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Guide of Biblos

Welcome to the Official Biblos Manual, the word processor designed to provide an accessible, powerful, and highly customizable writing experience.

This document is intended to guide users through learning and using Biblos, offering a comprehensive overview of its features and the logic behind its operation. The manual addresses a broad audience-from new users looking to grasp the basics to advanced users interested in exploring powerful features and customization options.

Manual Objectives:

- Introduce the Biblos interface and operational structure.

- Provide step-by-step instructions for using core functionalities.

- Explore specific tools and workflows for advanced usage.

- Offer practical examples and solutions to common issues.

The manual is organized into thematic and progressive sections, allowing for both sequential reading and quick reference. Each section includes descriptions, tips, and useful notes to maximize efficiency and ease of use.

Biblos is an actively developed project. Its features are regularly updated to meet the evolving needs of a skilled and diverse user community. Accordingly, this manual is frequently updated to reflect new releases and incorporate corrections or improvements.

This manual is written by Giuseppe Di Grande, creator and developer of Biblos. All content is protected by copyright law. Reproduction, even in part, by any means is strictly prohibited without written permission from the author.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction to Biblos
    1. Download and install Biblos
    2. First execution of Biblos
    3. Update Biblos
    4. User Account Control
    5. Uninstall Biblos
  2. Open, save and print
    1. Assign a file type to open with Biblos
    2. Choice of the opening filter
    3. Automatically open the last document
    4. The file types that Biblos can manage
    5. Print Page Settings
    6. Print a document
    7. Send the document into a Dropbox or Google Drive folder
  3. Edit, insert and format
    1. Find, Replace, and Go To
      1. The Find tab- searching for a string in the document
      2. Wildcard Characters for Search
      3. The Replace tab- Search for and replace a string in the document
      4. The Wildcard Characters for Replacement
      5. The List of Search Criteria
      6. The special activator to input any character.
    2. The Removal Tools
      1. Remove Spaces
      2. Remove Hyphens
      3. Remove lines
      4. Remove Mask
    3. Font Type
    4. Type of Paragraph
    5. Managing Page breaks
    6. Add or change a horizontal line
      1. Manage Horizontal Lines
    7. Adding a Braille Context
    8. Taking an image from a scanner
      1. Scanner settings
    9. Setting the Text and Background Colors
    10. Header customization
      1. Header copy
      2. Header paste
    11. Calculate index pages
  4. Characters, dictionaries and syllables
    1. Character customization
      1. Enter characters using Unicode codes
      2. Enter special characters
    2. Dictionary customization
      1. Add a new dictionary
      2. Remove a dictionary
      3. Dictionary Properties
      4. The Field for Searching Terms
      5. Term Type and Grammatical Type
      6. Add to temporary dictionary
    3. Customizing Temporary Dictionaries
    4. Customizing and Managing Syllables
      1. Add a syllabication group
      2. Properties of a Syllabication Group
        1. Wildcard Character and Syllables
        2. Add or modify syllables
        3. Add an Alias
      3. Export Syllabication Groups
      4. Import Syllabication Groups
      5. Analyzing the words in a document
      6. Syllabication of Words
  5. Spelling analysis and recurrences
    1. Spell analyzer
    2. Adding terms to a dictionary
      1. Add to Dictionary
      2. Add to temporary dictionary
  6. Voice and audiobooks
    1. Convert to MP3 or DAISY audiobook
    2. Options- Voice tab
      1. Configure the Eloquence - IBM ViaVoice Outloud Speech Synthesizer
      2. Configure the Microsoft SAPI 5 Speech Synthesizer
      3. Configure the Microsoft OneCore speech synthesizer
      4. How to create files
  7. Internet and services
    1. Internet and internal browser
  8. Typing and keyboard maps
    1. The Keyboard Maps
    2. Customize Keyboard Maps
      1. Add or Edit a Keyboard Map
        1. Add or Edit a Key
          1. Add or Edit a Writing Element
          2. The language of the “Condition of text” line
            1. Previous character (Cp)
            2. Next character (Cn)
            3. Previous text (Tp)
            4. Next text (Tn)
            5. Start-of-line flag (Xsl)
            6. End-of-line flag (Xel)
          3. The language of the field Action on text
            1. Delete previous (Dp)
            2. Delete next (Dn)
            3. Force Previous Uppercase-Lowercase (Xfp)
            4. Force Next Uppercase-Lowercase (Xfn)
      2. Export Keyboard Maps
      3. Import Keyboard Maps
  9. Visualization and customizations
    1. Customizing Status Bars
      1. Adding or editing a Status Bar
    2. The Braille Bar
    3. Setting the hot keys
      1. The properties of a menu item
  10. All general options
    1. General options
    2. Options- General tab
    3. Options- View tab
    4. Options- Analysis tab
    5. Options- Formats tab
    6. Options- Notes Tab
    7. Options- Sounds tab
    8. Options- Voice tab
      1. How to create files
    9. Options- Advanced tab
  11. Other utility tools
    1. Scan and recognize the text of a document
    2. Set the OCR parameters
  12. Support and contacts
    1. Searching for information among the blog articles
    2. Registration of Biblos
    3. Setting Up Braille for Display