[
  {
    "name" : "Copying and Pasting Bible Text",
    "sortName" : "018",
    "difficulty" : "easy",
    "requirements" : [
    "ESVS"
    ],
    "accVersion" : 0,
    "tags" : [
    "Copy and Paste",
    "Preferences",
    "Citation"
    ],
    "summary" : "This tutorial will show you how to copy text from a Bible to paste into another application.\r\rBecause this tutorial only runs inside Accordance, you will be instructed to copy text in Accordance, then switch to another application to paste what you copied. When you return to Accordance, you will need to click Continue to advance the tutorial.",
    "actions" : [
      {
        "text" : "First, open the ESV with Strong’s.",
        "action" : "open",
        "object" : "ESVS"
      },
      {
        "text" : "Enter ‘Ex 15’ in the Go To box.",
        "action" : "type",
        "object" : "gotoText",
        "textToType" : "Ex 15"
      },
      {
        "text" : "Press the {macos Return}{windows Enter} key to go to Exodus 15.",
        "action" : "goto"
      },
      {
        "text" : "Select all the words in Exodus 15:1, beginning with ‘Then’ and ending with the period after the word ‘sea’.",
        "action" : "select",
        "object" : "paneText",
        "selection" : "Then Moses and the people of Israel fsang this song to the LORD, saying,\r\t g“I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously;\r\t\tthe horse and his rider1 he has thrown into the sea."
      },
      {
        "text" : "Now choose Copy from the Edit menu.",
        "action" : "menu",
        "object" : "Edit|Copy"
        },
      {
        "text" : "Now, switch to a word processor, create a new document, then choose Paste from the Edit menu.\r\rObserve how the pasted text appears, then return to Accordance.",
        "action" : "none"
        },
      {
        "text" : "When you choose Copy in Accordance, the text is copied exactly as it appears, including:\r• the current font, size, and style,\r• poetic formatting such as line breaks and indents, and\r• superscript footnote markers\r\rIf you would like your copied text to be formatted differently, you can find a variety of options in the Copy As submenu of the Edit menu.",
        "action" : "none"
        },
      {
        "text" : "Choose No Superscript from the Copy As submenu of the Edit menu.",
        "action" : "menu",
        "object" : "Edit|Copy As|No Superscript"
        },
      {
        "text" : "Now, switch to your word processing document and paste again.\r\rObserve how the pasted text now appears with the superscript footnote markers removed, then return to Accordance.",
        "action" : "none"
        },
      {
        "text" : "In addition to merely removing the superscript characters, you can create a predefined format for copied citations. Any text you Copy As Citation will be formatted accordingly.",
        "action" : "none"
        },
      {
        "text" : "Open the Preferences to define a citation style.",
        "action" : "open",
        "object" : "preferences"
      },
      {
        "text" : "Select the Citation settings.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "prefList",
        "value" : "Citation",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Under Content, you can choose to enclose your copied text within markers such as curly quotes. Enter an open curly double quote (“) in the first marker field.",
        "action" : "type",
        "object" : "contentMarker1Text",
        "textToType" : "“",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Enter a close curly double quote (”) in the second marker field.",
        "action" : "type",
        "object" : "contentMarker2Text",
        "textToType" : "”",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Check the ‘Suppress poetry’ checkbox to remove poetic line breaks and indents from your copied text.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "suppressPoetryCheck",
        "value" : 1,
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Check the ‘Hide superscripts’ checkbox to remove superscript footnote markers from your copied text.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "suppressSuperscriptCheck",
        "value" : 1,
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "No matter the font size of the text you copy, you can specify a different font size for your pasted text. Check the ‘Scale font size to’ checkbox.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "scaleFontSizeCheck",
        "value" : 1,
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Now select 12 point from the font size pop-up menu.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "fontSizePopup|12",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Under Content References, you can control how verse references appear within your copied text—or omit them entirely.\r\rChoose ‘Omit Entire Reference’ from the Show As pop-up menu.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "contentRefPopup|Omit Entire Reference",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "The Citation Reference is a summary verse reference for your entire citation, even if you select more than one verse.\r\rChoose Below Citation from the Location pop-up menu to specify that this summary reference should appear on a line below your copied citation.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "refLocationPopup|Below Citation",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Place a long dash (—) in the first marker field.",
        "action" : "type",
        "object" : "refMarker1Text",
        "textToType" : "—",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Leave the second marker field empty.",
        "action" : "type",
        "object" : "refMarker2Text",
        "textToType" : "",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "To include the abbreviation for the Bible you copied from, click the ‘Include text abbreviation’ checkbox.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "inclTextAbbrCheck",
        "value" : 1,
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "You can have pasted citations include an Accordance URL link that can be clicked to open Accordance to the text you copied.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "includeLocationURLCheck",
        "value" : 1,
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Click OK to dismiss the dialog and save your changes.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "okBtn",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Now that you’ve set up a citation format, choose Citation from the Copy As submenu of the Edit menu.",
        "action" : "menu",
        "object" : "Edit|Copy As|Citation"
        },
      {
        "text" : "Switch to your word processing document and paste again.\r\rObserve how the pasted text now appears in the format we set in the Citation preferences, then return to Accordance.",
        "action" : "none"
        },
      {
        "text" : "As you can see, no matter how Bible text is formatted in Accordance, Copy As Citation automatically formats any text you copy according to your preset Citation preferences.\r\rIn most cases, you’ll get better results using Copy As Citation than you will with standard Copy.",
        "action" : "none"
        }
    ],
    "completion" : "Congratulations! You have learned how to copy text from a Bible to paste into another application in the format you desire.\r\rTo learn how to copy and paste a pre-formatted list of verse references, click Next Tutorial.",
    "nextTutorial" : "Copying and Pasting a Series of Verse References"
  }
]