Considering the power of the software, BibleWorks is rather easy to get accustomed to. Three panels or windows make up the user interface. The layout presents a significant improvement over BibleWorks 6. One especially useful feature is the tab function in the Search Window (1st). This allows you to conduct research into several texts simultaneously as though one had opened several clones of the program, a more clumsy way of achieving the same thing. The Analysis Window (3rd) has been greatly improved, also with tabs, so as to facilitate your access to relevant statistical information, notes and resources. The information in this window appears automatically as you move the cursor over words anywhere in the Browse Window (2nd).One of the most valuable, and basic, features of any Bible software program is the ability to cut and paste text, especially foreign language text, into a word processor, blog post, or whatever. One of the best features of BibleWorks 8 is that one can easily export text in Unicode. This will save all kinds of time for anyone who seeks to share their work in the biblical text with others.
One tremendously valuable feature is the Graphical Search Engine. This tool allows you to construct complex searches which would be extremely time-consuming and tedious otherwise. I don’t know if this is a criticism, or simply a fact of using such a powerful tool, but this feature does take some time to master (something I’ve yet to do). However, a detailed help manual is included electronically, and, when that hasn’t answered my questions, I have always received speedy responses to my email queries.
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