Select text on a page to annotate it.
Markings in selectionExact matches appear first

Margin annotation

Add margin note

Marking
Color

Links

Word footnote

Add footnote

Links

Document structure

Add chapter

Inspection and troubleshooting

Advanced data

Annotations are stored separately so highlights, notes, and references can overlap safely. This view is read-only.

Chapter directives

@chapter Chapter 2
uses everything after the marker as the chapter name and resets verse numbering
@heading Optional summary
adds an italic heading before verse 1

Project color vocabulary

Name this color

Project backup

Save backup as

The backup contains the current text, notes, references, markings, color names, and project settings.

Your documents

Choose a project

Browser storage is convenient, but it is not a backup. We strongly recommend saving backup files regularly.

Projects saved in this browser

Delete project

Are you sure?

This removes the browser’s saved copy. A previously downloaded backup can still be opened later.

Already open

This project is being edited elsewhere

Another tab is actively editing this project. What would you like to do?

Quick start

Make this text yours

Begin with the “Setup” panel

Click the book and paste your writing into the “Text” section. Each new line becomes its own verse. Titles, subtitles, chapters, and headings are added here. Right-click or hold the book to open Your documents.

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Mark directly on the “Main Page”

Select complete words, then click highlight, underline, or box. Right-click or hold any of those three icons to choose or name a project color. Click marked text without dragging to edit it.

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Connect useful passages

Margin notes and footnotes can link to scripture, another chapter or verse in this document, or a website. One footnote can hold many links and one explanation.

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Control what you see

Switch between light, dark, and system appearance. Click the eye icon to hide or restore every marking; right-click or hold the eye icon to choose individual styles and colors.

Print the version you want

Click the printer and choose whether to print no markings, the markings currently visible, or every marking. Footnote choices appear only when longer footnotes require them.

Protect your work

The browser automatically saves your work privately on this device. Click the Save icon for a timestamped .scriptures.json backup, or right-click or hold it to choose the filename.

Common tasks

How do I edit or delete an existing marking?

Click marked text without dragging, or right-click it, to open its nearby editor. When markings overlap, choose the one you mean. Deleting requires a second confirmation and can still be undone.

How do I resize a marking?

Select the complete words you want the marking to cover, including part of its current text. Open “Edit markings,” find the marking, and choose “Use selected text.” The resized marking remains active so you can immediately change its style or color.

How do I choose or name colors?

Right-click or hold the highlight, underline, or box icon to open project colors. Right-click or hold any color square to give it a short name used throughout this project.

How do I undo several changes?

Right-click or hold Undo or Redo to see the available changes. Choose an item to move through that item in one step.

What can I right-click or hold?

Most toolbar icons have additional options. Their tooltips explain the alternate action, including Setup, Save, marking styles, Undo, Redo, Notes and References, visibility, appearance, and Help.

Projects, printing, and privacy

Can I open more than one project?

Yes. Different projects can be edited in different tabs and saved to different backup files. If the same project is opened twice, one tab edits while the other can remain read-only so newer work is not overwritten.

Is my writing private?

Yes. This app saves your work in this browser on this device and does not send your text to a server. A website link connects to the internet only when you choose to open it.

Why did a project open read-only?

The same project appears to be open for editing in another tab. Read-only mode protects the newer copy from being accidentally overwritten; you can return to the editing tab or deliberately take over.

How do I make a PDF?

Click the printer, choose the markings you want, decide whether to include margin-note pages, and choose a footnote treatment when longer footnotes require one. Then choose “Save as PDF” in your browser’s print window.

What is Advanced data?

The read-only Advanced data view shows how the app stores overlapping annotations separately from your text. Most readers will never need it; it is mainly useful for inspection and troubleshooting.