BTT Writer for the Desktop: Uploading or Exporting Your Work

BTT Writer for the Desktop

Introduction

When you work in BTT Writer, your text is saved every five minutes to your computer. Your work is not saved to the server (WACS or DCS) until you explicitly upload it.

While you are in a project in BTT Writer, click the 3-dot icon to access the options menu. Select Upload/Export (the upward arrow icon ).

Note: The upload/export option is not available in the 3-dot menu on the home screen, but is available only from the project screen.

There are four options to choose from when exporting from BTT Writer.

Upload to the Server

This requires an Internet connection.

This option copies your work to the online Wycliffe Associates or Door43 server, making it available to be downloaded by other translators, merged with other projects, or used as an online backup. The server to which you upload is specified in the Server Suite setting (see Advanced Settings).

You can upload to the content server only if you have an internet connection and are logged in to your server account.

Follow this process to upload to the server:

  1. When you are in a project, click the 3-dot menu.
  2. Click the bar Upload to Server.
  3. Wait while the upload process takes place.
  4. If you are connected to the Internet and signed into your server account, you will receive an “Upload Complete” message.
  • The message displays a link to the online repository of the file.
  • Click the link to open the repository, OR click Close to close the window.
  1. If you are NOT connected to the Internet, you will receive be an “Upload Failed” message.
  • Click Close to close the window.
  • When you can be connected to the Internet, start the upload process again.

Export to USFM File

This creates a file of your project with a usfm extension. Unified Standard Format Marker (USFM) is the international standard of Biblical text.

Follow this process to export, or save, the project to a usfm file:

  1. Click the bar Export to USFM File.
  2. The computer’s File Explorer window opens to the BTT Writer folder. Using the file manager, navigate to the desired location on the computer to save the file.
  3. Rename the file if desired.
  4. Click Save. A window shows a ‘Project Exported’ message.
  1. Click Close to close the window.

Export to PDF File

This creates a pdf file of your project. Portable Document Format (PDF) is an international standard for sharing documents.

Follow this process to export, or save, the project to a pdf file:

  1. Click the bar Export to PDF File.
  2. Choose the options from the menu. You may choose any number of the options.
  • Include incomplete chunks - these are chunks in the translation that have not been marked ‘done.’
  • Double space text - this adds an extra empty line between each line of text.
  • Fully justify text - this creates a document where the text is all the way to the beginning and the end of each line of text.
  • New page for each chapter - this creates a document where the start of each chapter is on a new page.
  1. Click Create Preview. Wait for the document to be created.
  2. Scroll through the preview to see what the document looks like.
  3. If changes are needed …
  • To the content - return to the Project.
  • Click on Project at the left edge of the top bar.
  • Make changes to the content.
  • To the formatting of the document - return to the Project.
  • Click on Project at the left edge of the top bar.
  • Click the 3-dot icon to invoke the Options menu.
  • Choose Upload/Export on the menu.
  • Repeat steps 1 -5 above.
  1. To save the document:
  • Click Save to PDF on the top bar.
  • The computer’s File Explorer window opens.
  • Using the file manager, navigate to the desired location on the computer to save the file.
  • Click Save.
  1. A window displays a ‘PDF Created’ message.
  2. Click Close to close the window.

Export Project File

This creates a file of your project with a tstudio extension. This can be used in any other BTT Writer version 11 program for either Desktop or Android.

Follow this process to export, or save, the project to a tstudio file:

  1. Click the bar Export Project File.
  2. The computer’s File Explorer window opens to the backup folder for BTT Writer. Using the file manager, navigate to the desired location on the computer to save the file.
  3. Click Save. A window displays a ‘Project File Complete’ message.
  4. Click Close to close the window.