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SatiacoB
Oct 27, 2009, 4:51:26 PM10/27/09
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I have just learned about Silas and was reading the silas-talk. I
noticed that in July you were talking about releasing 2.208-1.06
"soon". But what I'm able to download now (even in Oct) is only ...
1.02. Any idea when the ...1.06 will come out?
I'm eager to try this out. I have been using Paratext5 for many years,
copying formatted view into Word to tweak the formatting as I wanted.
I couldn't use v6 because the styles in Word wouldn't work. Now I have
to go to PT7 (my new computer won't run PT5), and was figuring I'd
have to work up a macro for formatting, but then I saw some note about
SILAS. I'll work on it this week and see how it goes. Thanks.
noticed that in July you were talking about releasing 2.208-1.06
"soon". But what I'm able to download now (even in Oct) is only ...
1.02. Any idea when the ...1.06 will come out?
I'm eager to try this out. I have been using Paratext5 for many years,
copying formatted view into Word to tweak the formatting as I wanted.
I couldn't use v6 because the styles in Word wouldn't work. Now I have
to go to PT7 (my new computer won't run PT5), and was figuring I'd
have to work up a macro for formatting, but then I saw some note about
SILAS. I'll work on it this week and see how it goes. Thanks.
JimH
Oct 29, 2009, 9:03:31 AM10/29/09
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Yes, the next version hasn't come out yet, as I've been making quite a
few changes, and haven't been able to do internal testing yet. I'm
currently on leave, and will be back to work after Nov 6. The version
I'm working on at present is 2.209-1.02. SantiagoB, I can email that
to you if you like -- it's 1.6 MB.
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On Oct 28, 7:51 am, SatiacoB <kdi...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I have just learned about Silas and was reading the silas-talk. I
> noticed that in July you were talking about releasing 2.208-1.06
> "soon". But what I'm able to download now (even in Oct) is only ...
> 1.02. Any idea when the ...1.06 will come out?
>
> I'm eager to try this out. I have been using Paratext5 for many years,
> copying formatted view into Word to tweak the formatting as I wanted.
>
SILAS is designed for the situation where you export the text as an
RTF document from Paratext, and then attach the SILAS template. In
Paratext 6, you do this via File->Save As, and in Paratext 7 you do it
via File->Save as RTF. There's a trick to getting Pt7 to save
everything you want it to save:
1. Move the insertion point to the END of the range you want to save,
such as Exo 23:12
2. Do File->Save as RTF, and turn the top line to verse 0 of the
chapter you want to start with, such as GEN 1:0, then do the save.
When Word opens, showing you the exported RTF file, use the SILAS
button or Alt-TF to attach the SILAS Formatting template, then one of
the jobs in the Scripture menu.
> I couldn't use v6 because the styles in Word wouldn't work. Now I have
> to go to PT7 (my new computer won't run PT5), and was figuring I'd
> have to work up a macro for formatting, but then I saw some note about
> SILAS. I'll work on it this week and see how it goes. Thanks.
Paratext 7 also provides Print Draft, which produces a nicely
formatted PDF file directly, and you can set various parameters on the
way, and this is much quicker than using Word and SILAS, but it
doesn't handle pictures well enough, so it is still worthwhile to use
SILAS in certain situations, and we'll continue developing SILAS.
Jim
few changes, and haven't been able to do internal testing yet. I'm
currently on leave, and will be back to work after Nov 6. The version
I'm working on at present is 2.209-1.02. SantiagoB, I can email that
to you if you like -- it's 1.6 MB.
More responses below:
On Oct 28, 7:51 am, SatiacoB <kdi...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I have just learned about Silas and was reading the silas-talk. I
> noticed that in July you were talking about releasing 2.208-1.06
> "soon". But what I'm able to download now (even in Oct) is only ...
> 1.02. Any idea when the ...1.06 will come out?
>
> I'm eager to try this out. I have been using Paratext5 for many years,
> copying formatted view into Word to tweak the formatting as I wanted.
>
RTF document from Paratext, and then attach the SILAS template. In
Paratext 6, you do this via File->Save As, and in Paratext 7 you do it
via File->Save as RTF. There's a trick to getting Pt7 to save
everything you want it to save:
1. Move the insertion point to the END of the range you want to save,
such as Exo 23:12
2. Do File->Save as RTF, and turn the top line to verse 0 of the
chapter you want to start with, such as GEN 1:0, then do the save.
When Word opens, showing you the exported RTF file, use the SILAS
button or Alt-TF to attach the SILAS Formatting template, then one of
the jobs in the Scripture menu.
> I couldn't use v6 because the styles in Word wouldn't work. Now I have
> to go to PT7 (my new computer won't run PT5), and was figuring I'd
> have to work up a macro for formatting, but then I saw some note about
> SILAS. I'll work on it this week and see how it goes. Thanks.
formatted PDF file directly, and you can set various parameters on the
way, and this is much quicker than using Word and SILAS, but it
doesn't handle pictures well enough, so it is still worthwhile to use
SILAS in certain situations, and we'll continue developing SILAS.
Jim
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