{"id":4078,"date":"2011-01-25T11:45:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T16:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2015-01-02T11:50:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T16:50:53","slug":"biblereader-5-annotations-part-two-%e2%80%93-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richimages.net\/?p=4078","title":{"rendered":"BibleReader 5 Annotations: Part Two \u2013 Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">I<\/span>n our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/?p=3707\">previous article<\/a>, we discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/?p=3707\">BibleReader&#8217;s Highlight annotation type<\/a>. Here we are ready to discuss a second annotation type &#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Notes<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Taking a meaningful note is one way to capture and continue mentally processing a spiritual insight that crosses your thoughts. The art of writing small is quite useful when negotiating the limited margin space in a Bible. Sadly, no matter how small I write, I&#8217;ve never had enough room; inevitably, I&#8217;ll find myself turning a line sideways to write up the side of the page as a last-ditch effort to get more room. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve found two very nice solutions for this problem. Here&#8217;s the first &#8211; a loose-leafed Bible.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bibledesignblog.com\/2009\/05\/hendrickson-looseleaf-esv-with-binder.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Loose Leaf Bible - One solution for increasing note taking space.\" src=\"http:\/\/jmarkbertrand.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e3981f1e398833011570b2076c970b-800wi\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not only are the margins larger, but, if needed, blank pages can be inserted for tons of note-taking space. Image from Mark Bertrand, click the image for his review.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap\">B<\/span>ibleReader offers another a second solution &#8211; <em>go digital!<\/em> Note-taking functionality in BibleReader may be one of the most compelling reasons to do so. I&#8217;ve copied and pasted whole sermons into a single note, held in an attractive icon next to its target text. Combine this with other BibleReader note-taking functionality, and the choice becomes even more practical. Here&#8217;s a list of note-taking features I enjoy in this fantastic software:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Organizing Notes with Folders<\/li>\n<li>Retrieving Notes with Tags<\/li>\n<li>References are automatically converted to Scripture Hyperlinks<\/li>\n<li>Syncing Notes among different iOS devices<\/li>\n<li>Notes are incorporated into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KyVZ7Pc1yWQ&amp;feature=player_profilepage\">Resource Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Electronic Sharing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4208\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4208\" title=\"BR's solution for note-taking - tons of space\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/blog-Sized-Very-Long-Note.png\" alt=\"BR's solution for note-taking space - A sermon \" width=\"600\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/blog-Sized-Very-Long-Note.png 600w, https:\/\/richimages.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/blog-Sized-Very-Long-Note-320x314.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To get a feel for how large this note is, look at the scroll-bar\\&#8217;s relative page location (indicated by it&#8217;s placement) and relative page size (indicated by it&#8217;s length). If the visible text were considered a page &#8211; then the entire note would be 15 pages. The note was opened by taping the icon at verse 7; it may also be expanded to full screen by taping the lower right expand icon. Also, any scripture references are converted to underlined hyperlinks, and can be tapped to open the active Bible translation to that location &#8211; once opened, the user maintains the ability to scroll the scripture back or forwards, open publisher cross-references, or hit a back button to return to the note.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Creating Notes as Icons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some notes are short. They are intended to add insights to a scripture or phrase for better understanding. It&#8217;s best to <em>anchor<\/em> these notes to the target text they explain. In BibleReader, this <em>anchoring<\/em> is accomplished by a well-placed icon. As a reader reads through the text, and comes across the icon, it marks the note and invites the reader to visit it&#8217;s contents. Because of the manner in which the note is anchored, it&#8217;s information is easily accessible, but only when it&#8217;s relevant to do so. These kinds of notes are true annotations, and are very easy to create.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taking Notes During a Sermon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not all notes should be anchored to a particular text location &#8211; especially when it&#8217;s desired to capture thoughts during a note-taking session. BibleReader&#8217;s notes are not limited to small amounts of text. It can easily accommodate these note-taking sessions. The app never has to be shut down to do so. This video demonstrates a typical note-taking set up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizing and Retrieving Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just because it&#8217;s convent to take notes, unless you&#8217;re organized and can easily retrieve it when desired, it really does no good. This is not limited to the act of going digital either. Hopefully, you don&#8217;t find yourself repeating some things I&#8217;ve done in the past with my note-taking experiences. I can&#8217;t tell you the number of times that I decided to take notes during a sermon, opting to write on the back of folded pieces of typing paper or bulletins. These notes would build and build until they were simply cluttering up my Bible; and I would perform routine clean up times when these papers were thrown away.<\/p>\n<p>BibleReader provides tools for organizing and retrieving notes &#8211; folders and tags. A well thought out hierarchy of folders and tagging systems will make retrieval very easy. The folder structure you create, and the tagging system that makes sense to you, can be created in BibleReader&#8217;s software. I&#8217;d love to gain tips from people. But for now, we&#8217;ll take a look at how to place notes into folders and tagging them in this short video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our previous article, we discussed BibleReader&#8217;s Highlight annotation type. Here we are ready to discuss a second annotation type &#8211; Notes. 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