Customizing the BibleSpeak Screen

Toolbar and Menu Styles

You can change the look and feel of toolbars and menus in BibleSpeak by clicking on the items in the Options Taskpane.

Note: It is much easier to perform the same tasks by clicking on the items in the Options Task Pane. To display the Options Task Pane select Options from the Task Panes menu

 

• Office 2000
  Applies a custom “Microsoft Office 2000” look to BibleSpeak and its menus.

• Office XP
  Applies a custom “Microsoft Office XP” look to BibleSpeak and its menus.

• Office 2003^®
  Applies a custom “Microsoft Office 2003” look to BibleSpeak and its menus.

• Visual Studio 2005
  Applies a custom “Visual Studio 2005” look to BibleSpeak and its menus.

• Office 2007^®
  Applies a custom “Microsoft Office 2007” look to BibleSpeak and its menus.

• Windows XP
  Applies a custom “Windows XP” look to BibleSpeak and its menus.

• Mac®
  Applies a custom “Macintosh Computer” look to BibleSpeak and its menus.

• Exotic
  Applies a custom “Exotic” look to BibleSpeak and its menus.

• Pictures and Textures
  Displays the Image Properties dialog to select and apply a background image to BibleSpeak, its menus and toolbars.

Dialog Background Styles

You can change the background of dialogs displayed in BibleSpeak by selecting one of the following display properties:

• None
  Uses the default system display properties.

• Color
  Dialogs are displayed in the selected color.

• Pictures and Textures
  Displays the Image Properties dialog to select and apply a background image to dialogs in BibleSpeak.

Docking Styles - Moving Windows in BibleSpeak

Note: In BibleSpeak 3.06 the Bible, Commentary, Dictionary, Word Study, Book or Topic, and Task Pane windows are all initially displayed in default locations and are no longer hidden behind tabs or allowed to float or be "docked" to other locations. If you want to float and dock BibleSpeak windows to other locations, you can select "Docking Styles" from the "Tools" menu and then select "Enable Docking". However, the flexibility of being able to float and move BibleSpeak windows to other locations makes it possible for you to create undesirable and confusing layouts. To restore BibleSpeak windows to their default locations, select "Restore Default Settings" from the "Help" menu and then exit and restart BibleSpeak.

Commentary, Dictionary, Bible, Word Study and Browser windows can all be repositioned on the screen. For example, you may want to move the Dictionary window from the right side of the screen, and make it a tabbed window with the Commentary window at the top of the screen.

Windows can be “docked” or “repositioned” on the screen by clicking the mouse on the caption area of the window and dragging it to a new location. Windows with “Tabs” can also be also be repositioned by clicking on the window’s tab and dragging the window to a new location. While dragging the window, feedback is given on the possible new locations for the window. Remove your finger from the mouse button to “drop” it into its new location. There are two styles of feedback.

Normal
An outline of the window displayed as it is dragged around the screen. While dragging the window, position the mouse cursor near the border of a window or the screen to which you wish the window to be repositioned. Release the mouse button to drop the window into the new location.

Enhanced
The actual window, not just an outline of the window, is displayed as it is dragged around the screen. In addition, a set of arrow shaped “markers” is displayed to indicate where the window can be repositioned. The markers are of two types.

Screen Border Markers. These markers appear at the top, bottom, left and right borders of the BibleSpeak application. Position the mouse cursor over one of these markers, and then release the mouse button, to dock the window to the corresponding edge of BibleSpeak.

           

Window Border Markers. When the mouse is dragged over another “target” window, a “circle” of four markers appears inside the target window. Position the mouse cursor over one of the outside markers of the circle, then release the mouse button, to dock the dragged window to the corresponding edge of the target window.


If the dragged window can be docked as a “tabbed” window, a fifth, circle shaped marker,, appears inside (or in the middle), of the “circle” of four markers. Position the mouse cursor over this inside marker, then release the mouse button, to dock the dragged window as a tabbed window with the corresponding target window

Customize

Displays the Customize dialog. Use this dialog to customize BibleSpeak menus, toolbars, and other options. Detailed information on the Customize dialog is not provided here, but it is similar to Customize dialogs found in Microsoft Office applications.