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    <para>&app; is a Bible study and research tool based upon the "SWORD Project" libraries
    and the GTK libraries. You can use &app; to do the following:</para>
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       <listitem>
          <para>View your favorite Scripture verse</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
          <para>Make sermon or personal notes on selected passages</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
           <para>Automatically follow Bible footnotes and cross-references</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
           <para>Compare translations in parallel</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
           <para>Work in original language study using the available Hebrew and Greek
           translations</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
      <para>&app; aims to provide a simple and clean user interface while providing a
      powerful tool allowing a personalized Bible study environment.</para>

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      <para>"The SWORD Project" is based at <ulink type="http" url="http://www.crosswire.org">http://www.crosswire.org</ulink>.  Other
      applications under the same banner are <application>MacSword</application> for the Macintosh, <application>BibleDesktop</application>,
      a Java application, <application>BibleTime</application> (another Linux program), and <application>The SWORD Project for
      Windows</application> (aka <application>BibleCS</application> or <application>WinSword</application>).</para>

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       <warning>
         <para>&app; is currently in development, so this manual may not
         reflect the program as you see it. If it does not, please file a
         bug at the <ulink type="http" url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/xiphos">
	 project website</ulink>, or email <email>xiphos-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</email>.
         All help is appreciated, as it will improve the software.</para>
       </warning>

