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The Word Bible Software

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Features
Version History
The Word Importer Tool
The Word Portable
References
External links

{{Infobox Software
|name = The Word
|logo = The word logo.png
|logo size = 128px
|screenshot =
|caption = The Word v3 - Standard layout example 2
|author = Costas Stergiou
|developer = Costas Stergiou
|released = {{Start date|2003|10|28}}
|latest release version = Version 5.0.0.1450
|latest release date = {{Start date and age|2015|05|17}}
|operating system = Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8.
|platform =
|size = 6MB (binary only) 50MB (Main English package)
|language = English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Malay, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Thai
|status = Active
|genre = Bible Study Tools
|license =
|website = www.theword.net
}}The Word (short for In the beginning was The Word) is a free Bible study software application for Microsoft Windows. It was first released in 2003 by its developer, Costas Stergiou. Though created mainly as a proof of concept Bible viewer,^[1] The Word has developed into a comprehensive and powerful Bible study application,^[2] offering not only Bibles, but also commentaries, dictionaries, general books, maps, etc. The Word also provides advanced, full library search capabilities. The Word is an internationalised application, featuring support for Bibles in many different languages, and user-interface localizations.^[2]

Features

The Word supports the following features:

Easy to use^[1]
Quickly search through Bible texts^[2] and annotations
Support for non-Bible resources (commentaries, dictionaries, generic books)
Compare/Parallel view
Ability to create and edit complete user modules of any kind (dictionary, commentary, maps, etc.)
Cross references (either embedded in Bible texts, or user defined)
Advanced hyperlinking in modules to Bibles, internal locations, or other modules
Clipboard Monitor the Windows clipboard to display the text of copied verse references
Inline commentaries and word lookup dictionaries
Support for right to left languages
Support for Strong's Numbers, Greek morphological codes, and numerous other viewer options
Support for Footnotes
Support for non-Bible documents (commentaries, dictionaries, generic books)
Greek and Hebrew Support
Configurable interface^[2]
User defined and saved window layouts
Advanced, full library search capabilities
User markups and highlighting
Verse lists
Highly customizable UI with skin support
Support for purchasing copyrighted, priced modules
The ability to create & distribute user created modules as is done at DoctorDaveT.com

Version History

Below is a brief summary of version information.

Version 1.0: First non-beta release, Clipboard Monitor feature introduced
Version 1.1: Ability to print Bible texts and personal notes, and export personal notes in various formats
Version 1.2: Improved Greek support in non-Greek environments
Version 2.0: Multiple Bible windows, Bible text formatting, Dockable windows and layouts
Version 3.0: Integration of non-Bible resources, search capabilities for them, priced copyrighted modules, user-created modules
Version 4.0: New program icon, first alpha implementation of hybrid modules (books+commentaries), new default tw4 theme
Version 5.0: Current version. Most notable new feature: Integrated module downloader (You can browse and install any module you want directly from within theWord without downloading the modules separately from the official site). New features: 20 new features and more than 100 fixes

The Word Importer Tool

The Word Importer Tool is used for importing Unbound Bible, Zefania XML, and free e-Sword modules and using them in The Word.^[2] The Importer Tool does not allow importing of modules purchased from e-Sword.

Examples of how the converter tool works to convert modules to The Word can be seen in the modules available at DoctorDaveT.com.

The Word Portable

The Word portable is a portable version of The Word that can be installed to a USB flash drive. The installer is included in the main installer of version 3.0, which gives the option of installing as portable.

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.bsreview.org/index.php?modulo=Interviews&id=15|title=Interview with Costas Stergiou, creator of In The Beginning Was The Word|accessdate=2009-05-24}}
2. ^¹²³⁴{{cite web|url=http://www.fostertribe.org/reviews/theword.html|title=Bible Software Review: The Word 3|publisher=Jerry Foster|accessdate=2009-05-24}}

External links

The Word website

3 : Study Bibles|Electronic Bibles|2003 in Christianity

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