Author: Doug Higby

PTXprint is a separate program that extends Paratext's print to PDF capabilities and adds many new ones, helping users select the ones they want. It also has the ability to place pictures more precisely, and gives fine grained control over footnotes, headings, and columns. It can even print diglots and include page borders, something that can be very difficult even for professional typesetting.

Paratext Lite enables users to accomplish many translation tasks on mobile devices. Changes in Paratext Lite can be synchronized with the main project's text and notes via the Internet, enabling collaboration with a global team.

Paratext 9 has been out for seven months now, and it is clear from the feedback we received that most people who have upgraded are enjoying it. The upgrade path is extremely smooth since there is no migration process, allowing teams to upgrade their users one at a time as they feel ready. Now, as we patiently wait for everyone to upgrade, Paratext 9 is getting all the improvements that users like you have requested, while Paratext 8 is only in maintenance mode.  Occasionally we discover users who are holding on tightly to Paratext 8, claiming that they’ll only move to Paratext 9 when someone forces them to.  This is certainly not the result we were hoping for! Recently, one user helped us to understand the root of this problem.

A translation consultant contacted me about a year ago with a new feature request for Paratext. She wrote, “There are so many project and resource windows on my screen. …

The Paratext website is an obvious place to list training events for people to learn Paratext or improve their skills.  To facilitate this, we have launched an events section on the website where Paratext training events will be listed, starting with a Paratext Training Course in Dallas, Texas, December 3-10.  Since there are so many organizations using Paratext, we can’t know about all of the training events going on around the world. So we are including a link on our events page for training event submissions. If your organization is hosting a training event and is able to make it open to others, we would encourage you to list it here.

If you have a larger group that needs training, please write to help@paratext.org and we will see if there is a trainer who is available to travel to your area.  Our goal is for every Paratext user to be working effectively with the software. …

And how to fix them if it’s too late

Now that we have been doing migrations of Paratext data for quite some time, we have put together a list of things that should be considered at the time of migration.  This is great news if you are at the point of migrating your Paratext 7 project to Paratext 8. But don’t worry, even if you have already completed the migration, we’ve provided instructions for you too. It isn’t too late, but you might have some extra steps involved. Please read through the list below, and follow these topics to the website for more information if you should deal with any of these issues. …