Scriptorium : Exegetical Tools
  
     
 
Quick Start Guide
  
     
  System Requirements:  
 
  • Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 - Free download
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  • Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) - most systems should have this installed.
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  • Basically, if your computer can handle the 2.0 Framework (you will have to have your service packs up to date) then Scriptorium should run just fine. I have it running on Win 2K and XP (Home & Professional).
    It looks better on XP but seems to run well on both.
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  • Hardware: At least 256 MB Ram and 50 MB or so of hard drive space (more if you add a lot of books).
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      Installation:  
     
  • Download the latest zip file from the download page
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  • Unpack the Zip file (you might need Winzip if you have Widows 2000) where you want to run Scriptorium from. This could be the root C: drive, My Documents or Program files. It can be anywhere on the PC (like the Desktop) or even on a network share (not recommended). All of the files are already in a folder named Scriptorium.
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  • If you want to create Desktop shortcuts, open up the Scriptorium folder, right-click on the script2_0.exe file, drag (right click!) to the desktop and release. Pick create shortcut from the context menu. If the program Icon doesn't appear in the short cut the Ichthus icon is in the program folder, or of course, you can use your own.
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  • Start it up. Click on the splash screen to make it go away.
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      Getting Started  
     
    		 
     
    The program is designed to be mouse driven. The Menu is context sensitive, so it will change depending on the active document. When you start, of course, there is no active document, so the menu is in 'application mode'. The main toolbar (documents have thier own tool bars) will start any of the document forms. Since the history is empty, there won't be anything there either.    		  
     
    		 
         
      To open a document, click on the approriate toolbar button. All buttons have tool-tip descriptions.  
      Example: View Nag-Hamadi Scriptures:  
     
  • Click on the Toolbar button for the Scripture module (the arrow shows the available items). Then click on the item (the top one in this case).
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      The document will open and load the selected item. Scripture and Book documents always load in full screen.  
       
         
      The Document Window:  
       
         
      The main parts of the document window are shown above:  
      1. The document toolbar  
      2. The explorer pane  
      3. The document pane  
     
  • The document toolbar provides the main functions of the selected document. In this case, there is the search, bookmark, navigation, show/hide explorer pane and close buttons. Since Nag Hamadi is a Codex (there is one 'page' for each 'book' the chapter navigation is disabled. You can also search by typing a word in the document search box and pressing 'enter'.
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  • The explorer pane has the document navigation tab, the bookmark quick select tab and the full search tab.
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      here (obviously) the selected document is displayed. Right clicking on the document window will display the document context menu.
     
      The context menu provides the basic document options. Cut, copy, select all, undo and paste should be familiar. Note that text edited in this pane cannot be saved so navigating will lose any changes. You can select the text you want and pick 'Copy to document' and that will paste the text into a new rich text document. You can search, search Google (computer has to be able to access the internet) and open a hyperlink in the browser window from here. All of these functions work with the Selected Text of the document so if you don't have any text selected, nothing will happen. Also, Eastons Bible dictionary will try and find a match for a selected word and likewise will ignore you if you ahven't selected any text.  
         
      The rest of the program works along the same principals; docuent, toolbar, context menu. The main menu also provides all of the document functions under 'Scripture' for the main functions and 'Edit' for text operations. Scriptorium is meant to be intuitive to use, so click away and explore. Some functions are still a bit rough, especially the HTML converter but the basic functionality is there.  
       
     
    User Manual and FAQ coming soon.