[
  {
    "name" : "Copying and Pasting Text from Books",
    "sortName" : "018.2",
    "difficulty" : "easy",
    "requirements" : [
    "ESVS"
    ],
    "accVersion" : 0,
    "tags" : [
    "Copy and Paste",
    "Citation",
    "Bibliography",
    "Preferences"
    ],
    "summary" : "This tutorial will show you how to copy text from a book in your Accordance library 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 Eerdmans Dictionary.\r\rHint: You can open it from the Library, the New Tab icon of the Workspace toolbar, or the New Tab submenu of the File menu.",
        "action" : "open",
        "object" : "Eerdmans Dictionary"
      },
      {
        "text" : "Make sure the Entry field is selected in the Field pop-up menu.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "searchField|Entry"
      },
      {
        "text" : "Type ‘covenant’ (without the quotes) in the Search Entry box.",
        "action" : "type",
        "object" : "entryBox",
        "textToType" : "covenant"
      },
      {
        "text" : "Press the {macos Return}{windows Enter} key to perform your search.",
        "action" : "search"
      },
      {
        "text" : "Select the first sentence of the article, beginning with ‘A solemn agreement’ and ending with ‘some sort of oath’.",
        "action" : "select",
        "object" : "paneText",
        "selection" : "A solemn agreement between two or more parties, made binding by some sort of oath"
      },
      {
        "text" : "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 the current font, size, and style, superscript footnote markers, etc.\r\rIf you would like your copied text to be formatted differently, you can create a predefined format for copied citations—complete with bibliographic information about the book you copied from!",
        "action" : "none"
        },
      {
        "text" : "Open the Preferences to define a citation style.",
        "action" : "open",
        "object" : "preferences"
      },
      {
        "text" : "Select the Bibliography settings.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "prefList",
        "value" : "Bibliography",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "The Bibliography settings let you define a citation style for Accordance Tools, such as dictionaries, commentaries, and other books.",
        "action" : "none",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Choose SBL Footnote from the Format pop-up menu to have bibliographic information formatted as an SBL footnote.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "citStylePopup|SBL Footnote",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "You can choose to enclose your copied text within markers such as curly quotes. Enter an open curly double quote (“) in the first Content marker field.",
        "action" : "type",
        "object" : "contentMarker1Text",
        "textToType" : "“",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Enter a close curly double quote (”) in the second Content marker field.",
        "action" : "type",
        "object" : "contentMarker2Text",
        "textToType" : "”",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "You can also choose to enclose the bibliographic information with markers such as parentheses. Enter an open parenthesis in the first Citation marker field.",
        "action" : "type",
        "object" : "citMarker1Text",
        "textToType" : "(",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Enter a close parenthesis in the second Citation marker field.",
        "action" : "type",
        "object" : "citMarker2Text",
        "textToType" : ")",
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "In some word processors, you can have the Bibliographic citation automatically formatted as a footnote. For now, leave this option unchecked.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "citFootnoteCheck",
        "value" : 0,
        "options" : [
          "modal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text" : "Check the ‘Hide superscripts’ checkbox to remove superscript footnote markers from your copied text.",
        "action" : "control",
        "object" : "hideSuperscriptsCheck",
        "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 content 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" : "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 Bibliography preferences, then return to Accordance.",
        "action" : "none"
        },
      {
        "text" : "As you can see, no matter how a book is formatted in Accordance, Copy As Citation automatically formats any text you copy according to your preset Bibliography 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 book in your Accordance library to paste into another application. You have also learned how to include the bibliographic citation."
  }
]