the paragraph.

 

What version of Accordance are you using, and which text and version of the text?

[Joe Weaks]

Can't seem to work out how to attach a sample.

Kevin,

Try taking a screenshot of the two windows that Helen showed so we can have a look at your setup. Have a look here if you want help in how to take screenshots.

[Kevin Murray]

Thanks Joe. My problem isn't how to take a screenshot [i've been using Macs for 18 years] but how to post a jpg in the forums.

 

I've tried 'choose file' on the reply to post page but nothing has appeared.

 

Thanks

 

Kevin

[Joe Weaks]

After you upload an image with the Choose File button, you then click on it and then click the Upload button, then the (0) should change to a (1) in the "Manage Current Attachments" menu just to the left of it.

Select the drop down file and it will put into your post code like:

attachment=381:Picture_3.png

inside of brackets [ ].

I must confess that I don't see how Helen's screenshot example is not doing what you're requesting, perhaps with the exception of each reference that happens at the beginning of a paragraph.

[Kevin Murray]

Thanks Joe and Helen for your patience.

 

I'm using Accordance 8.1 with ESV 2.1 and NIV 2.2 on a MacBook Pro.

 

What I'd ideally like to achieve is this from Daniel 3

 

 

 

See how the verse numbers are above the baseline?

 

Using the settings that Helen supplied my set up looks like this

 

 

and this is what I get

 

 

But the verse numbers are still near the baseline.

 

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

Kevin

[Helen Brown]

It does not show in the sample, but I did select the superscript style for the verse references. Did you?

 

David pointed out to me that you probably are concerned with the appearance after copy and paste into another program. The problem here is that the clipboard does not support the superscript style. The solution is to save the text selection as an RTF file. This preserves the superscript style well (I tried it in TextEdit). Of course, it is a little more hassle than a quick copy and paste.

[Joe Weaks]

But the verse numbers are still near the baseline.

Kevin,

It is clear in the screen shot that you posted that you have not in fact set the style of the reference to ^Superscript, as Helen questioned. Do you see it there at the bottom of the popup menu in the Reference side entitled "Style:"

 

 

The two things that aren't ideal for you is that the reference at the beginning of each paragraph are not going to be in ^Superscript, and you'll have to save as an .rtf file and then open in order to preserve the ^Superscript formatting.

[Kevin Murray]

Thanks Joe and Helen. I've tried everything you've suggested multiple times but the verses are still on the baseline.

 

I put the style in superscript and then "save text selection as rtf" and it produces the text with the verses on the baseline in Textedit.

 

I've got a friend who is a power Accordance user flying in from Western Australia tonight. I'll see if he can spot what I'd doing wrong.

 

Kevin

[Kevin Murray]

Success! Working with a friend he pointed out that I was making the change in the global preferences rather than in just the individual text eg ESV text. So it worked in the individual text.

 

But it wouldn't work in the global preferences.

 

Thanks very much for your help.

[Helen Brown]

I think it does work in Preferences, but these do not affect open or saved windows, only new panes and windows.

[Joe Weaks]

Success! Working with a friend he pointed out that I was making the change in the global preferences rather than in just the individual text eg ESV text. So it worked in the individual text.

Kevin,

Glad you got it working.

Now, if only you could've followed the instruction of the very first reply to your question:

I may not be understanding your question, since my suggestions are pretty simple.

When you have a text open, select from the menu "Display/Set Text Display..." or press ⌘t.