How to use NoteMaker Bible
For the NoteMaker Bible app and the reader on this website.
The one thing to know: hold, don't tap.
Press and hold for a moment on a word, a sign, a note or a reference to open it. A tap does nothing,
so your hand can rest on the page and nothing pops up by accident. On a computer, hold the mouse
button down on it.
What you can hold
- Any word
- The Greek or Hebrew behind it, what it means, its grammar, and every place it's used. From its card you can Listen to the verse, add it to your Notes, Memorize it, or show the word in the left Margin.
- Newberry's signs
- The small marks before words, for the tenses, the articles and the numbers of the original. Hold one to see what it means.
- Newberry's notes
- The small letters before words, and the notes in the right margin. Hold one for the word it belongs to.
- Still being checked
- Newberry's signs and notes are being checked against his printed Bible, book by book. Corrections reach the app and this website on their own (in the app: Settings › Bible), without touching your notes.
- References
- Hold a reference in the margin to read the verse in place, without losing your page.
- A book's name
- Hold the book's name at the top of a page for its Book Study pages.
- An empty spot in the margin
- Add a heading (a subject of your own) or a reference there.
Writing and marking
- Pen, highlighter, eraser
- Choose a tool on the bar and write with Apple Pencil. The tools button beside them has the soft highlighter, a border, a line, a circle, the lasso, and typed notes. Hold a colour you picked to remove it.
- Apple Pencil double-tap
- Switches to the eraser, and back to what you were using. Double-tap must be turned on in your iPad's Settings › Apple Pencil (choose Switch between current tool and eraser); if it is set to Off, double-tap does nothing. It works on Apple Pencil (2nd generation) and Apple Pencil Pro.
- Room in the margins
- The page sits on lined paper. Pinch to zoom out for more room to write beside it; Fit Page (in the ⋯ menu) puts the page back.
- On iPhone
- With no pen chosen, a finger scrolls; choosing a pen lets your finger write. No Pen (Read) in the tools goes back to reading.
Around the app
- Listen
- The speaker button reads the chapter aloud, turning the page with you.
- Go to and Search
- Go to any book and chapter from Home, or search the whole Bible with the magnifying glass.
- Notebook: Meetings and Subjects
- Notes for every meeting, with its speaker and verses, and pages for subjects of your own. Hold a word and choose Notes to add its verse to a meeting.
- Journal
- A page for each day, from Home or the ⋯ menu.
- Memory Verses
- Hold a word and choose Memorize to add its verse; practise them from Home or the ⋯ menu.
- Bookmarks
- New Bookmark…: name it, then hold the verse where it goes. Hold a bookmark's ribbon to move it.
- How to Use
- These tips are in the app too: the ? on Home, or ⋯ › How to Use.
On this website
The reader here works the same way: hold a word, a sign, a note or a reference to open it. With a free account you can highlight, type notes and erase, and your notes are kept in step with the app.
Your notes
- On all your devices
- Sign in with your newberrybible.com account and your notes are kept in step with your other devices and this website.
- Backups
- Your notes are saved to your account and kept safe there. For extra peace of mind, the app also makes a backup each day: keep them in your iCloud Drive (⋯ › Account & Backups), and use Back Up Notes… now and then. See the Terms of Use.
- NoteMaker Bible+
- Reading, holding words and signs, and listening are free. In the app, writing and highlighting, the Notebook, the Journal and Memory Verses need NoteMaker Bible+.
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