Show Topics
When this option is selected, a field for entering a topic is always displayed on the New and Edit forms, otherwise this field will always be hidden on these forms.
In addition, when this preference is selected and a topic has been entered for the record, the contents of the Topic field will be displayed on the List, View and Tools forms (Figures 10-3, 10-4).
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Figure 10-3 List form with the Show Topics option selected. This is the default behavior.
Figure 10-4 List form with the Show Topics option deselected. Only the reference is displayed in the list.
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Show Learning Counter
When this option is selected, the Learning Counter is displayed in the upper right hand corner of the View and Tools forms for records in the Learn category (Figure 10-5).
The Learning Counter is used to count the number of times you repeat a verse to yourself while learning it. It allows you to easily implement a learning plan based on repetition goals.
Each record has its own Learning Counter value while in the Learn category. It is saved from session to session until the Commit button is pressed. The Learning Counter is not available for records in the review categories (i.e. Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly).
The Learning Counter has three components: the Decrement button, the Count button, and the Increment button.
Tapping the Decrement button causes the count value to be decreased by one. It will be hidden whenever the count value is zero because that is the minimum allowed value (Figure 10-6).
The Count button displays the current value. Tapping the Count button will allow you to reset the value to zero (Figure 10-7).
Tapping the Increment button causes the count value to be increased by one. It will be hidden whenever the value displayed is 999 because that is the maximum allowed value.
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Figure 10-5 View form with Learning Counter displayed in upper right corner.
Figure 10-6 Learning Counter with Decrement button disabled and hidden.
Figure 10-7 Reset counter to zero by tapping the Count button followed by the Yes button on the resulting confirmation alert.
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Show Milestones
When this option is selected, special dialog boxes are displayed when the Learning Counter displays specific values designated as milestones (Figure 10-8).
To view or customize the milestone values, tap on the Edit... selector trigger (Figure 10-9).
The default values on the Edit Milestones form (Figure 10-10) are based on recommendations contained in How To Successfully Memorize & Review Scripture written by Ron Hood and published by the Spiritual Success Institute. This book is an excellent resource and is available directly from the author at www.ronhood.org.
Ron Hood recommends memorizing a new verse by first learning it well enough to quote without looking, and then applying spaced repetition over a five-day period. On the first day you repeat it 25 times and then decrease the number of repetitions by five each day. After you have completed the last five repetitions on the fifth day you will have reviewed the verse a total of 75 times. This number of reviews is usually sufficient for learning most verses.
The method described above only requires the use of five milestones (i.e. one for each of the five days). MyVerses supports a total of seven milestones to accommodate those who may prefer to repeat their verses daily for six or seven days before moving them out of the Learn category.
Adjust the milestone values as necessary to obtain the optimal learning experience for you. Setting a milestone's value to zero will disable that particular milestone so it is not displayed.
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Figure 10-8 A Milestone Alert signals that the Learning Counter has reached a predetermined milestone value.
Figure 10-9 Tap the Edit... selector trigger to view the Edit Milestones form.
Figure 10-10 Edit Milestones form with default values.
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Show Book List
When this option is selected, book names that contain letters matching those being entered in the Reference field on the Edit and New forms are displayed in a list. Displayed entries may be selected to minimize data entry (Figure 10-11).
To add or delete book names to the book name list, tap on the Edit... selector trigger to access the Edit Book List form (Figure 10-12).
The Edit Book List form displays all names currently in the book list. This form also has buttons for adding or deleting names from this list (Figure 10-13).
Book names may be individually added manually, or the MySetup companion program may be used to add the common variations of the traditional Bible book names.
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Figure 10-11 The Book List displayed on the New form with selections starting with the letter "N".
Figure 10-12 Tap the Edit... selector trigger to view the Edit Book List form.
Figure 10-13 Edit Book List form after adding Old Testament Bible book names.
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Verse Level Statistics
This option is provided for those who create records in MyVerses that contain more than one verse.
When this option is not selected, the Statistics form always displays results based on the number of records in each category (Figure 10-14).
When this option is selected, the Statistics form allows you to display results by either the number of records (Figure 10-15) or number of verses (Figure 10-16).
This feature is useful if you sometimes store more than one verse in a record and would like to view statistics based on the actual number of verses.
When the Verse Level Statistics option is activated, you will be prompted for the number of verses each time you add a new record to MyVerses (Figure 10-17).
When the Verse Level Statistics option is not selected, all records are created with a value of one (i.e. 1) stored in their Verse Count field.
If you decide to activate Verse Level Statistics after you have already created some records with multiple verses, you will need to manually edit the Verse Count in those records before you will get accurate verse level results on the Statistics form. See Chapter 7 for an explanation of how to access this field.
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Figure 10-14 Statistics form without the Verse Level Statistics option selected.
Figure 10-15 Statistics form with the Verse Level Statistics option selected. Results can be viewed based on either the number of records or number of verses.
Figure 10-16 Results displayed based on number of verses.
Figure 10-17 Prompt displayed when adding new record with Verse Level Statistics activated.
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