Why Isn't BibleWorks Fully Unicode?
Though BibleWorks is not currently fully Unicode, our policy as a company is that we are slowly shifting over to Unicode. All future CHM modules will use Unicode Greek and Hebrew, and we will convert the older CHM modules as time permits. Both Unicode Greek and Hebrew and legacy BibleWorks font ...
- Why Am I Prompted For A Product Code?
When the BibleWorks program is started, the may be conditions in which one encounters a popup window that is asking for a 'Product Code'. This is not the same thing as the serial number that was used to install the program to the computer. Rather, it is actually an unlock code for an optional, ...
- Why Doesn't BibleWorks Offer Bible Texts as Extra-Cost Add-on Modules?
Our company feels that offering Bible texts as extra-cost add-on modules is counterproductive for three main reasons. One is that we want to be positioned as far as possible for charging money for the Word of God itself, and putting all offered Bible texts in the BibleWorks base package is so ...
- Why Was Activation Implemented in BibleWorks 8?
BibleWorks wants to emphasize at the outset that we continue to believe the Word of God has been freely provided to us and should never be sold (John 2:16). However, the package in which the Word is provided does take effort to produce, and it is necessary to provide for the physical needs of th ...
- What are the Contents of BibleWorks? What does BibleWorks Include?
BibleWorks is a large collection of software tools and database resources designed specifically to assist pastors, seminary students, professors and missionaries in their exegesis of the Biblical text. It contains more than 200 Bible translations in nearly 40 languages, 45 original language (Gre ...
- Why Doesn't BibleWorks Have A Certain Resource?
We aren't wedded to the texts we currently include in BibleWorks for theological reasons, but rather economic. Some works have a very high street price, and the cost of formatting and proofing electronic texts for such works necessitates substantial customer interest to achieve break-even. Our c ...
- Where Do I Find Information for a Reference Drawn from a BibleWorks Resource?
The publication information for the resources in BibleWorks can be drawn from a number of places in the program: -- One way of obtaining information about a resource is to consult the BibleWorks copyrights section by clicking on Help | Show Copyright Information in the main menu. -- To cite a wo ...
- How Soon Will BibleWorks Be Available in Languages Other Than English?
We appreciate that having BibleWorks dialogs, online help, and other resources in languages other than English will be of significant assistance to many customers. Consistent with our company policy to control costs and keep the BibleWorks price as low as possible, though, we need to change the ...
- How Can I Suggest Enhancements to BibleWorks?
The BibleWorks staff appreciates very much the participation of its customers in suggesting enhancements to BibleWorks, including recommendations for new material to be added. Such suggestions are best sent to us through the submission form that is found on our website at this location http://ww ...
- How Can I Learn the Projected Contents or Release Date of Future BibleWorks Versions?
For BibleWorks to project the contents or release date of future versions is inadvisable for three reasons: -- Text licensing and formatting for BibleWorks inclusion are both quite unpredictable processes that can encounter unexpected and uncontrollable delays. -- By BibleWorks's advertising in ...
- How Do I Report an Error in BibleWorks?
As with any software that runs on a computer, varying conditions will occasionally lead to an error condition of one kind or another. BibleWorks is pleased to offer free technical support to its registered users when errors or program failures occur. One measure that should be taken before any o ...
- Why Does LSJM Appear Incorrectly As A Resource in BibleWorks 8?
The Liddell-Scott Greek-English Lexicon, or LSJM for short, is an optional, add-on module available for BibleWorks 7 and BibleWorks 8. To have this resource available, it is necessary to purchase an unlock code for it. Some customers that have purchased BibleWorks 8 have discovered the LSJM in t ...
- How Can I Keep the Earlier CSB in BibleWorks 8?
When one installs BibleWorks 8 from the installation media, the edition of the Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB) that is installed is copyrighted 2005. During the life of BibleWorks 8 as a version, the CSB was updated to an edition copyrighted in 2009. Some have expressed an interest in up ...
- Will Interlinear Versions Be Included in BibleWorks?
So far, BibleWorks has received few requests for interlinear presentation. In fact, many seminaries discourage interlinear use, believing having someone else's translation under the Greek words is quite counterproductive for people who are learning Greek and want to become proficient at it. Bibl ...
- Does BibleWorks Have Commentaries, Biographies, Lectionaries, or Devotional Material?
Those wishing to integrate other texts into BibleWorks can incorporate any such texts to at least some degree, of course, using the BibleWorks "Custom Modules" facility described in the BibleWorks Help. Check the master list of User-Created Databases for texts already formatted for BibleWorks. B ...
- Why Are Textual Errors Reported to BibleWorks Not Immediately Fixed?
BibleWorks apologizes for slowness in fixing some database errors. While excuses do not help fix database errors, here is a little insight into what we do and why. BibleWorks has hundreds of databases to maintain. Our process is not (usually) the same as editing a Word document. We usually us ...
- What is the Copyright Status of the Manuscript Transcriptions in BibleWorks 9?
The manuscript transcriptions in BibleWorks 9 are copyrighted material and they will likely remain that way, primarily so that their pedigree can be maintained. They have more value to the scholarly community if the texts are licensed and maintained by a single entity or organization. We also wa ...
- What are the Requirements for Citing the Information Contained in BibleWorks?
Please see section 61, "Database Sources and Copyrights," of the Help in BibleWorks 8 (or the corresponding "Copyrights" section of the documentation in previous versions of BibleWorks) to determine the copyright owner on BibleWorks texts. This information is also shown in the Analysis Window wh ...
- What is BibleWorks Policy Regarding Databases and Their Content?
BibleWorks' Database Policy Concerning database content: The BibleWorks policy is to retain the content of the database as supplied to us by the licensor. In general this means that the content of the BibleWorks database conforms to the printed text. Because of the requirements and expectations ...
- When Will BibleWorks Include a Certain Bible Version I Want?
We thank God that, by the instrumentality of His faithful servants, the Bible is being translated into more modern languages every day. From time to time, therefore, BibleWorks receives the question, "When will BibleWorks include the X Bible Version?" As a matter of corporate policy, BibleWorks ...
