{"id":3707,"date":"2011-01-18T18:09:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T23:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/?p=3707"},"modified":"2015-01-02T12:26:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T17:26:21","slug":"olive-tree-annotations-part-one-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richimages.net\/?p=3707","title":{"rendered":"BibleReader 5 Annotations:  Part One &#8211; Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span>his is the first of a three-part series of articles discussing annotations in Olive Tree&#8217;s BibleReader software. As of this article, BibleReader is currently at version 5.0. If you are unfamiliar with BibleReader, a very nice Bible study\/reading app that runs on Apple iOS devices, you may want to take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/?p=3580\">an introductory video<\/a> first. In BibleReader, <em>annotations<\/em> are used to add emphasis to text selections in one of three ways &#8211; highlighting, attaching notes, or saving a location for easy retrieval. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In BibleReader, annotations add emphasis to text selections in one of three ways:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bookmarks<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To kick this series off, we&#8217;ll examine how <strong>highlights<\/strong> can be created, edited, and organized in BibleReader. The image below is part of an iPad screen capture. Its caption sets the stage for the tutorial information that follows.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3863\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3863\" title=\"BR Highlights\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/highlightStylesDetail1.png\" alt=\"Several \" width=\"624\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/highlightStylesDetail1.png 624w, https:\/\/richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/highlightStylesDetail1-320x293.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/dd>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Shown are multiple highlights from an iPad screen grab* These styles demonstrate the following: (1) millions of colors selections are possible, (2) twelve different strokes exist &#8211; ranging from thin underlines to full upper-case heights, (3) overall highlight opacity control, (4) emulating realistic highlighter flow characteristics &#8211; the amount of &#8220;ink-flow&#8221; varies over the &#8220;stroke&#8221;, (5) whole-verse or verse-portions, and (6) multiple highlights may be applied to the same text selections &#8211; i.e. highlights may overlap.*<em>This screen capture was cropped, and reduced 95% in order to fit the page. Please note, some browsers can cause the colors to &#8220;pop&#8221; much more than viewing the iPad screen directly.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Method One: Creating Whole Verse Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Highlighting an entire verse couldn&#8217;t be easier. Advance through each of images below to see a virtual walk-through &#8211; how to highlight verse twenty-five.<\/p>\n<p>[album: https:\/\/richimages.net\/Albums\/CreatingHighlights\/ |width=640|height=640|photo_count=1|title_prefix=&#8221;Adding Custom Highlight Styles&#8221;|thumbnail_padding=0|thumbnail_size=40| ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method Two: Creating Specific Text Selection Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of version 5.0, BibleReader is no longer restricted to <em>whole-verse-only<\/em> highlighting. Highlighting specific text selections are now possible, whether they are verse portions, or even non-scripture related selections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3903\" title=\"Specific Text Highlighting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/specificTextHighlighting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/specificTextHighlighting.png 578w, https:\/\/richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/specificTextHighlighting-320x300.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> Viewing Differences in Whole-Verse Highlights and Specific Text Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you use method one to create a <em>whole-verse<\/em> highlight, the highlight will be visible for <em>any Bible translation<\/em> opened to that location. Therefore, these highlights can be thought of as <em>any-translation-highlights<\/em>, or <em>global highlights<\/em>. Highlights created using method two for more defined portions of text can only be seen in the Bible translation from which it was created. Obviously, it would be impossible for a software algorithm to match a portion of text from one translation to another. Therefore, a specific highlight will only be shown for the translation from which it was created. In the above example, the green highlight will only be seen in the ESV translation. Furthermore, the default title given to the highlight will append the source translation to the reference. For our example above, the default title of the saved highlight is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P s 23:1 ESV<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Removing Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Removing a highlight is just as easy as procedure use to create it. The only thing you really need to remember is to use the same selection method used to create the highlight you wish to delete. I.e. if you taped the verse label to create a whole-verse highlight, then that&#8217;s the way you start off removing it. If you selected specific text directly, then that will be the way you start off removing that same highlight. We&#8217;ll demonstrate these details more specifically in the following tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>[slideshow_deploy id=&#8217;5884&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> A Good Use for Partial Highlighting<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4074\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4074\" title=\"Good Partial Highlight Use\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/partialHighlightUseTip.jpg\" alt=\"An Excellent Use for a Partial Highlight\" width=\"576\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/partialHighlightUseTip.jpg 576w, https:\/\/richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/partialHighlightUseTip-320x123.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most users tend to stick to whole-verse only highlights 99% of the time. But, partial verse highlights can be very handy for several situations. Here, a user has created a note for a particular phrase. The complementary highlight provides a visual cue for the note\\&#8217;s object. (We\u2019ll cover notes in part two. )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Adding Custom Styles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The software comes with six predefined highlighter styles; more can be added. The following images walk through the process adding a custom highlight style &#8211; a underline style we&#8217;ll save with the name, <em>Blue Pen<\/em>. The last image shows a verse that has two highlighter styles applied to it &#8211; the default yellow stroke and our newly created <em>Blue Pen<\/em> underline. If you don&#8217;t want to walk through this tutorial, you may want to just take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/dm-albums\/dm-albums.php?currdir=\/Albums\/AddingCustomStyles\/&amp;byfile=yes&amp;file=customStyle18.jpg&amp;photo_count=1&amp;title_prefix=%22Adding%20Custom%20Highlight%20Styles%22&amp;thumbnail_padding=0&amp;thumbnail_size=40\">final results<\/a>. The software is incredibly intuitive.<\/p>\n<p>[album: https:\/\/richimages.net\/Albums\/AddingCustomStyles\/ |width=640|height=640|photo_count=1|title_prefix=&#8221;Adding Custom Highlight Styles&#8221;|thumbnail_padding=0|thumbnail_size=40 ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Stuff and Annotation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3975\" title=\"gui\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/gui1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"46\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It difficult to call an article about any annotation &#8220;complete&#8221; without at least a brief discussion of <strong>My Stuff<\/strong> capabilities. <i>My Stuff<\/i> is a term affectionately given to that little suit case, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3972\" title=\"suitcase\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/suitcase1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"15\" \/>, icon in the top GUI row. As the name implies, it contains all your, <em>&#8220;my stuff&#8221;<\/em>. It allows you to see all your annotations in one place.<\/p>\n<p>When a highlight is created, like any annotation type, it immediately populates a line item in the <strong>My Stuff-&gt;All Annotations<\/strong> listing. Annotations in this listing are distinguished by type according the icon at the left of the given line entry. Highlights have a pen icon,<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3980\" title=\"pen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"20\" \/> . At this level, there are three ways to interact with a highlight line item:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4008\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4008\" title=\"Annotation Line Items\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/annotation-line-items.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"144\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annotation line items, as viewed from My Stuff. The three annotation types are represented by their icon; shown are a note, a highlight, and a bookmark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>tap on the line entry<\/strong><br \/>\nTapping the line item itself will close the <strong>My Stuff<\/strong> GUI and open to display the highlighted text.<\/li>\n<li><strong>tap the blue configuration arrow<\/strong><br \/>\nTapping the rightmost blue configuration arrow allows the following edits to be made to the annoation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Change Title<\/strong><br \/>\nThe default title, the location, can be changed to any custom title.<\/li>\n<li><strong>View Existing Tags<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen an annotation is tagged, the <strong>Related Tags:<\/strong> section will show tags as buttons. Taping a tag will display a list of annotations that shares that tag.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edit Tags<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are two types of tags: those that are user-created, and those from existing topics of the <em>Resource Guide<\/em>.<br \/>\nIf you wish to use your custom tags, just tap the tag and a check mark will appear. If it does not exist yet, simply tap the <strong>Create New Tag<\/strong> button at the bottom of the page, once it&#8217;s created, be sure to tap to check it, so that it&#8217;s applied.<br \/>\nIf you wish to tag according to the thousands of existing topics in the <em>Resource Guide<\/em>, you will need to type the first few letters of the desired tag. As you type, the list will be refined to match the typed pattern. Once you see the desired tag, tap-to-check it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Change Category<\/strong><br \/>\nA Category is nothing more than a folder. Categories can contain other categories, called sub-categories. The GUI behind Change Category also allows the creation and placement of categories. As the name implies, an annotation can me moved into a category for better organization.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Change Highlighter<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is the style that a highlight annotation was created with. It can be changed to use any highlight style that exist with a simple selection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delete Highlighter<\/strong><br \/>\nNo collection of editing tools would be complete without the ability to delete. There is a button for deleting annotations to complete the editing actions available.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Swipe to Delete<\/strong><br \/>\nAgain, at the line entry level, annotations may be deleted with the standard Apple-swipe gesture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>My Stuff Exercise 1: Going to a Highlight Location from My Stuff<\/strong><br \/>\n[Album: https:\/\/richimages.net\/Albums\/MyStuffHighlights01\/ |width=640|height=640|photo_count=1|title_prefix=&#8221;Adding Custom Highlight Styles&#8221;|thumbnail_padding=0|thumbnail_size=40<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Stuff Exercise 2: Organizing Highlights by Folders<\/strong><br \/>\n[Album: https:\/\/richimages.net\/Albums\/MyStuffHighlights02\/ |width=640|height=640|photo_count=1|title_prefix=&#8221;Adding Custom Highlight Styles&#8221;|thumbnail_padding=0|thumbnail_size=25 ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Multiple Organization Options &#8211; Categories and Tags<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In exercise two, we used folders to perform some basic organization of highlight annotations. We grouped several appropriate verses from First John into a folder called <i>Assurance Test<\/i>. Using folders is great. However, this organization method is limited &#8211; an annotation may only reside in one folder. Suppose we were doing a study on lying. Some of our <em>Assurance Test<\/em> annotations could also belong in a folder called <em>Lying<\/em>. For example, look at these highlighted verses in First John chapter one:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>verse 6<\/strong>. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>verse 8<\/strong>. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We would like to connect these verses with the multiple topics &#8211; the topic of <em>Assurance Test<\/em> for salvation, and the topic of <em>Lying<\/em>. This is where we would use a second organizational method in BibleReader &#8211; tags. Exercise 3 below demonstrates the use of tags.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>For the above two exercises above, we viewed our highlights from the <strong>My Stuff-&gt;All Annotations<\/strong> section. My Stuff also contains segregated listing to isolate annotations by type; therefore, we may view highlights only by visiting <strong>My Stuff-&gt;Highlights<\/strong>. Additionally highlights are further divided by their styles. I.e., if you had a highlight style named <em>Red Pen<\/em>, you could view all those highlights by selecting that style. Exercise 3 will use this optional location, while demonstrating tags.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>My Stuff Exercise 3: Organizing Highlights by Tagging<\/strong><br \/>\n[Album: https:\/\/richimages.net\/Albums\/MyStuffHighlights03\/ |width=640|height=640|photo_count=1|title_prefix=&#8221;Adding Custom Highlight Styles&#8221;|thumbnail_padding=0|thumbnail_size=20 ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syncing Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, a short word on syncing annotations to your Olive Tree account. When opening the <strong>My Stuff<\/strong> GUI you may have already noticed the large <strong>Sync<\/strong> button at the bottom. Tapping this button will sync all annotations between your iOS device and your Olive Tree account. If you do not yet have a login, you will be prompted to create one. Once your annotations are up to date, they may be easily transferred to another device by syncing it as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4032\" style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sync.olivetree.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4032\" title=\"Olive Tree's Web-Based Sync Utility\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/syncUtility..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/syncUtility..jpg 544w, https:\/\/richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/syncUtility.-320x202.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This web-based utility allows viewing and basic creation\/editing of annotations &#8211; Notes, Bookmarks, and Highlights. It also has a Sharing section that can back up annotations in an XML file to your desktop, or transfer annotation files to an EverNote account.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Along with syncing, Olive Tree is continuing development of a web utility. This utility currently allows viewing and some base editing features of the annotations in your Olive Tree account. If you have an EverNote account, it can create a notebook called, &#8220;Olive Tree&#8221; and transfer your annotations there. If you like XML files, your annotations can be backed up to your desktop. The <a href=\"http:\/\/sync.olivetree.com\">web interface can be seen here<\/a>. I plan to cover syncing and this utility in more detail at a later time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewing Highlighting Basics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object style=\"height: 390px; width: 640px;\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KaSn_pPQW9w?version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KaSn_pPQW9w?version=3\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Closing Thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, those with the software probably didn&#8217;t learn anything from this article &#8211; the target audience are those new to the software. Long-time users may want to pass the link to friends as a convenient way to <em>check-it-out. <\/em> If you&#8217;ve found this article interesting, please consider digging a bit deeper by downloading the software and giving it a test spin. And, before anyone ask, No, I&#8217;m not an employee of Olive Tree, I simply enjoy touting and using this software.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, drop me a line, I&#8217;d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first of a three-part series of articles discussing annotations in Olive Tree&#8217;s BibleReader software. As of this article, BibleReader is currently at version 5.0. 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