iPad Features

Most of the familiar interface screens are now shown as 'popover' screens that allow you to continue viewing the Bible as you interact with other parts of the interface. More interface changes and features will be coming in the near future to utilize the extra screen size on the iPad.

Selecting the book/chapter/verse

Table selection view

You can choose the book and chapter easily by selecting the far left button on the bottom bar. This will bring up the first screen shown below. From here you can select the book which will show you the chapters available to select, and from there the verse #.

History

Alternatively you can also press the History button to see the list of the last locations in the Bible you have navigated to. Any time you select a book and chapter from the book/chapter selection screen, or a bookmark, or a search result it will be added to the history.

Bookmarks

2 ways to get to Bookmarks

Bookmarks are used to quickly jump to a saved location in the Bible. You can access them 2 ways: First by clicking the button all the way on the right on the bottom bar, or by selecting a verse number in the actual Bible text on the screen. Selecting a verse number and then selecting the Add Bookmark choice will allow you to add this location as a bookmark and let you enter a title for the bookmark. From the main bookmark list, shown to the right, you can delete a bookmark, or edit the title by pressing the Edit button on the top right.

Pressing the little folder button at the bottom will add a new Folder where you can organize your bookmarks better.

Backing up bookmarks and syncing

You can back up your bookmarks with my server in case you ever need to reinstall from scratch, or ever have to delete the app from your device. To back up your bookmarks, do the following:

• Adding user - If you have not already, go to the Settings screen in BibleScope. Scroll down to the Username/Password entry and select it. Enter a username and password you would like to use, and press 'Create User'.
• Uploading bookmarks to server - Go to the main Bookmarks screen by clicking on the Bookmarks button at the bottom right of the main screen. Click the 'Sync' button, and it will send your bookmarks to the server
• Updating bookmarks - After you have your initial bookmarks on the server, you can periodically update the server with the current bookmarks by pressing the 'Sync' button again. It will ask you if you want to 'Get bookmarks from server' or 'Send bookmarks to server', choose the 'Send to server' option. It will then ask if you want to keep the existing ones on the server, or remove the existing ones on the server. You can choose Remove if you want to just replace all the ones on the server with these from your device.
• Restoring bookmarks after a reinstall - If you ever need to reinstall BibleScope, then enter your username and password in the Settings screen again. Then come back here to the Bookmarks screen again, and press the Sync button. It will then load up the bookmarks you saved previously onto your device. If it asks you to 'Get from server' or 'Send to server', choose 'Get from server' in this case.

Notes

2 ways to get to Notes

Notes can be added to either a verse, or you can add loose notes for general note taking that don't correspond to a single Bible reference

Adding note to a verse

To add a note to a verse, select the verse number on the main Bible reading screen. From there you can add a new note, or edit an existing one.

Adding general note

Once on the main notes page (as shown at right, first picture) you can add a new general note by clicking the '+' button at the bottom, or you can edit any existing notes by selecting them. General notes are for notes that are not attached to a particular verse. So they could be a Sunday sermon or devotional.

Pressing the little folder button at the bottom will add a new Folder where you can organize your general notes even better.

List of notes for verses

Now in the area above the General notes are the notes for verses. The first section will take you to a list of all the notes you have for that chapter. The middle section will take you to a list of all notes you have taken throughout the Bible.

After selecting one of the first two sections, it will take you to a list page such as the one shown to the right. On this screen, you can edit the note by just selecting it, or delete a note by pressing the 'Edit' button.

Backing up notes and syncing

You can back up your notes with my server in case you ever need to reinstall from scratch, or ever have to delete the app from your device. To back up your notes, do the following:

• Adding user - If you have not already, go to the Settings screen in BibleScope. Scroll down to the Username/Password entry and select it. Enter a username and password you would like to use, and press 'Create User'.
• Uploading notes to server - Go to the main Notes screen by clicking on the Notes button at the bottom, second from the right of the main screen. Click the 'Sync' button, and it will send your notes to the server
• Updating notes - After you have your initial notes on the server, you can periodically update the server with the current notes by pressing the 'Sync' button again. It will ask you if you want to 'Get notes from server' or 'Send notes to server', choose the 'Send to server' option. It will then ask if you want to keep the existing ones on the server, or remove the existing ones on the server. You can choose Remove if you want to just replace all the ones on the server with these from your device.
• Restoring notes after a reinstall - If you ever need to reinstall BibleScope, then enter your username and password in the Settings screen again. Then come back here to the Notes screen again, and press the Sync button. It will then load up the notes you saved previously onto your device. If it asks you to 'Get from server' or 'Send to server', choose 'Get from server' in this case.

Editing Notes on server

It is now possible to edit your notes from a web interface. This lets you more easily edit or create long notes since you can copy and paste from other applications on your computer. You can then sync up with the device by following the above instructions for Syncing.

To use this feature, click the Member Login link at the very top right of this page.

Search

Keyword search

Searches can be done by clicking the second button from the left on the bottom bar. Enter a search term in the search box above, then click the Search button on the keyboard screen. After selecting the book from the list of search results, click the verse to jump to that verse in the Bible

Search Options

You can choose to only search in the current book, or the Old or New testament by pressing the Options button. The Search Options screen is shown allowing you to customize the search parameters

Search Easton's Dictionary

You can also search in a built in dictionary (Easton's Bible dictionary) by selecting the 'Options' button and selecting the Dictionary option. Then search for a term. From the list of entries in the dictionary you can choose one to see the details, as shown in the image to the right

Daily Reading Plan

There is a Bible Reading plan inside of BibleScope by pressing the 'Extras' button on the top right, then clicking the first button called Daily Reading Plan. It starts off by bringing you to the current day and lists the chapters needed to read for that day. The plan will alternate the chapters so you get a varied selection from the scriptures. You can check off each day as you complete them, allowing you to see which ones you missed and to catch up with the missed reading sections. When you are done with a days reading just click the little circle next to the day to check it done.

Alternate reading plan

You can also use a more straight-forward reading plan that starts in Genesis and goes through to Revelation by going to the Settings screen in BibleScope, and changing the option called'Daily Reading Plan Mode'

Devotional reading

There are 3 other devotional options here:

• Spurgeons - Selecting this will show you a devotional for that morning or night (depending on the time of day). No internet connection is required for this option.
• Daily light - This loads up a daily devotional from the Daily light series. This requires an internet connection.
• Bible in a Year - This loads up a daily reading designed to let you read through the Bible in a year. This requires an internet connection.

Customization and Settings

BibleScope is extremely customizable. You change the background, font color, font style, verse color, verse style, colors for the UI bars, and more. On the main screen, press the top left button (down arrow) to show the secondary UI bar.

Main font size

Main font size - On this bar, press the 'Ab' buttons to change the font size.

All the other settings

Press the icon that looks like a gear on this bar to show the main Settings screen.

Verse display and color

• Verses on a new line - Turn On for each verse to start on its own new line.
• Verse style - Set the verse display to show just the verse, show verse and chapter, just verse with parentheses, or both verse and chapter with parentheses
• Verse Color - Color used to show the verse numbers

Font type and style

• Font name - Choose from a list of fonts available to display all text
• Font color - Color of font used for everything except for verse numbers
• Words of Christ - Color of font used for the words of Christ. Choose from several colors, or to just use the default color

More settings

• Background Image - Choose from Ancient text background, old gold background, white, black, dark blue background, and more
• Menu bars color - Can choose to use either blue, orange, green, red for the top and bottom UI bars, or choose no color (translucent black)
• Book/chapter selector - Choose either a standard table selection for the book and chapter of the Bible, a scrolling wheel dial selection, or a button selection that shows buttons to click on for each book,chapter and verse of the Bible
• Rotation mode - Can either lock the display so that it will not rotate and stay in portrait mode, lock it so the text is always in landscape, or just let it autorotate automatically
• Next/Prev Skip buttons - The skip buttons on the extra UI bar at the top can either navigate between verse locations in your history, skip between books of the Bible, or skip within search results of the last search performed.
• Verse selection Mode - Choose to allow you to navigate directly to the book and chapter, or to also let you narrow it down to a verse
• Daily Reading Plan Mode - Choose from either a traditional Genesis->Revelation reading plan, or a varied plan that gives a little variety in the reading schedule.
• Status Bar Mode - Can choose to show or hide the status bar that is at the top that shows the time, network, etc.
• Commentary for verses - Click on a verse number while reading, and you can see the commentary for that verse. This option chooses which commentary to use. Note that you must have this commentary already installed for this to work
• Double tap function - Double tapping the main screen can either do nothing (by default), toggle the UI men ubars at top and bottom hidden/visible, or it can toggle the Tilt-to-Scroll feature on/off
• Tilt to Scroll - If this is enabled, as you tilt the device it will automatically scroll the text display. It 'centers' the device each time you navigate to a new book or chapter.
• Line Height - This setting lets you change the line height for the main font used throughout the main text reading area. If you have trouble seeing some of the text, this can be useful to read it more clearly.