The Reference List Tab

The Reference List tab has two main areas, a Description area and the Reference List area.

You cannot perform a search from the Reference List tab per se. However, you can include its contents in a search by using the [CONTENTS] or [INFER] commands in a Search tabClosed The core tab used to search Bible texts, it consists of a search entry area and a search results area together with your search criteria.

An explanation of the parts of the Reference List tab is provided below, together with basic tasks related to it.

On the File menu, choose New>Reference List. A blank Reference List tab opens.

New Reference List Tab

The Description box is used to enter description of the list of verses, for future reference. This description can be formatted using the Display menu.

The Reference List area is quite similar to that of the Search tab, with a few minor differences.

  • There is no "Hit Options bar", although some of the same options on the top bar are similar in function.
  • The top Reference List bar shows the total number of verses in the list, as well as the number of the verse displayed at the top of the Reference List pane, from the total number of verses.
  • The Text order pop-up menu is used to set the Text used to determine the book and verse order of your verses. For example, if you select a Hebrew Bible, the verses appear in the order of the Hebrew Bible with no New Testament verses displayed. Another example would be if verses were added from the a non-biblical Text, such as Qumran, or the Apostolic Fathers. If the Text order chosen is a Bible text that does not have the Apocrypha, those verses are not displayed.

Note

If you change the Text order, the displayed text may change to match it. If the text is changed to one that is not shown in the panes below, the first text pane is updated to match the new text.

 

  • The Add pane buttons and text panes have the same functionality as in a Search tab.

Text Order Warning

If switching to a different corpusClosed Collection of writings, and there are verses displayed in the Reference List tab, the verses will be removed from the Reference List.

To change the Text order of your Reference List:

  1. Click the Text Order drop-down list. A list of all the Texts in your library is displayed.
  2. Select the Text with the desired verse order. The verses in the Reference List tab are arranged according to the order of the selected Text.

Note

Unlike the User Notes and User Tools which are saved as Accordance modulesClosed Any Bible text, or other single tool that can be read in Accordance, including reference texts and articles; may also be referred to as content or resource, the Reference List is only saved as a tab. You must save the tab if you wish to keep and reopen the list in Accordance.

To save your Reference List:

  1. Assign a name to the Reference List tab, for easy identification later on by doing one of the following:
  2. For a tab in a zone: Right-click on the tab and choose Rename Tab.
  3. For a single tab in a zone: On the Window menu, choose Tabs & Zones>Set Active Tab Name.
  4. On the File menu, choose Save. The Save dialog box appears.

    You can also choose Save Active Tab to save only the Reference List in a workspace.
  5. In the Save As box, enter a name for the Reference List and click OK.
  6. If the Reference List is a tab in a workspace, the entire workspace with all open tabs, panes, and zones, is saved.
  7. If the Reference List is in its own workspace, that workspace is saved.