Click on a category name to view and expand the questions.
You may also use the search box in the menu bar above to search the whole site for answers.
Your new name will be effective immediately and you will receive a new registration code by email. Enter the new name and code into Paratext by going to Registration Information (Help column of the main menu).
For a more complete explanation of the implications of changing your name, please see this complete article: Change a user’s Registration Name
Please see the System Requirements for Paratext 9 page.
Paratext 8 is no longer supported.
Please see the System Requirements for Paratext page.
Paratext 8 is no longer supported.
You can copy/paste your existing code from Paratext:
The video below (starting at 4:48) describes how to enter your registration information and registration code in Paratext.
To get started with Paratext for FREE, register here.
If you cannot find your registration code, you can reset it with these instructions: I lost my registration code.
You can use Paratext in many different languages from around the world. Follow these instructions to change the language you use Paratext in.
You can use Paratext in many different languages from around the world. Follow these instructions to change the language you use Paratext in.
The Paratext Help system inside of Paratext is quite comprehensive. When you have a question, you can search the built-in Help for answers. In the process you may learn some new features you didn’t know about! Use the Help menu or the Help search box in Paratext to find help on a topic.
The video below shows how to use the Help system in Paratext.
The version of Paratext is shown in the upper-left corner of the Paratext window:
You can also find the specific/minor version of Paratext that you have installed:
Paratext projects have two names (see Project menu > Project Settings > Project Properties):
It is very simple to change a project’s Full Name, but more complicated/involved to change a project’s Short Name.
Instructions to make these changes are below.
To change a project’s Full Name, follow these instructions:
To change a project’s Short Name, follow these instructions to Use the Convert Project Tool.
Yes, you can use Paratext on multiple computers or devices! You can even use the same Paratext registration information on multiple devices.
To start working on a different device:
For example, if you are working on Device A and you want to switch to Device B:
This will keep your project(s) synchronized across multiple devices. Just repeat this process anytime you want to switch devices.
The video below (starting at 4:48) describes how to enter your registration information and registration code in Paratext.
To get started with Paratext for FREE, register here.
Do you need to change the organization you are registered with? You can do this at any time, but you need to be aware of two things first:
Here is how to request membership of an organization for those with an existing registration.
If you see “Requested membership of [name of organization]”, this means your request is in process.
If it has taken too long, or you requested membership of the wrong organization, you may make another request as follows:
If you are not with an organization but are involved in a Bible translation project that follows the FOBAI Translation Standards, you may Request to be approved as an independent translator.
Yes. To add a text as a Paratext resource, the text must first be uploaded to the Digital Bible Library after passing required checks in Paratext. Once in the DBL, the owner may choose to license it to specific organizations, to all vetted Paratext users, or to every Paratext user.
On January 14th, 2020 Microsoft ended support for Windows 7.
Paratext may still run on Windows 7, but it is no longer officially supported. Some people have had difficulty installing Paratext 9 on Windows 7, and it is likely that future versions of Paratext will not run on Windows 7. We no longer test our software on Windows 7, and if you need support, we may ask you to move to Windows 10.
Also, please be aware that you are more vulnerable to being hacked if you are using Windows 7 because it will not receive security updates when vulnerabilities are discovered. This is especially important if you work in a sensitive location. Microsoft discusses this in their end-of-support announcement:
After January 14, 2020, PCs running Windows 7 no longer receive security updates. Therefore, it’s important that you upgrade to a modern operating system such as Windows 10, which can provide the latest security updates to help keep you and your data safer. In addition, Microsoft customer service is no longer available to provide Windows 7 technical support. Related services for Windows 7 are also also being discontinued over time …
If you continue to use Windows 7 after support has ended, your PC will still work, but it will be more vulnerable to security risks and viruses. Your PC will continue to start and run, but will no longer receive software updates, including security updates, from Microsoft.
A lot of the functionality in Paratext 9 is the same, but there have been significant changes to the menus, how windows work and how to open things. Paratext 9 also includes Enhanced Resources, texts with information about the underlying Greek or Hebrew words.
An awkwardness of using Paratext since it began is how the menus change or apply depending on what your active project is. How often have you gone looking for a command, or realized you just ran a check or tool on the wrong project because you forgot what you’d last clicked in? In Paratext 9, this confusion is minimized because the menu commands applying to specific projects are launched from that project window. Menus for global Paratext functions are launched from the top left icon. Menus are not displayed when not needed, giving you more room for text.
Arranging windows of different projects or components was either a tedious manual process, or a fully automatic one if you used a stacked arrangement. In Paratext 9, it is easier to arrange windows than in the manual process of earlier versions, while you can adjust your arrangement to make one window larger and another smaller, which was impossible in a stacked arrangement.
Rather than several different menu commands for opening different things, like a special command to open Biblical Term renderings, another for dictionaries, another for Notes lists, in Paratext 9 all of these things can be opened from the same Open dialog.
Paratext 9 has new enhanced Scripture resources which have been tagged with information about the Greek and Hebrew words found in the source text. This allows lookups to be performed for lexical entries, images, and maps pertaining to the source language text. These resources are being translated into many languages of wider communication. Existing Paratext 8 resource texts are also available in Paratext 9.
The comprehensive list of new features is found here.
No. Paratext 8 and Paratext 9 share the same data structure, so projects won’t require migration from Paratext 8 to Paratext 9. Members working on a shared project can use Paratext 8 or Paratext 9 and share changes with each other.
No. There is just one edition which can be used by all users. It is available as either an Online or Offline installer.
Paratext 9 version numbering works like Paratext 8 numbering – 9.0.x.y
If x is between 1 and 49, it is an alpha. Alpha versions are for early adopters only and are usually not fully featured or fully functional. They should not be used with live project data.
If x is Between 50 and 99 it is a beta. Beta versions are more functional, more feature-complete and stable than an alpha and may be appropriate to use with live projects. Sometimes a beta is offered as a “release candidate” to indicate it is a relatively stable beta version. Release candidates are the final beta versions before stable release versions.
If x is 100 or over, it is a full stable release. For example, 9.0.100.1 or greater.
The current version can be downloaded here: https://paratext.org/download/currentversion/
The Paratext Board of Governors wishes to make Paratext available to all Bible translators with as few restrictions as possible. In the past, there were complaints about the difficulty of obtaining licenses for Paratext. The new registration system starting with Paratext 8 has been designed to decentralize the process of obtaining licenses. Now the approval process is managed by more than 250 organizations, each for their own personnel. Organizations and church groups are being added all the time by filling out a simple form found on this site’s registration information page. Here is how it works:
Any organization may request to become a Paratext Organization. There are two criteria:
If any Bible translator does not have access to Paratext and its excellent set of resources for translators today, it is probably because they have not registered their organization. In the rare case that a request is rejected, it is most often because the group is not involved in Bible translation. The only other cases of rejection are where they claim not to comply with FOBAI translation standards or have violated the Paratext Terms of Use in some way.
If you are using an older web browser, pages on the Registry website may fail to load. If you see a “Browser Unsupported” message, you’ll need to install or upgrade to a modern web browser instead. We recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
The following browser versions (and older) are known to be problematic: Chrome 27, Firefox 25, Safari 6, Internet Explorer 10.
The resources available to you will vary based on the group you belong to: Paratext User, Qualified Translator, or Qualified Translator in an Approved Organisation. Resources are available based on the licence the rights-holder has assigned to the resource in the Digital Bible Library. There are currently over 1,600 texts in the Digital Bible Library, although not all of them will be licensed for distribution in Paratext. Any DBL resource that is licensed for distribution in Paratext will be available to be installed in Paratext. Resources that have an open license will be available to all users. Other resources will only be licensed for use by projects with certain organizations.
Yes.
To obtain resource files for offline installation, you will need to copy them from a computer that has already downloaded them in Paratext. Please follow the instructions below.
First, on the source computer, you must first download/update the Resources that you want to install.
If you already have all of the Resources you want on the source computer, skip to the Copy Resources to USB Drive section below:
Once you have all of the Resources you want to install downloaded/updated:
Text resources are downloaded directly into Paratext from the menu. (In Paratext 8, this is File > Download/Install Resources. In Paratext 9 Download/Install resources is in the Paratext menu). Resources come from the Digital Bible Library where they are licenced for use by Bible Translators.
Some users have been getting an error message that BYZ, HEB, and/or other resources are corrupt:
Please follow these instructions if only BYZ is corrupt:
Please follow these instructions to fix multiple corrupted files:
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXE-55626
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXE-51927
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXE-55787
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTX-20883
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTX-20828
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTX-20799
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTX-20588
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTX-20888
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXE-55804
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXE-53095
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTX-20832
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTX-20814
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXE-56090
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTX-20858
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXE-56249
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXE-55574
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXE-56365
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTX-20929
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXE-56488
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXE-54922
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXS-28816
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTX-20934
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTXS-28854
https://paratext.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/PTX-20881
Please see the System Requirements for Paratext 9 page.
Paratext 8 is no longer supported.
Please see the System Requirements for Paratext page.
Paratext 8 is no longer supported.
Paratext 8 support ended on December 31, 2021. Paratext 8 will continue to work with Paratext 9, but we would encourage you to upgrade to Paratext 9 as soon as possible.
See our important announcement about Paratext 8.
Some users have been getting an error message that BYZ, HEB, and/or other resources are corrupt:
Please follow these instructions if only BYZ is corrupt:
Please follow these instructions to fix multiple corrupted files:
Yes. Installing Paratext 9 does not remove Paratext 8 from your computer. The two versions use the same project folder, and there is no need to migrate projects like there was when moving from Paratext 7 to Paratext 8. Team members can share projects together even while some are on Paratext 8 and some on Paratext 9.
We would advise caution in opening both versions at the same time. Both versions read and write the same files in each project. If you make changes in one version, then changes in the same project in the other version, some of your changes might not be saved. You will get a warning message if you open one while the other is already open. We would advise you to heed the warning and close one before you open the other.
If after installing Paratext 9 you wish to remove Paratext 8, you can uninstall it from the Windows Settings App, (the gear in the start menu > Apps > find Paratext 8 in the list and click Uninstall) or from the Control Panel. (Programs and Features > Find Paratext 8 in the list, right click and choose Uninstall).
No. Your Paratext 8 registration will work in Paratext 9. When you install Paratext 9, it will detect your registration info if Paratext 8 is installed on your computer.
A lot of the functionality in Paratext 9 is the same, but there have been significant changes to the menus, how windows work and how to open things. Paratext 9 also includes Enhanced Resources, texts with information about the underlying Greek or Hebrew words.
An awkwardness of using Paratext since it began is how the menus change or apply depending on what your active project is. How often have you gone looking for a command, or realized you just ran a check or tool on the wrong project because you forgot what you’d last clicked in? In Paratext 9, this confusion is minimized because the menu commands applying to specific projects are launched from that project window. Menus for global Paratext functions are launched from the top left icon. Menus are not displayed when not needed, giving you more room for text.
Arranging windows of different projects or components was either a tedious manual process, or a fully automatic one if you used a stacked arrangement. In Paratext 9, it is easier to arrange windows than in the manual process of earlier versions, while you can adjust your arrangement to make one window larger and another smaller, which was impossible in a stacked arrangement.
Rather than several different menu commands for opening different things, like a special command to open Biblical Term renderings, another for dictionaries, another for Notes lists, in Paratext 9 all of these things can be opened from the same Open dialog.
Paratext 9 has new enhanced Scripture resources which have been tagged with information about the Greek and Hebrew words found in the source text. This allows lookups to be performed for lexical entries, images, and maps pertaining to the source language text. These resources are being translated into many languages of wider communication. Existing Paratext 8 resource texts are also available in Paratext 9.
The comprehensive list of new features is found here.
No. Paratext 8 and Paratext 9 share the same data structure, so projects won’t require migration from Paratext 8 to Paratext 9. Members working on a shared project can use Paratext 8 or Paratext 9 and share changes with each other.
Paratext 9 version numbering works like Paratext 8 numbering – 9.0.x.y
If x is between 1 and 49, it is an alpha. Alpha versions are for early adopters only and are usually not fully featured or fully functional. They should not be used with live project data.
If x is Between 50 and 99 it is a beta. Beta versions are more functional, more feature-complete and stable than an alpha and may be appropriate to use with live projects. Sometimes a beta is offered as a “release candidate” to indicate it is a relatively stable beta version. Release candidates are the final beta versions before stable release versions.
If x is 100 or over, it is a full stable release. For example, 9.0.100.1 or greater.
The current version can be downloaded here: https://paratext.org/download/currentversion/
Yes, anyone can download, install, and use Paratext, but registration is mandatory. For people who are not vetted as having a role in Bible translation there are limitations, explained on the registration page of this site.
Yes, Paratext 9 projects can be accessed by Publishing Assistant.
For more information on Publishing Assistant go to https://pubassist.paratext.org/
Since Paratext 8 and Paratext 9 can run on the same computer, and Paratext 8 users and Paratext 9 users can work together in the same shared project. We would encourage consultants to upgrade to the new version, but if you stay on 8, you will be able to continue consulting with teams who are using Paratext 9. In the same way, you can continue to consult for a team using 8 after you upgrade to 9.
No. It is possible for Paratext 8 users and Paratext 9 users to work on the same project.
There are a few minor issues if this is the case. See this FAQ for details
Yes. There is no need to migrate projects from Paratext 8 to Paratext 9. However, there may be a few small inconveniences when working with a shared project in both versions.
No. You can download and install Paratext at any time, but you must register in order to use it. Registration is free to everyone.
Text resources are downloaded directly into Paratext from the menu. (In Paratext 8, this is File > Download/Install Resources. In Paratext 9 Download/Install resources is in the Paratext menu). Resources come from the Digital Bible Library where they are licenced for use by Bible Translators.
You can find your existing Registration Code by following these instructions: Find my Registration Code.
If your computer dies, is stolen, or you cannot find your code, you can generate a new code.
To generate a new code:
If you want to change the email you use to login to the registry, this takes several steps. The steps depend on whether you were using Google to authenticate your existing address or not. It would be good to go through this process before you close your first email account.
When this is finished, you should now see your new address in the Google section of Identities, and you can now start using your new email to login to the registry.
The password you set up to login to the registry is not changed when you change your email. You can log on to the registry using the new email and your existing password.
You still may be able to login to the registry if you were not using Google authentication:
You can add a second email address to your profile, this is relatively simple.
Follow these steps to remove an email address from the Paratext Registry.
First be sure that you have a new email address associated with your account:
Once you have added/changed to the new email address:
If you want to change your password for the Paratext registry:
If your new email is based on Google, you can use the Google authentication method if you wish (where you login to your Google account in the browser and Google tells the Paratext registry that you are you).
After changing your email in the registry, you need to enter your new email in Paratext. The registration information dialog, along with your user name and registration code saves your email. To change this:
Paratext sends this information to the Paratext team whenever you send feedback such as a problem report or suggestion, and using an old email address would mean the Paratext team has difficulties contacting you with suggestions or advice.
Retired Bible translators and consultants can now continue working or consulting in Paratext, while maintaining access to all of the resources they had before.
Yes! As a veteran Bible translator or consultant, we expect you may want to continue involvement after retirement. However, this is sometimes difficult if your work email address is removed. Your organization’s policy might also require you to be moved out of their Paratext organization as you no longer have an active role under their supervision.
Fear not! We want to honor your many years of commitment and sacrifice in helping make God’s Word accessible to people around the world! To do this, there is a new Paratext organization called the Platinum Group. When a member in good standing with a Bible translation organization retires, the organization’s administrator can move them to the Platinum Group with a few words of explanation. The registry administrators will see that and approve it without any questions. This way, you will maintain access to all of the resources you had before and can continue working or consulting in Paratext.
Of course, your access to the projects that you worked on previously will be determined by the managing organization.
We trust this will be helpful and encouraging for our retirees. You have sacrificed so much to make God’s Word accessible in the languages and formats that people clearly understand! Thank you and may God bless you with a deeper relationship with Him. 🙏
To move a retired member, please have an organization’s administrator email admin@paratext.org and request that the retiree be moved to the Platinum Group.
Your new name will be effective immediately and you will receive a new registration code by email. Enter the new name and code into Paratext by going to Registration Information (Help column of the main menu).
For a more complete explanation of the implications of changing your name, please see this complete article: Change a user’s Registration Name
You can copy/paste your existing code from Paratext:
The video below (starting at 4:48) describes how to enter your registration information and registration code in Paratext.
To get started with Paratext for FREE, register here.
If you cannot find your registration code, you can reset it with these instructions: I lost my registration code.
Go to the Paratext Registry to manage your email subscriptions to the Paratext News articles, as well as signing up up to help improve Paratext.
The notification daily digest refers to notifications from the registry, such as notifications of users being added or removed, or user roles changing in projects you are a member of.
The notification section also lets you select your preferred language for Paratext news items:
To change your preferred language:
We recommend that you stay subscribed to Paratext News, because these are emails about important developments about Paratext, as well as tips and tricks for using Paratext, that we’d like you to know about.
If you are the administrator of any Paratext project, you may register for someone who has difficulty accessing the internet or who does not have an e-mail address. Users registered in this way will be able to participate in projects and use resources, but will not be able to register projects of their own until they sign up for themselves.
The registry can appear in a number of languages. If it is not detecting your desired language automatically, follow these steps to set your desired language.
The registry can appear in a number of languages. If it is not detecting your desired language automatically, follow these steps to set your desired language:
The video below (starting at 4:48) describes how to enter your registration information and registration code in Paratext.
To get started with Paratext for FREE, register here.
Do you need to change the organization you are registered with? You can do this at any time, but you need to be aware of two things first:
Here is how to request membership of an organization for those with an existing registration.
If you see “Requested membership of [name of organization]”, this means your request is in process.
If it has taken too long, or you requested membership of the wrong organization, you may make another request as follows:
If you are not with an organization but are involved in a Bible translation project that follows the FOBAI Translation Standards, you may Request to be approved as an independent translator.
You need to contact the Paratext Board of Governors to be considered as an independent translator, explaining the nature of your project. You may use this form.
No. Your Paratext 8 registration will work in Paratext 9. When you install Paratext 9, it will detect your registration info if Paratext 8 is installed on your computer.
A representative of your organization needs to register for Paratext and then log in to the registry to fill out this form which will go to the Paratext Board of Governors for consideration.
No. There is just one edition which can be used by all users. It is available as either an Online or Offline installer.
The Paratext Board of Governors wishes to make Paratext available to all Bible translators with as few restrictions as possible. In the past, there were complaints about the difficulty of obtaining licenses for Paratext. The new registration system starting with Paratext 8 has been designed to decentralize the process of obtaining licenses. Now the approval process is managed by more than 250 organizations, each for their own personnel. Organizations and church groups are being added all the time by filling out a simple form found on this site’s registration information page. Here is how it works:
Any organization may request to become a Paratext Organization. There are two criteria:
If any Bible translator does not have access to Paratext and its excellent set of resources for translators today, it is probably because they have not registered their organization. In the rare case that a request is rejected, it is most often because the group is not involved in Bible translation. The only other cases of rejection are where they claim not to comply with FOBAI translation standards or have violated the Paratext Terms of Use in some way.
Yes. Go to the delete project dialog, Project > Delete Project. At the bottom left of the dialog look for the checkbox Also remove me from this project. If you check that box, you will be removed from the project as well as deleting the project from your computer.
If you don’t have the project you want to be removed from in Paratext, but are seeing it in your Send/Receive list, you have two options:
If you have logged in to the Paratext registry with different accounts, you may have created a duplicate registration. This will create confusion, and team members won’t know which account to add to a project. To delete an incorrect registration, go to registry.paratext.org and log in to the account you want to delete. Click on your name at the top right, and go to Settings. At the bottom of the page there is a button to click to delete your account. If you are a member of any registered projects, the site will inform you that you must remove yourself from these projects first. A link will show you the list of projects you are a member of. You can remove yourself from a project within Paratext by going to Project > Delete Project, selecting the project to delete, and checking the box “Also remove me from this project.” You can also ask the project administrator to remove you from a project.
Once you have removed yourself from all projects, you can click the “Delete my account” button, and your registration will be removed.
If you have not been vetted as either a member of an approved organization or as an independent translator, you will not be able to register a projects. Please log into the Paratext Registry and select the organization you are part of on your profile page; once you are approved you will be able to register projects under your organisation.
If you need to request that your organisation be added to the Paratext Registry, you should follow the instructions in the “Organisation Registration” section found on the Registration page.
Unless your project is marked as confidential, certain information from your ParaTExt project will be visible to members of the Forum of Bible Agencies International. This includes:
Step-by-step instructions to register as a new Paratext user. To use Paratext, you need to register for Paratext (FREE).
To use Paratext, you will need a registration code (registration is free for all users). You can learn more about registration here.
You can watch the video below to see how registration works, or continue to the written instructions below.
To sign in to the Registry website, you must provide a valid email address.
The Paratext Registry will let you sign in with any valid email address. When you type in your address, if a G appears to the left of your address, you don’t need a separate password. You can simply sign in to your existing Google account to log in to the registry. For all other addresses, you have to create a password, and then confirm your email address by clicking YES in the link that you receive by email.
Paratext 7 users: You do NOT need to use the same email address that you registered with in Paratext 7.
No email address? The administrator of a translation organization can add you to the Registry directly and send you a registration code. You will be able to use Paratext, participate in projects and use resources, but you will not be able to register projects of your own. If you do get an email address later, you can follow the above steps at a later date and claim your Paratext identity using your Paratext registration code. This will enable you to register projects.
Once you are signed in, you must fill out the New Paratext User registration form. Be sure to choose your organization (if your organization is not listed, leave it blank). Your request must be approved by the organization and this process shouldn’t take too long. If you need to get started sooner, you can following the cues on-screen to receive a temporary code.
Paratext 7 users: You will need to have your old code. Your registration name will remain unchanged, but you will be issued a new code.
See Find Registration Code in Email for more help.
You can also access this dialog at any time via the Paratext menu > Help > Registration.
See How do I Find and Enter my Registration Code for more help.
The Paratext Registry will let you create a sign in with any valid email address, but if you then request a registration code as a member of a translation organization, your organization’s approver may expect you to be using your organizational email address, as this makes it easier to confirm your identity. It will also typically keep you from having to create and remember a password: if your organization’s email is on Google Apps, you will see a “G” icon next to your email address and can simply sign in via Google.
If you are not a member of a translation organization, you can use any email address. If it is not a Google/Gmail address, you will be prompted to create a password.
To change your email address once you have registered, see How do I change my email in the registry?
Paratext 7 users: You do NOT need to use the same email address that you registered with in Paratext 7. Once you are signed in, just provide your existing Registration Name and Registration Code, and your existing identity will be linked to your new Paratext 8 registration.
See also: How to register as a Paratext user.
When you create a New Project (from the main menu in Paratext 9 or the File menu in Paratext 8) you are given the option to register the project online. Project registration is only available to users who have been vetted by a Bible translation organization. Registered projects have additional features that are not available in Basic Tier projects as explained on the Registration page of this site.
When registering a project, Paratext requires an active Internet connection. It forwards you to a browser and you must sign in with the account you registered for Paratext with. Once the registration entry is complete, Paratext links the Paratext project with the entry in the registry.
No. You can create an unregistered project with the functionality that is available on the Basic Tier of use. See the Registration page for details.
You can change your mind later and register the project to gain full functionality.
No. You can download and install Paratext at any time, but you must register in order to use it. Registration is free to everyone.
Lastly, progress.bible has access to confidential projects in order to report on progress, without revealing specifics at a project level. Individual members of projects are not listed in the data progress.Bible can access. The reporting that progress.Bible enables is set up so that only the organization(s) involved in a project can see detail, and the kinds of detail reported on also depend on the role the organization has in relation to a project. There is NO use of Paratext Registry data through progress.Bible that involves a public audience.
The standard installer requires a good Internet connection: it will use the Internet to download any additional files not already installed on your computer.
To install on a different computer that is not connected to the Internet, please download the Offline installer and update below. It is larger and includes all the components that may be necessary to install Paratext offline.
It is very important to install Paratext updates regularly. This ensures that you have the latest bug fixes, improvements, and features.
You can allow Paratext to automatically update or check for updates manually.
If you are connected to a good internet connection, Paratext can download the latest update file and prompt you to install it (unless Paratext internet usage is turned off).
If your internet is expensive or unreliable, you can wait to check for updates until you are connected to better internet.
To install a beta version of Paratext, follow the instructions above but with these files.
The version of Paratext is shown in the upper-left corner of the Paratext window:
You can also find the specific/minor version of Paratext that you have installed:
If you are seeing this type of error when installing Paratext:
Here are some steps to try to resolve this issue.
Learn how to transfer your Paratext installation and files from one computer to another, including projects, resources, and saved layouts.
You have two options to install resources on the new computer:
This will allow you to copy saved layouts to your new computer:
Yes, you can use Paratext on multiple computers or devices! You can even use the same Paratext registration information on multiple devices.
To start working on a different device:
For example, if you are working on Device A and you want to switch to Device B:
This will keep your project(s) synchronized across multiple devices. Just repeat this process anytime you want to switch devices.
Sometimes Paratext downloads an update automatically, but the update fails. If that is the case, try these steps:
If the update still fails, try to download the update file again:
The standard installer requires a good Internet connection: it will use the Internet to download any additional files not already installed on your computer.
To install on a different computer that is not connected to the Internet, please download the Offline installer and update below. It is larger and includes all the components that may be necessary to install Paratext offline.
It is very important to install Paratext updates regularly. This ensures that you have the latest bug fixes, improvements, and features.
You can allow Paratext to automatically update or check for updates manually.
If you are connected to a good internet connection, Paratext can download the latest update file and prompt you to install it (unless Paratext internet usage is turned off).
If your internet is expensive or unreliable, you can wait to check for updates until you are connected to better internet.
To install a beta version of Paratext, follow the instructions above but with these files.
Paratext 8 support ended on December 31, 2021. Paratext 8 will continue to work with Paratext 9, but we would encourage you to upgrade to Paratext 9 as soon as possible.
See our important announcement about Paratext 8.
Sometimes Paratext downloads an update automatically, but the update fails. If that is the case, try these steps:
If the update still fails, try to download the update file again:
No. Paratext 8 and Paratext 9 share the same data structure, so projects won’t require migration from Paratext 8 to Paratext 9. Members working on a shared project can use Paratext 8 or Paratext 9 and share changes with each other.
The person migrating the project will need to use Paratext 8 to migrate it. Paratext 9 does not have the ability to migrate Paratext 7 projects. But once the project is migrated, everyone on the team can work in the project in Paratext 9. There is no need to migrate a project from Paratext 8 to 9, migration is only needed when going from Paratext 7 to 8 or 9.
No. You can download and install Paratext at any time, but you must register in order to use it. Registration is free to everyone.
If you encounter an unexpected issue or bug in Paratext Lite, please try these steps to help solve the issue:
If updating Paratext Lite does not fix the issue, please send feedback to let the Paratext developers know about the issue:
Paratext Lite on an Android phone can help you do an Internet Send/Receive when your internet connection is limited. This can provide an affordable/easier/safer alternative to traveling with a computer to do Send/Receive.
Paratext Lite on an Android phone can help you do an Internet Send/Receive when your internet connection is limited. This can provide an affordable/easier/safer alternative to traveling with a computer to do Send/Receive.
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To do an SD card Send/Receive with Paratext Lite, you may need:
Note: Due to limitations on Android devices, USB Send/Receive may not work properly on all Android devices. SD card Send/Receive works much more consistently across devices.
To do a USB Send/Receive with Paratext Lite, you will probably need an “On the Go” USB adapter, like this one:
The answer is: “it depends.” In general, many organizations ask you not to make changes to the stages since that allows progress to be measured uniformly across the organization. If you have a doubt about this, ask your supervisor for your organization’s guidelines.
Yes. If there is a task that your team does not do (and is not required to do), then it is fine to delete it. Some of the base plans were intentionally developed to be very inclusive since it is easier to remove unneeded tasks than to create new ones.
Yes, there is no problem reordering the tasks in one of the standard plans to match your team’s workflow. Just be sure to check that the three settings in the lower right-hand corner of the project plan dialogue do not need to be adjusted because of the change. When moving tasks around, these settings are disturbed and can change.
