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WORDsearch Bible Software, based in Austin, Texas is one of the oldest and largest publishers of software and digital books specifically for Christian pastors, Bible teachers and students.〔Duduit, Michael, “Preaching Toolbox Now Includes a Personal Computer and Software,” Preaching Magazine, September 1991〕 WORDsearch is now part of the ministry of B&H Publishing Group of LifeWay Christian Resources of Nashville, Tennessee.〔Staff, “LifeWay acquires WORDsearch, QuickVerse”, Baptist Press, July 11, 2011〕 WORDsearch produces specialized study programs under the brands WORDsearch, QuickVerse, and myStudyBible and a compatible library of over 5,000 digital books on Windows, MacIntosh, iPad, Android, and web browsers. ==Bible Software Products== WORDsearch 10, and now WORDsearch 11 the company’s flagship Bible software brand running on Windows and Mac PCs, automates tasks in the process of Bible exegesis and hermeneutics. Key functions of WORDsearch include searching a user’s digital library by word, topic, or scripture reference, hyperlinking to related documents, and copying selected materials into a target document.〔Purcell, Kevin A., “5 Simple WORDsearch 10 Tips”, Christian Computing Magazine, August 2013〕 WORDsearch users regard it highly for its speed and ease of use.〔Horn, Sara, “Ease of use, speed linked in new LifeWay Bible software”, Baptist Press, October 17, 2003〕 WORDsearch is frequently used by pastors for the creation of sermons, and teachers for preparation of cell group and Sunday School lessons.〔Purcell, Kevin A., “Preaching and Digital Bible Study,” Christian Computing Magazine, September 2011〕 QuickVerse 10, is a variant of the WORDsearch program that reads the same digital books and features most of the same functions. The functional capabilities of QuickVerse 10 better suit the needs of lay Bible teachers. QuickVerse 10 offers a means for hundreds of thousands of past QuickVerse customers to continue using digital books acquired with older versions of QuickVerse.〔Purcell, Kevin A., “Digital Bible Study News”, Christian Computing Magazine, July 2012〕 myStudyBible.com is a free, web browser-based Bible software program with a different functional approach, but nearly the same library of resources as WORDsearch and QuickVerse.〔 WORDsearch Bible is a mobile Bible software program available for iOS and Android. It offers a limited set of functions on nearly the same library of resources.〔Wilke, Jon D., “LifeWay Releases Free WORDsearch iPad App,” Christian News Wire, January 31, 2012〕 All of the Bible software versions connect to the same set of online ownership records so that a customer is able to acquire a digital book for one of the programs, and use it from any of the other programs, in nearly all cases at no additional charge. Reviewers found WORDsearch powerful enough to be useful for preachers.〔 It is one of About.com's top 10 bible programs. A free application called WORDsearch Basic (formerly Bible Explorer) is also available. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WORDsearch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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