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Product Overview: Editing

Scripture Draft View

Scripture Draft view displays the vernacular translation for editing. It is similar to word processors, including Microsoft Word.

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Back Translation Draft View

Back Translation Draft view displays a Scripture translation in two panes: the vernacular translation in the pane at the left, and a back translation in the pane at the right. You can type a back translation for consultant checking in any analysis writing system.

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Footnotes

You can insert general and cross-reference footnotes. There are several display options. In Scripture Draft view, clicking a footnote marker displays the corresponding footnote in a separate footnote pane.

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Graphics

You can insert a picture into Scripture text from a file. If you type a caption, it appears below the inserted picture.

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