TBU – Settings

Extra Content

Questions

Displays questions towards the end of pages that have Scripture passages.

Author's comments

Displays occasional comments by the author. (Comments always display in the Two-Minute and Pocket editions.)

Cross-references

Shows occasional links to sections with a related theme.

Links to Scripture Index

Displays a link to each Scripture passage's index entry.

Footnotes

Displays footnotes (beneath passages with a footnote marker).

None of these options are available in the Two-Minute or Pocket editions. Comments are in these editions, but are always displayed.

Layout

Settings toggles in bar

Displays a second level of icons – in the bottom bar on smaller devices and in the top bar on wider devices. The icons mostly toggle settings on and off. See The Icons on the App’s Bars, on the ‘About’ page.

Background slider in bar

Available on smaller screens when the Settings toggles are switched on (above). Displays a slider to vary the background color, at the end of the second level of icons. Scroll to the right side of the bottom bar to see the slider.
On wider screens this slider is automatically displayed in the second level of icons.

Side pane

Moves page headings (and any questions) from the end of the page to a side pane. Available on wider screens.

Base font size *

Changes the size of the text in the main window.

Line height *

Changes the line spacing in the main window.

* When a setting with an asterisk is changed, its effect is illustrated in a box containing sample text.

Color & Style

Key text in verses *

Unit color

BrownYellow color

Unit highlight

YellowWhiteBlackBrown highlight

Bold

Semi-bold

Italics

Underline

Applies formatting to the parts of verses that the subheadings refer to.
Color options vary depending on the current unit and background selection, below. (Tip: With dark backgrounds, try a "color" option rather than a "highlight" option.)

Page background *

Displays a colored background. Vary colors with the slider.

Verse style (serif) *

Gives verses a serif font, to contrast with headings and comments.

* When a setting with an asterisk is changed, its effect is illustrated in a box containing sample text.

Bible Websites

The purpose of the following settings is to enable users to quickly go to a Bible website to check a passage's context.

Create links to sites

biblegateway.com

biblia.com

esv.org

netbible.org

Reference only

When a user taps a passage's Bible reference, a link address is created to the reference at the selected Bible website. Then the address is "copied", ready to be pasted in a browser.

Translations

If biblegateway.com or biblia.com is selected in the previous setting, the link address is modified to open in the translation selected here.
Note that netbible.org also provides a number of translations, but these need to be selected at the site.

Display links to sites

This briefly displays the link address, near the Bible reference that was tapped.

Settings Help

The Settings Bar

Settings has its own bottom bar. (Information and View all are unavailable in this Help section.) The functions of the options on the bar are:

Menu: Displays links to each section.
Information: Displays relevant information under each setting.
View all: When accessing Settings from one of the editions, initially only settings relevant to that edition are displayed. Activating View all shows all settings. In addition, strips with colors appear under each setting. The colors indicate which editions each setting applies to – as per a Color Key that appears at the bottom of the screen.
Home: To go to the Home page.
Return: Returns to the page from which Settings was accessed.

Resetting Settings

To reset settings to their default status, tap:

Reset Settings

Unavailable Options

Options are 'grayed out' if:

they are not relevant for the user’s device size; or
they are dependent on a previous setting being switched on.

Additionally, all settings are 'grayed out' when the menu is open on a small device.

Icons

The icons next to some settings are used (where practical) to represent the settings when viewing any of the editions. There they enable users to toggle settings on and off directly from the edition. For more information, go to The Icons on the App’s Bars, on the ‘About’ page.

Settings: Two-MinutePocketConciseFoundationsIntermediateComprehensiveIn-Depth Edition

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