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Keyboard Shortcuts Are Here to Help You!

Did you know there are almost 100 different keyboard shortcuts available to help you in Paratext?! It’s true! Many common shortcut keys like Copy/Paste, Save, and Print are at your fingertips (pun intended), as well as Paratext-specific shortcuts that can save time when doing repetitive tasks.

Link to full keyboard shortcuts article

Want to go to a different verse reference without using the mouse? No problem!

What about undoing that last tab/window move? Yup!

How about quickly navigating that long list in your Find window, or even the Notes list window? Paratext can do that too. …  read more

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Making a Glossary in Paratext

Glossaries can be an important source of explanatory information for Bible readers. In her short article about glossaries, Katherine Barnwell gives several bits of helpful advice. Concerning when to begin a glossary she states:

“Translators should not wait until the New Testament is completed before starting to think about a glossary. As you are translating, make note of items that you will want to include in a glossary.

Prepare the glossary in the receptor language in time to allow for testing. The entries should be tested along with the Bible text. …  read more

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Collaboration through Project Sharing

Paratext makes collaboration possible even in these difficult times when face-to-face interaction is becoming rare. Project Sharing or Send/Receive is available for all registered projects. This feature is heavily used by translation teams to keep on working when it isn’t possible to share an office. Occasionally, however, problems can arise. Many of these issues can be resolved by following good practices. In May of 2020, we started the first in what was going to be a series of articles on Send/Receive. Instead, we’ve gone back to the old Paratext 7 project sharing manual and completely revised and updated it for Paratext 9. It is quite comprehensive and could be titled: Everything you ever wanted to know about Paratext project sharing but were afraid to ask. You can find the link to the manual at the bottom. …  read more

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New Tool for Printing from Paratext

Paratext was designed to facilitate the hard work of Bible translation by providing the tools and resources to analyze the original languages and to enable translators to faithfully translate its meaning.  Paratext is an excellent tool for translating the text, but publishing has traditionally been left to professionals. Even so, once a section of text has been completed inside of Paratext, translators invariably want to print it—whether for early testing or for intermediate publications before the project is completed.  The simple File | Print menu option in Paratext wasn’t designed for this, and users have struggled to find various alternatives to print Scripture.  Some use the built-in menu options, Export to RTF or Export Draft PDF (Formerly called Print Draft), but neither of these are complete solutions. To fill the gap, users have contributed other tools over the years, like Silas, WordSend, and Pathway.  People have had various levels of success using them, but after all this time there was still no clear winner that we could recommend…  until now. …  read more

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Paratext 9.1 has now been released!

We are pleased to announce that Paratext 9.1 is now available as a full release. Many teams will be required to use project plans soon, so Paratext 9.1 has significantly improved the tools used to manage tasks and assignments for working with a project plan.  Paratext 9.1 is the latest release on the Paratext 9.x branch and will replace Paratext 9.0 on your system.

New “Current priority” shows tasks from passages that are the current translation priority.

Training Videos

We have produced a set of videos that will let you see these features in action – or show you how to use these new features if you are ready to try them: …  read more

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