Tips to Using the Scripture Index 1.  Source Documents Open In New Window: When you link to a source document from a Scripture Index, the source document will open in its own new window. This way, you do not have to wait for the Index page to re-load and open. It will be waiting for you when you close the window containing the source document, by using the T in the top right corner of the window. This feature should be especially useful for those who use dial-up connections to the Internet. 2.  References Link to Top of Source Document: There is no useful way that an index can link to the actual verse reference imbedded in the source document, without adding large quantities of hidden bookmark tags to the source document. Keeping the source documents intact was a design criteria. 3.  Finding Verse References In the Source Documents: From the beginning of the source document, either use the pull-down menu >Edit>Find or the keyboard shortcut <Ctrl-F> to begin your search. And, keep these issues in mind: Book Abbreviations: The Scripture Index program will find Psalm 23:2, Ps. 23:2, Psa 23:2 and report them all as Psalm 23:2. Consequently, searching for “Psalm 23:2” may not find the reference. Instead search for “23:2.” If you find Exodus 23:2, along the way, just keep hitting “Next” until you arrive at Psalm 23:2 (or Ps. 23:2, etc.). If you still do not find the reference, there may be another issue involved. Verse Reference Strings: The Scripture Index program finds and makes individual references to all of the verse groups that are distinct. For example, the following source document text “The background verses include Mt. 19:10, 14-15, and several verses between 23 and 29.” would generate 4 separate entries in the Scripture Index to Matthew: 19:10, 19:14-15, 19:23, and 19:29. It is assumed that the above would not be written as: “The background verses include Mt. 19:10, 14-15, and 3 verses between twenty-three and twenty-nine.” Where standalone numerics occur within a sentence, and following a recognizable Scripture reference, they are assumed to be additional verses. There may be a few errors related to that assumption. So, if you are searching  for Matthew 19:23, it may not look that way in the original document. Search first for “19:23.” If that is unsuccessful, try “23.” Also, remember that there are unusual Book abbreviations (e.g. Exo instead of Ex. or Exod.). Most verse references containing the usual abbreviations, with and without periods (.) will have been identified as verses. 4.  There are no references to Adobe Acrobat .pdf files in any of the Scripture Indices.  Adobe purposefully makes their source files unreadable. No matter how pretty they are (and they are), .pdf documents cannot be searched and they cannot be indexed. [ Back ]