Copy a Greek Word from the Text?
Guys and gals, I know this sounds simple and silly, but I am almost positive that I used to be able to simply right click a greek word in the text, click on "copy" in the pop-up menu that came up, and copy it into my Word doc. As an alternative, I am almost positive that I used to be able to double-click the greek word which highlighted it, press Ctrl +C, and then copy it into my Word doc. For some reason neither seems to work most of the time any more! Now I admit to being older and more senile than I used to be, but I feel a little crazy about this. I can right click on a greek word and then click on one of the dictionaries in the pop-up and copy the lemma, but I sometimes don't want the lemma, I want the actual form in the text. Very rarely ctrl + C will work, but suddenly the vast majority of times (since version 9?) there is no "copy" in the pop-up menu and double-clicking on the actual greek word and using ctrl-C doesn't work either. Help! Am I missing something that I used to know? Thanks!
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From what particular resource are you trying to copy?
I am able to copy by right-clicking and choosing "Copy" from the pop-up menu on multiple Greek bibles.
Eating a steady diet of government cheese, and living in a van down by the river.
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Mike and Marlyce Johnson said:
I want the actual form in the text.
When using the context menu, have you checked that the actual manuscript term is selected on the left?
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Doc,
It is the NA27. Now you have really gotten me thinking I am crazy! [:)]
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Graham,
Thanks for putting the picture up of the context menu. It led me to continue to investigate and I found the answer! When the context menu comes up I have to click on "Selection" to get the "copy". Otherwise, clicking on any other item in the left column will not give me a "copy". I knew I got "copy" very rarely, and couldn't figure out why. You solved it for me. Thanks!
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Hi Mike and Marylce
I'm glad to hear its working for you - but am a little confused
Mike and Marlyce Johnson said:When the context menu comes up I have to click on "Selection" to get the "copy". Otherwise, clicking on any other item in the left column will not give me a "copy".
I would have expected this option - clicking on Selection - to result in the English word being copied
To get the underlying Greek word, I would have expected you would need to select the Manuscript option as I showed in my screenshot
Mike and Marlyce Johnson said:Otherwise, clicking on any other item in the left column will not give me a "copy"
The Copy option should be available for many of the selections on the left of the menu - sometimes with a range of options:
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Graham Criddle said:
I would have expected this option - clicking on Selection - to result in the English word being copied
They wrote that the bible to copy from is a NA27, where the surface text is in Greek.
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NB.Mick said:
They wrote that the bible to copy from is a NA27, where the surface text is in Greek.
Thanks Mick - I had missed that!
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Mike and Marlyce Johnson said:
Now you have really gotten me thinking I am crazy!
No insanity involved...Logos is complex and difficult to use efficiently, much less master.
I'm glad you got it figured out!
Eating a steady diet of government cheese, and living in a van down by the river.
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Tagging along with you...what is the quickest way to get the ENGLISH transliteration of the GREEK word? I know I can copy from INFORMATION but I get way too much...information.
(i.e. below)πιστεύετε. pisteuete.
πιστεύω pisteuōbelieve
πιστευω pisteuō believe
VPAI2P verb, present, active, indicative, second person, plural
G4100 Greek Strong’s
LN 31.85 Louw-Nida
to believe (trust) verb
Doubt, Faith, God the Father, Revelation
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Jackie Watts said:
Tagging along with you...what is the quickest way to get the ENGLISH transliteration of the GREEK word? I know I can copy from INFORMATION but I get way too much...information.
(i.e. below)πιστεύετε. pisteuete.
πιστεύω pisteuōbelieve
πιστευω pisteuō believe
VPAI2P verb, present, active, indicative, second person, plural
G4100 Greek Strong’s
LN 31.85 Louw-Nida
to believe (trust) verb
Doubt, Faith, God the Father, Revelation
I only know of two ways.
1. Using Reverse Interlinear, right click and choose lemma, under look up, choose DBL Greek, then copy the transliteration. This only works for the lemma.
2. Use transliterate.com and paste in the MSS Greek word. Then copy the result.
Not very efficient, but those are what come to mind.
Bob
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Jackie Watts said:
what is the quickest way to get the ENGLISH transliteration of the GREEK word?
First, open the Information panel and hover on the "Word Info" line until you see the Settings dropdown. Set the checks as seen here-
...that will give you the transliteration without the other stuff, as seen here-
For some unknown reason, you can't copy the word from here. This is a terrible oversight, IMO. But at least you can see the English transliteration.
Eating a steady diet of government cheese, and living in a van down by the river.
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NB.Mick said:
Well, you can - using the copy button
Thanks for clarifying, Mick. I should have included that option.
I still think a right-click copy should be available, but I also understand there are more important issues to fix.
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I find that if I just highlight a word in the Greek text, a small menu pops up automatically with the option to copy. No right click needed. That is what I do. By "highlight the text" I mean a left click and the mouse. Works in the English Bibles also.
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Mike Childs said:
I find that if I just highlight a word in the Greek text, a small menu pops up automatically with the option to copy
For anyone who doesn't see this, it requires Show Selection Menu to be set to Yes in Program Settings.
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