Basic Checks
Training Videos

How to use Checking Tools

How to use basic check results in Paratext to find assigned checks, view issues, handle missing verses, manage error listings, rerun checks, and track remaining issues.

Characters Inventory

How to set up the Characters Inventory and mark characters as valid or invalid, so that you can use the Characters Check.

Punctuation Inventory

Learn how to use the Punctuation Inventory to record what valid and invalid punctuation usage patterns are in the language of your project. so that you can use the Punctuation Check.

Basic Checks: References

The References check verifies that reference details inserted in Parallel Passage and Cross References complies with the project's settings for Scripture References. This helps ensure all references are written in a consistent way.

Basic Checks: Quotations

This video explains how the Quotations check ensures project-wide consistency by verifying punctuation across three different levels of quotes. It guides you through identifying and resolving errors like unmatched marks or missing continuers, while also explaining how to use advanced flagging options for easier troubleshooting. Finally, you will see how to run these checks across multiple books simultaneously to keep your entire translation polished and professional.

Basic Checks: Quoted Text

The Footnote Quotes check (formerly Quoted Text) verifies that scripture quoted in footnotes and cross references is up to date with any changes made in the text. This check has nothing to do with quotations within scripture itself.

Basic Checks: Unmatched Pairs of Punctuation

The unmatched Pairs of Punctuation Check finds all instances of punctuation characters that have been identified as occurring only in a pair (e.g. opening and closing brackets) but which currently occur on their own.

Basic Check: Numbers

The Numbers Check helps find numbers which are formatted incorrectly.

Basic Checks: Capitalization

Paratext's Capitalization check identifies potentially incorrect capitalization based on punctuation, markers, and word patterns. Customize the check for your project using three inventories.

Basic Checks: Repeated Words

The repeated words inventory and check helps you find words repeated in the scripture text so you can and examine whether they are deliberate and correct or accidental typing errors that need to be deleted.

Basic Checks: Exceptions

How to handle exceptions when running a basic check by using Deny.