PBB - docx format for making a Bible

Try this thread on PB Bibles 

http://community.logos.com/forums/t/34051.aspx

I tried the Polish Biblia Gdańska        and have used that file as a template to build another Bible
 

Mikko Paavola said:

Hi!

This is how I'm making Finnish Bibles:

1. At first you should have the bible text in plain text one verse / line with book name, chapter and verse numbers in the beginning of every line.

2. Open the txt file in Excel and use Excels text import tool (opens automatically when opening txt-file in Excel) to put book, chapter, verse and Bible text to separate columns (you may need to do this in 3 stages if the chapter and verse numbers are separated with spaces and not tabulators).

3. Add new columns to the table for codes (C, E-H and J). Write the codes to the columns. Here's an example (column B is the original chapter number, D the verse number):

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
[[@Bible:Ge	1	:	1	]]	=D	.	{{field-on:bible}}	Alussa loi Jumala taivaan ja maan.	{{field-off:bible}}

- You must have a space after the book abbreviation (column A: "[[@Bible:Ge ") and after the visible verse number (column G: ". ")
- You can find the book abbreviations here: http://wiki.logos.com/COM_API_Bible_Book_Abbreviations

4. Save the file as Excel document (you may need to modify it later)

5. Copy the table columns A-J in Excel and paste them to Word as plain text (not as a table)

6. Remove the tabulators with find and replace command.

7. Save the file as docx

8. Add the book and chapter names: Book names as Heading 1 and chapter names as Heading 2 (or OT/NT as H1, book name as H2 and chapter name as H3) and add the codes for books and chapters in the beginning of the headers. Here's an example how it should look in Word:

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[[@Bible:Ge]]GENESIS, Ensimäinen Moseksen kirja

[[@Bible:Ge 1]]1. Luku.

[[@Bible:Ge 1:1]]1. {{field-on:bible}}Alussa loi Jumala
taivaan ja maan.{{field-off:bible}}

[[@Bible:Ge 1:2]]2. {{field-on:bible}}Ja maa oli autio ja
tyhjä, ja pimeys oli syvyyden päällä, ja Jumalan Henki liikkui vetten
päällä.{{field-off:bible}}

 

9. If you want to have introductions, ingresses or subheaders (as Heading 3) to your Bible, add the texts to the correct places without any coding.

And there it is. For me, the easiest steps were 1-7 (about 30-60min). Steps 8-9 will take more time.

 

One thing to note: You may need to change the @Bible -code if the bible have a different verse numbering system (for example where the Isaiah chapter 53 starts, is there 3 or 4 chapters in Malachi, etc.). There's own codes for different numberings. You can read more about it here: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/35157/266882.aspx#266882

 

 

Thanks very much for your method for make pbb bibe

Ben...

being a UK user, dont know if text got corrupted.. writing seems funny to me :P

anyhow, here is your file, best I can do, you will be abble to edit it I presume

What Version is it?

4503.benp.docx

Hans,

If you have the bible as a text file with 1 verse per line, like

Eze 39:41 Ihet wintigste

Eze 40:1 In wintigste

email it to me and I be happy to run it through my compiler which should tag it for you.

bible_convert_pbb AT domisoft DOT co DOT uk

4747.chinese version2.txtDominicM:

Dominic, Here it is.

It's only a segment of Ezekiel (only chap. 40-48) . But I'm working on it and would have this translation too.

A further question: does Logos recognize those PBB's as bibles so that I can use "Copy Bible Verses"?

Kind regards

Hans

5857.TextEz 40-48.txt

Hans here is yours.. hope it helps 2577.hans.ezekiel.docx

Ben I need to think aboutl yours, as I dont understand chineses I will hope the versing lines up but if it doesnt please dont get too mad :P

3857.Chinese1.docxBen, here is #1, number #2 is not structured according to the regular protestant canon, and doesnt have enough extras books (4 extras) for me to guess its apocraphal. you may wish to verify the source. 

I have edited the file.

maybe easy format, I don't know.[:D]

Thanks

8156.#2.docx

DominicM said:

Ben, this looks better, thanks. but you will need to test. and adjust if needed..

7266.Chinese_Cathollic.docx

Perfect， Thanks！

delete

updated new version, you can try2388.NEW VERSION.txt

about chinese modern version I cant find its web and copyright info!

I will delete it.

Thanks.

so sorry! doesn't work, keep corrupt.

I have edited the file.2046.New files.docx

God blessings

DominicM said:

Sadly then you will have to copy and paste it in yourself verse by verse, 

I have been copy and paste half a chapter at a time [this may or my not work for your Unicode file]
Procedure - using column copy
File two – next chapter to insert
Set page width to 22 inches [max that my copy of Word will take]
Do what ever you need to do to get the chapter into the format of one line per verse with verse number at start of line
1 verse one text
2 verse two text
3 verse three text
4 verse four text and this verse is 85 characters long -> (to char 85)
5 verse five with error – it runs on to <end of line char here> 
Two lines – fix it by making it all on one line
6 verse six text

File one – the Bible that you are editing
Chapter 23  [this is the chapter header format the rest in in verse format]
[[@bible:Matthew 23:1]]¹{{field-on:Bible}} NEXT HERE{{field-off:Bible}}
[[@bible:Matthew 23:2]]²{{field-on:Bible}} {{field-off:Bible}}
[[@bible:Matthew 23:3]]³{{field-on:Bible}} {{field-off:Bible}}
-- The NEXT HERE is my search item to find where I quit last time (as in next chapter goes here)

I remove ‘next here ‘
I see that all of the ‘}} {{’ line up  (note jump between 9 and 10 – ‘10’ has more characters)

In file two I use column copy [set insert point to the start of the next verse (say at the ‘1’ in verse 1)
Push and hold the ‘ALT’ key
Drag down to verse 9
Drag across to just past the end of the longest verse (above verse 4 is stated to be 85 char long)
Release ‘ALT’ key
Ctrl-c  to copy the text

In file one with the insert point on where I want the first character of the next verse inserted ctrl-v to paste
All of the verses have been pasted in

repeat for the rest of the chapter   repeat for all the rest of the chapters

Might want to do this to verses 1-9 then 10 to the end of the chapter (in two or more steps)
Then I have to remove the verse numbers that are in the Bible text section (allows check that the verse is on the correct line)
But it beats doing one verse at a time [this may or my not work for your Unicode file]