Save Text in a Text File

You can save a text selection (in a Text or Tool pane), or all the text in a tab to a Plain Text or RTF file. In either case, once exported the plain text or RTF file can be opened in your word processor.

Note:

The Paper Tab is an exception to the rule. Text selections in Paper can only be copied by pressing Ctrl+C or selecting Copy from the Edit Menu. All the text can be exported as a plain text, RTF, or Docx file by using the Save All Text option.

This procedure is the only way text can be exported from a Text or Tool pane.

  1. Select text in the pane by doing one of the following:
  2. Drag the cursor over the desired text. Press Shift and click further down in the text to highlight a large portion of text.
  3. On the Edit menu, choose Select All to select all text in the pane. A maximum of 1000 verses or paragraphs can be selected in this manner.
  4. Do one of the following:
  5. To save the text as plain text, on the File menu choose Save Text Selection>Plain Text. The Plain Text option is dimmed if Unicode exportClosed to convert a file to another format for use in another application. is selected.

  6. To save the text in Rich Text Format, on the File menu choose Save Text Selection>RTF.

    The Save text dialog box appears.

  7. In the Save text dialog box, proceed as follows:
  8. In the Save as box, enter a name for the file.
  9. Select a file location.
  10. Click Save.
  11. If you selected Plain Text, the file is saved as a plain text file, with no font or style information for the text or verse references.
  12. If you selected RTF, the text is saved in Rich Text Format and the font and style information is preserved. Most standard word processors can open RTF files and display them with the chosen font and style.

This option applies to simple text tabs such as Display books, Details, Parsing and Syntax, and the Timeline Data tabs.

  1. Click inside the text pane to make it the activeClosed The application, window, tab, or other screen element which is currently being used; sometimes called the "front" or "frontmost" screen element pane. You do not need to select the text.
  1. Do one of the following:
  2. To save the text as plain text, on the File menu choose Save As Text File>Plain Text. The Plain Text option is dimmed if Unicode export is selected.

  3. To save the text in Rich Text Format, on the File menu choose Save As Text File>RTF .

    The Save text dialog box appears.

  4. In the Save text dialog box, proceed as follows:
  5. In the Save as box, enter a name for the file.
  6. Select a file location.
  7. Click Save.
  8. If you selected Plain Text, the file is saved as a plain text file, with no font or style information for the text or verse references.
  9. If you selected RTF, the text is saved in Rich Text Format and the font and style information is preserved. Most standard word processors can open RTF files and display them with the chosen font and style.