Extended Study Content

A study Bible project text is based on an existing scripture translation text. It may be referred to as a “derived text”. Typically one or more of the following study content types are added to the text. To distinguish study Bible content from the base translation text, a small set of additional USFM markers are used to indicate the beginning and ending point of the extended study content types.

• Extended Book Introductions
• Division and Section Introductions
• Extended Footnotes
• Extended Cross References
• Sidebars

A set of study Bible content categories can be defined and inserted into any study content type using the \cat ...\cat* markers.

Note

Important Notes: The use of USFM markup for study Bible authoring is supported by an editing environment which understands the structure of study additions to a standard USFM scripture translation text. ParaTExt 7.3 and beyond provides support for study Bible content authoring through an enhanced multi-pane editing window. A project must be initiated in ParaTExt specifically as a Study Bible project in order to have these enhancements enabled.

Study Bible projects initiated in earlier versions of ParaTExt will have used a multiple project arrangement in order to manage the various study content items. These projects will need to be merged into a single study Bible project in order to make use of the enhanced editor in ParaTExt 7.3. ParaTExt 7.3 provides a software tool to assist with merging multi-project study Bible contents.

Please ask your ParaTExt supporter for additional help with initial study Bible setup and configuration. ParaTExt Helps on working with study Bibles, and a Study Bible Authoring guide are also available to registered users from the ParaTExt website.