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Bible With You (BWE) / Palm |
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General Features
- Multiple Bibles Support
Allows installing a number of Bible translations.
- Study Mode
Allow reading the Bible and using study add-on resources such as cross-references, Strong's numbers and definitions, commentaries, dictionaries, images, etc.
- Comparison Study Mode
Allows comparing two Bible translations in split screen mode.
- Reading Mode
Allows automated reading of the Bible with options for Auto-scrolling the text, Screen Wrap reading and Manual text control.
- User Notes
Allows adding and editing your personal notes to verses in the Bible. Categories for the user notes are available.
- Bookmarks
Allows adding Verse Bookmarks to single verses and storing them in categories.
New in 7.0:  See Demo.: Highlight Bookmarks - advanced bookmark feature that goes beyond painting with user defined colors to provide study functionality such as attaching user notes to highlighted passages, jumping to the next/previous bookmarked passage with history arrows.
- Ribbon markers
User marks, added in the Reading mode to save the last passage read in a certain Bible book. Next time the application is used, the users may continue their reading from the same place. Adding an unlimited number of ribbon markers in order to keep track of the reading progress in different parts of the Bible is possible. For example, ribbon markers may be added to the OT, NT, the Gospels, etc.
- History
Bible With You keeps history of the passages you have visited allowing you to move back and forward in the history list.
- Show Verse Protocol
Allows launching Bible With You reader from other GMPSoft PDA applications. A shortcut icon in Bible With You brings you back directly to the launching application.
- Searching for verses by words and expressions
Provided by a separate GMPSoft application - Bible Concordance With You. Integration between Bible With You and Bible Concordance With You allows launching the concordance from the reader and searching for Bible verses with its help.
Warning: Bible Concordance With You is a separate GMPSoft product and requires a separate License.
- Clipboard Copy
Allows copying the current active verse or all verses from the current selection.
New in 7.0: Copying Highlighted Bookmarks.
- Free license
Allows using one public domain Bible translation with Bible With You reader for free.
The free license is limited to using the Bible translation only in Bible With You reader and not in the other GMPSoft PDA software applications.
See Demo. Navigation Features
- Forms
Select Bible (Book, Chapter, Verse) forms that allow you to choose Bible translation and a passage to read. Open the forms by tapping on the Bible translation and passage, indicated in the Headline bar and in the Command Toolbar.
- Graffiti Navigation System
Extremely fast navigation in the text by drawing the letters of Bible books and the numbers of chapters and verses in the Graffiti area or, alternatively, by typing letters and numbers with the Virtual Keyboard of the device.
- Menu Bar Commands
Bible With You has Book, Edit, View and Read menus for adjusting the preferences and choosing commands. Voice Bible With You has a VM menu for the voice commands.
- Graffiti Shortcut Commands
Alternative Graffiti shortcuts are available for most of the commands.
- Auto-scroll
Auto-scroll reading of the text is available in the Reading Mode.
- New in 6.0: Flying Command Bar
Includes icons for the most often used commands such as copy, previous/next, add to bookmarks, etc. The Command Bar status options are - always shown, always hidden, and auto - shown only at the expanded Hi-Res+ Screen mode.
New in 7.0: Possibility to choose Command toolbar position (top/bottom).
- Hardware Buttons
Allow moving the text up/down per page and changing chapters.
- Scroll Bar
Allows moving the text up/down within a chapter.
- 5-way Navigator
The application supports the 5-way navigation button used by some Palm OS PDA devices.
- Jog Dial Support
The application supports the Jog Dial wheel in the Sony PDA devices.
See Demo. Bible Study Features
- Footnotes
Bible With You reader implements the footnotes of the Bible translations that have information about footnotes. The footnotes are displayed as tool-tips and not below the text. You can choose to hide Footnotes if you do not want to use them.
- Cross References
Bible With You reader implements the cross references of the Bible translations that have information about cross references. The databases, Bible Cross References, are distributed separately as add-ons for the reader and may be used with any Bible translation.
- Strong's numbers
Bible With You reader implements the Strong's numbers and definitions for the Bible translations that provide information about them.
Note: The Strong's definitions are provided by Hebrew/Greek lexicons (distributed separately as add-ons for the reader) and include Hebrew and Greek letters.
- Book Introductions
Book Introductions are available for the Bible translations that include such information.
- Bible Study Books
Bible With You application supports multiple Bible study add-on books and reference resources such as dictionaries, commentaries, Bible study notes, cross references, Bible images, etc. For all available add-on resources, check the GMPSoft Products page.
- Commentaries
Bible With You application supports commentaries books, which are distributed as add-on products separately from the reader.
New in 7.0: Improved Select Commentary feature - works with an expandable list of icons for selecting commentaries for a more compact view.
- Bible Notes
Bible With You application supports Bible Notes, which are distributed as add-on products separately from the reader.
- Dictionaries
Provide pop-up definitions of words in the Bible. Dictionaries (such as Webster's, Easton's, Cambridge, Oxford, Tyndale) are distributed separately as add-ons for Bible With You reader.
- New in 6.0: Bible Images
Bible With You application can display images of objects related to certain Bible verses and passages. The database with 1000 Bible Images With You is distributed separately as an add-on for Bible With You.
Presentation Features
- Rich Text Presentation
Text formatting is very close to that of the original texts. Subchapters, footnotes, glossary definitions, cross references, words in bold and italics and Jesus words in red are included for the Bible translation that provide that information.
- Pop-up Windows
For more convenience, additional information such as footnotes, cross-references, definitions, etc., is being displayed in pop-up windows.
- Arranging the Text by paragraphs or by verses
The reader allows arranging the text by paragraphs or by verses for the Bible translations that include information about paragraphs. If the translation does not have such information, the text will be arranged only by verses.
- Text Size Remapping
Allows choosing small, medium or large font size.
- Apply Bold Formatting
Allows applying bold formatting to the text to help people that experience difficulties reading the fine print.
- New in 6.0: Show Last Line
With this feature enabled, when you change pages, the reader will display the last line from the previous page on the current page.
Technical Features
- Platform
Supports the Palm OS - versions 3.5 and higher.
- Palm OS5 support
The application is compatible with all Palm OS5 handheld devices.
- Support for the 5-way navigation button
- Hi-Res+ Support
The application supports the full 320x480 client area of the hi-res+ screen.
- Tungsten T|X, Clie UX50, LifeDrive support
Supports the Sony Clie PEG-UX50 480/320 and the Tungsten T3, T5, T|X and LifeDrive's 320x480 Stretch Display.
- Support for MMC, SD cards, Memory Sticks
The application uses VFS to work with MMC, SD cards and Memory Sticks. Due to the special techniques used, the application works fast and with a minimal slow down compared to using the database from the handheld RAM.
- Jog Dial Support
The application supports Jog Dial navigator in Sony devices.
- Virtual Keyboard Support
Support for the virtual keyboard of PDA devices with 320x480 Hi-res+ screen.
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- Palm OS Required
Our products for Palm PDA devices require at least Palm OS version 3.5.
- Memory Requirements
Because of the great number of GMPSoft resources you may use from
either RAM of your Palm PDA or an expansion card, it is very difficult to define the exact
amount of memory you must have on your handheld. To help you with that we have provided free full functional trial of
the products — you install the full volumes of the files to test and adjust the necessary system resources.
For example:
- If you use Bible With You for one Bible translation from RAM, provide
approximately 300Kb free RAM on your Palm PDA necessary for proper operation (besides
the memory required for installing the product's files in RAM or the card.)
- If you use more GMPSoft applications and Study Books (commentaries, Bible notes, lexicons)
from RAM or a card, you need to provide more free RAM for proper operation (critical requirements for
the free RAM vary from 700Kb to 1.3Mb.)
- Expansion Cards
GMPSoft Palm PDA applications use VFS to work with MMC, SD cards and Memory Sticks.
You may store both the application files (.prc type) and the databases (.pdb files) on an expansion card.
(Install the .prc files in \Palm\Launcher folder of the card.)
- Device Specific Requirements
Check our FAQ section for Known Problems.
| | ACV | AKJV | ASV | BBE | BWE | CEV | CJB | | Contemporary Language |  | | | | | | | | Footnotes | | | | | |  | | | Cross References | | | | | | | | | Strong's Numbers | | | | | | | | | Glossary | | | | | | | | | Outlines | | | | | | | | | Book Introduction | | | | | | | | | Jesus' Words in red | | | | | | | | | Epenthetic Words in italics |  | | | | | | | | Paragraph Marks | | | | | | | |
| | DRB | EB1905 | EB1985 | EMTV | ERV | ESV | GNT | | Contemporary Language | | | | | | | | | Footnotes | | | | | | | | | Cross References | | | | | | | | | Strong's Numbers | | | | | | | | | Glossary | | | | | | | | | Outlines | | | | | | | | | Book Introduction | | | | | | | | | Jesus' Words in red | | | | | | | | | Epenthetic Words in italics | | | | | | | | | Paragraph Marks | | | | | | | |
| | GreekNT | GW | HNV | JPS1917 | KJV | KJVwS | KJ21 | | Contemporary Language | | | | | | | | | Footnotes | | | | | | | | | Cross References | | | | | | | | | Strong's Numbers | | | | | | | | | Glossary | | | | | | | | | Outlines | | | | | | | | | Book Introduction | | | | | | | | | Jesus' Words in red | | | | | | | | | Epenthetic Words in italics | | | | | | | | | Paragraph Marks | | | | | | | |
| | LBLA | LUTH | LUTH85 | MSG | MURDOCK | NASB | NASBwS | | Contemporary Language | | | | | | | | | Footnotes | | | | | | | | | Cross References | | | | | | | | | Strong's Numbers | | | | | | | | | Glossary | | | | | | | | | Outlines | | | | | | | | | Book Introduction | | | | | | | | | Jesus' Words in red | | | | | | | | | Epenthetic Words in italics | | | | | | | | | Paragraph Marks | | | | | | | |
| | NBLH | NLB | NLT | NRSV | OJB | PDT | RKJ | | Contemporary Language | | | | | | | | | Footnotes | | | | | | | | | Cross References | | | | | | | | | Strong's Numbers | | | | | | | | | Glossary | | | | | | | | | Outlines | | | | | | | | | Book Introduction | | | | | | | | | Jesus' Words in red | | | | | | | | | Epenthetic Words in italics | | | | | | | | | Paragraph Marks | | | | | | | |
| | RNKJ | RSV | RVR60 | RWB | RWBwS | TAB | TMB | | Contemporary Language | | | | | | | | | Footnotes | | | | | | | | | Cross References | | | | | | | | | Strong's Numbers | | | | | | | | | Glossary | | | | | | | | | Outlines | | | | | | | | | Book Introduction | | | | | | | | | Jesus' Words in red | | | | | | | | | Epenthetic Words in italics | | | | | | | | | Paragraph Marks | | | | | | | |
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What does the (BWE) in the product name mean?
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BWE stands for the Bible in Worldwide English. The BWE consists of the New Testament written in easy, worldwide English, using a vocabulary of only 1,500 words plus names - much fewer than any other simple English edition. Each word and phrase has been carefully checked to give true understanding in different countries and regions.
This version was originally prepared by Annie Cressman, a Canadian Bible teacher in Liberia in West Africa. Whilst teaching students in a Bible School where the language used was English, Miss Cressman found that she was spending more time explaining the meaning of the English than she was teaching the Bible itself. So she decided to write this simple version in easy English so that her students could easily understand. Miss Cressman used the Authorised (King James) Version - itself an easy English version of its day - rather than make a fresh translation from the Greek language. She taught and wrote down the New Testament in words and sentences that she knew her students would understand.
In 1959 the Full Gospel Publishing House in Toronto, Canada, printed a trial edition of the Gospel of Mark. A further edition was published in 1962 by the American Bible Society. The whole New Testament was first published by SOON Publications in India in 1969 in hardback form. This was assisted by Operation Mobilisation (OM) and was reprinted in 1971. |
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I tried to use the software but received error message 'Database not found. Leaving...'.
What should I do?
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Usually the Palm software consists of two parts - application files (with an
extension .prc) and database files (with an extension .pdb). The
message you have received indicates you need to install the .pdb files of the
applications you have. |
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Can I move the application on an expansion card
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Yes, our products support expansion cards (MMC, SD, memory sticks). You can store both the
databases (.pdb) and the application (.prc) files on an expansion card. |
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I received a message: 'Bible has older version than your application requires and shall
not be opened'. What should I do?
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GMPSoft endeavor to achieve greater speed of operation of its products so we are continually
improving the data structure formats. The new versions of the products do not support the
older data formats purposely, so the speed would not decrease. In order to prevent this we
have implemented a mechanism for protection. The message you have received is a result of
this protection.
Usually this happens when you use some GMPSoft products and have installed a more recent
version of one of them.
To resolve the situation you must download latest versions of all our products that
you use (updates are free). |
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I have received only Genesis 1 and not the rest of the Bible. What should I do?
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All GMPSoft products are full
functional shareware - all downloaded copies provide full functionality, so we can
assure you that you have downloaded the complete Bible. (We do not distribute copies of
our products containing only parts of the bible.)
For the complete instructions how to use Bible With You, read the User Guide (select
a Bible translation from GMPSoft's Products
List, go to it and click on User Guide button. |
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Can I use the free limited License for Bible With You in Bible Concordance With You?
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No, Bible Concordance With You (BCWY) works with two databases that use different licenses
and need separate registration:
Concordance database - uses the License of BCWY. There are no free limited
licenses for that database.
Bible database - uses the License for Bible With You. The free Limited License
for a Bible database does not give right to use the Bible database in the concordance. |
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I receive a message: 'Duplicate Databases Found. This may cause problems in opening the
desired version. Removing the duplicates is recommended.' How can I remove the duplicates
referenced?
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This message alerts that the same database files were found in two or more different
locations of your device:
in RAM and on an expansion card, or
in different directories of the expansion card
The message only warns you but you could continue to use the application. Deletion
of duplicates is recommended so when you install updates, there will not be older files that
does not work with updated versions of the product.
To delete the files, please, read the manual of your device. Newer devices allow you to
manage the files of which the application consists (one .prc and one .pdb), while older
models can manage an application only as a whole. |
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04/26/05
The Bible in Worldwide English released for Palm PDA.
GMPSoft has released Bible With You Palm PDA application for the Bible in Worldwide English prepared by Annie Cressman. The BWE consists of the NT written in easy, worldwide English (the vocabulary used includes only 1,500 words carefully checked to give true understanding in different countries and regions), which makes it an easy-to-read and understand version for all readers.
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You can get a limited license for Bible With You (BWE).
Bible With You supports Show Verse Protocol. It allows other applications
to set a verse, which can be visualized. The other application may implement the same protocol and launch
Bible With You at a specified situation. The user, then, may choose to return to the launcher application.
If you are a software developer and are interested in this possibility, please, feel free to
contact us for more information at: ceo@gmpsoft.com.
The
License for using Show Verse Protocol is free of charge.
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