Preferences: Citation

Note The preferences in this section refer only to the formatting of citations from a Text module 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. See Preferences: Bibliography for the formatting of citations from a Tool module.

Prerequisites for use: None; this dialog box can be opened at any time.            

Use: Used to define the format of text and references when copied as a citation. The format is only applied to text when copied as a citation via the Edit menu (Copy As), the shortcut menu Also known as a contextual menu, acessed by right-clicking (or pressing Ctrl+Click, Mac only) over a screen element (Copy As>Citation), or using the shortcut keys (Alt+Ctrl+C).

Open: Click Citation in the list of the Preferences dialog box. The Citation area is displayed (labeled "Text citation format settings").

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Options in the Citation Area of the Preferences Dialog Box

A citation usually groups the text together, with a separate reference covering the included verses. The Citation preferences offer several options for tailoring the citation to your specific needs.

Content Area: Used to set the format for display of the verses of text.

• Markers boxes: Enter the character to appear before and after the body of the text. A single character is normally entered, but up to seven are accepted.
• Show as Pop-up Menu: Used to specify the layout of verses in the text.
• Paragraphs: The text of contiguous verses is shown as a continuous stream, starting a new line only for a new paragraph.
• Paragraphs With Space: The same as Paragraphs, except a blank line is placed between each paragraph.
• Separate Verses: Each verse is displayed on a separate line.
• Separate With Space: The same as Separate Verses except that a blank line is placed between each verse.
• References Only: This item is dimmed as it does not apply to citations.

Note Paragraph display dims the Above Verse and After Verse items in the Format pop-up menu (Content References area), and vice-versa, as they are mutually incompatible.

 

Note The following options may not apply to all Text citations. When selected, these options are applied to the citation, where applicable.

 

• Copy text as one block: When selected, disables the Show as pop-up menu (Content area) and copies all the text as a single paragraph, including separate paragraphs and discontinuous verses.
• Split discontiguous verses: When selected, discontinguous verses will be separated by a space, and the citation information added to each verse individually.
• Suppress poetry: When selected, removes the short line formatting applied to poetry, so that all text appears as prose.
• Hide superscripts: When selected, displays text without the super-scripted numbers and letters that refer to footnotes.
• Scale font size to: When selected, resets the font size to the size specified in the pop-up menu.

Content References Area: Used to format verse references within the text. The initial verse reference is always omitted when copying as citation.

• Markers Boxes: Used to define the markers that appear before and after each verse reference.
• Show as Pop-up Menu: Used to specify how the references should appear. Available options are:
• Above Verse: The reference is placed on a line by itself, with the text of the verse beginning on the following line.
• Before Verse: The reference is placed at the beginning of the first line of the verse text.
• After Verse: The reference is placed at the end of the last line of the verse text.
• Omit Entire Reference: Displays the text of verses without references.
• Omit Book and Chapter: Displays only the verse number. The book name and chapter number appear only for the first verse of each book and chapter, respectively.
• Omit Book Name Only: Displays only the chapter and verse numbers. The book name is displayed only at the start of each book.
• Abbreviate book name: When selected, displays the abbreviated book name. This option is only available if Before verse is selected; otherwise it is dimmed.
• Ignore reference style: When selected, makes the verse references plain style like the text.

Citation Reference Area: Options in this area format the citation before or after the text.

• Markers: Used to define the markers that appear before and after each verse reference.
• Markers enclose: Used to determine when the entire citation should be enclosed in markers, or just the text title.
  • Entire Citation: When selected, the entire citation is inclosed in markers.
  • Text Title Only: When selected, only the Text title is enclosed in markers.
• Location Pop-up Menu: Specifies where the references for the citation should appear.
• Above Citation: Places the reference on a separate line above the text.
• Before Citation: Places the reference at the beginning of the first line of the text.
• After Citation: Places the reference at the end of the text.
• Below Citation: Places the full reference on a separate line below the text.
• No Reference: No reference is given.
• Abbreviate book name: When selected, displays the abbreviated book name.
• Include text abbreviation: When selected, includes an abbreviation for the name of the text as part of the reference, i.e. "Gen. 1:1 (KJV)."
• Use full text title: The full title of the Text is used in place of the abbreviation.
• Include 'accord://' location URL: Creates a URL link to the search location in Accordance.
• When copying as a citation a Text, the Location URL is embedded in the verse reference.

Note Font and style information are preserved when copying from Accordance except when overridden in this dialog box, but not when copying the citation via the Accordance widget which always pastes plain text. The Yehudit font is not fully supported in conjunction with the citation feature. You can paste a Hebrew citation into an Edit window in Accordance using Yehudit, but you should choose separate verses in the Show as pop-up menu. Outside Accordance the citation is designed to work together with conversion to Unicode fonts. Use SBL Standard notation in the Appearances area of the Preferences dialog box to convert verse references to standard SBL abbreviations for display and export to convert a file to another format for use in another application.. When copying as citation (or references), a space is automatically added between the number and a book name so that 2Samuel becomes 2 Samuel.