Android - Highlights and Highlighters

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What are Highlights?

Highlights let you visually mark key words, phrases, or verses so they stand out during your Bible study. Whether you're identifying important themes, tracking repeated ideas, or simply marking a verse to revisit later, highlights provide a personal way to stay engaged with Scripture. You can also organize your highlights using tags and categories to make them easy to browse and reference later.

Verse-Based vs. Word-Based Highlights

There are two ways to create highlights in the app:

  • Verse-Based Highlights: Created by selecting a verse number. These highlights are tied to that verse and appear across all downloaded Bible translations.
  • Word-Based Highlights: Created by selecting specific text. These are tied to the exact resource where they were created (e.g., a specific Bible translation or commentary).

Create a Highlight

You can create a highlight when viewing text in your app. As mentioned above, these highlights can be tied to either a verse or text. Here are the steps you can follow to add a highlight:

  • Tap a verse number or tap and hold to select text and then select Highlight from the pop-up menu.
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  • Choose the label, tags, and category you want to add to the highlight. You can also tap on the up/down arrows to add more verses to your highlight if you added the highlight by tapping on a verse number. 
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  • Select the highlighter color you would like to use to create the highlight and it will appear in the text.
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Edit a Highlight

There are two ways to edit a highlight in the Olive Tree Bible App. First, you can edit a highlight from within the resource.

  • To do this, tap and hold on a word in the highlighted text that you want to edit. Tap 'Edit' on the menu that appears.
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  • The 'Highlight Edit' screen will appear in a pop-up window. See the options at the bottom of this section for how you can edit the highlight from this window.
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Second, you can edit a highlight through the Menu: 

  • Tap on the Menu icon in the upper left corner.
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  • Tap Highlights.
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  • Tap the highlight color and scroll down to find the individual highlight.09_Highlighter_List.png
  • Tap and hold on the highlight to access more options. Choose 'Edit Highlight' to open the edit menu.
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  • Here you can change the title, assign the highlight to a category, change the highlighter color, and edit the tags. Here is a guide to your options and what you'll see:
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  1. Tap the title in the top bar to edit the title.
  2. This is the verse reference of the highlight. This cannot be changed.
  3. Tap 'Edit Tags' to add or change a tag.
  4. Tap the colored square to change the highlighter color.
  5. Tap 'Category' to add or change a category the highlight is tied to.
  6. This shows you when the highlight was created and when it was last updated.

NOTE: If the text highlighted was manually selected instead of tapping the verse number, you'll see that highlighted text displayed under the verse reference. 

Delete A Highlight

There are two ways to delete a highlight in our app. First, you can delete a highlight from within a resource:

  • Select the exact selection used to create the highlight and select Highlight from the pop-up menu.
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  • Select the trash can icon in the list of highlight options.
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Second, you can delete a highlight through the Menu: 

  • Tap Menu.
  • Tap Highlights.
  • Tap the highlighter color for the highlight you want to delete.
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  • Locate the highlight you wish to delete, tap and hold it, and select Delete.
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  • Confirm that you would like to delete the highlight.
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Create a Highlighter

The Olive Tree Bible App provides a few different highlighters, but you can also create and customize highlighters to fit your preferences. Follow these steps to create a highlighter:

  • Tap the Menu icon.
  • Tap Highlights.
  • Scroll to the bottom of the list and tap 'Add Highlighter'.
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  • On the next screen, you can assign a highlight name (title), choose highlight or underline, change the intensity of the color, and choose the color. Tap 'Save' when you have made your selections.
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  • It will now appear as an option when you add a highlight in the text.
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Edit a Highlighter

If you would like to change a highlighter you have created in the app, follow these steps: 

  • Tap the Menu icon.
  • Tap Highlights.
  • Tap-and-hold the the Highlighter and choose 'Edit'.
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There are a few different ways that you can customize your highlighter: 

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  1. Tap the 'Highlight Name' field to change the name.
  2. Select Highlight or Underline to change the type.
  3. Change the intensity of your highlighter.
  4. Change the color of your highlighter.
  5. Save.

Delete a Highlighter

You can only delete highlighters that are not associated with highlights. If you have made highlights with the highlighter you want to delete, you will first need to edit or delete those highlights using the steps described above. Once you have done this, follow these steps to delete the highlighter:

  • Tap Menu.
  • Tap Highlights.
  • Tap-and-hold the Highlighter and tap Delete.
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  • Confirm that you would like to delete the highlighter.
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We hope this article about highlighting in the Olive Tree Bible App is helpful for you! If you have more questions, contact our Customer Support team.

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