Default Layout

[hecaherg]

Thank you so much for this program. I used e-Sword for many years, so I have a learning curve to deal with since this program is so powerful and has so many elements. I can't find an explanation of how to make my own layout the default layout. Could you tell me how to do that? Should be very simple, but I don't know, so for me is complicated until I learn.

Thanks,

Hector

[preahkumpii]

Hello Hector and Welcome,

It is not too hard. There are several things you need to know. First, you click and drag the title bars of each view to move them where you want them, or even floating. You can also resize them the way you like in the same way as resizing the windows in MS Windows. Then, you need these three icons to make you layout (see attachment). If you want to add a certain view, use the first icon. Once you have everything layed out everything like you want it, including the Bible View Options (Ctrl+O), etc., you need the second icon. In that menu, go to Save current layout -> as...[whatever you like].

[hecaherg]

Thanks Adam for your prompt reply. I already am at that point. I saved my layout and I can access it from >View>layout>my layouts. What I want to do is to make it the default layout. The one that comes up when I first start TW. As it is now, the default layout comes up and then I need to change it to my layout.

Thanks,

Hector

[csterg]

Hello Hector,
this sounds like an anomaly. When you restart TW you should see exactly as you left it. If this is not the case, then probably the program cannot save properly the settings.
Is this the case?
Costas

[hecaherg]

Thanks Costas for your interest. And thank you for the program. Fantastic. Actually, somehow, the settings were changed without my knowing it. Now when I first start the program it gives me a layout of the Bible tree and one full screen Bible window. Not even the program default layout. Even though I closed it with a different layout.

Hector

[hecaherg]

Costas, in reality, I thought it was a Bible window, but it is an empty window. A Bible tree and just a blank window as if it were a word processor window.

Hector

[csterg]

Hello Hector,
this sounds like a strange behavior which i have never heard.
Do you think you can attach a screenshot to see pls?
Also, tell me the OS you use and the folder you installed the program (if you changed something from the default).
Costas

[hecaherg]

Thank you Costas for your help.

Somehow my clipboard is not pasting directly to this dialog box, so I'm attaching the print scrn shot. I'm using a HP with Win7.

Thanks,

Hector

[hecaherg]

Sorry Costas, I forgot to tell you that TW is installed on C:/program files/theword

Hector

[JG]

Hi, did you do this as a "Compact" install.

Jon

[hecaherg]

Nope. Regular install.

Hector

[hecaherg]

It was working OK until I did my own layout. After that then the "default" layout became what you see above, which I don't know where it came from. My layout is four windows: One Bible, one commentary, one dictionary, and one books.

Hector

[csterg]

I am unsure of what is happening. Would you like to delete the config.ini file so all settings will be reset? Since this is a new installation, it will not be much of a problem to lose some things i suppose?
Open the Help->About->File locations->Personal file folders->...->config.ini (delete it)
Costas

[hecaherg]

I sure wouldn't like to do that. It's new as of a couple of month, but I already transferred everything from e-sword, specially my verse notes which I was not able to transfer from e-sword version 8 to version 9. I was able to import it from e-sword to TW with no problem. I wouldn't want to risk that.

Hector

[Gert-Jan]

I'm pretty sure that removing config.ini will NOT remove any of your modules or verse lists. These are saved in separate files. The config.ini only stores the layout of the program, language used etc.

Let's wait untill Costas confirms this post.