This dialog is accessed through the menu, Checks / USFM.
It basically checks whether the verses are placed correctly in USFM view.
It can also be used for importing raw text.
Importing raw text is not so straight-forward. The text usually comes from a typist who has typed a bit of an existing Bible. This text is supposed to be entered in Bibledit for further processing. The text that is produced by the typist usually contains a number of errors. This makes a bit of tweaking needed when importing this text.
The steps to take are as follows:
1. Paste one chapter of the typed text into the plain USFM editor.
2. Press button "Discover markup".
3. Look at the bottom of the screen for information about what to correct.
4. Once all is fine, press OK to import the chapter.
At the end of all, when all text has been imported, chapter 0 needs to be set as well, else without that Bibledit won't work well with the imported text. Setting chapter 0 is usually done by simply applying the "c" marker in the editor, choosing chapter 0, and pressing OK.
Note. At any stage in the text import process, the user can filter the text. Select the filter to apply, then click button "Filter text". Filters can be created through menu Preferences / Filters.
There is an option "Verses are at line start". if this one is ticked, when discovering the markup, the engine only considers verses that are at the start of the line. Or to put it more correctly, it only considers the first number in a paragraph to be a verse, and skips any following numbers.
In some raw text footnotes or cross references are included in the text. See the following example, where one would like to import the following raw text:
"5 Don't forget what happened to those people that the Lord rescued from Egypt. Some of them did not have faith, and he later destroyed them. Ex 12.51; Nu 14.29,30. 6 You also know about the angels who didn't do their work and left their proper places. God chained them with everlasting chains and is now keeping them in dark pits until the great day of judgment."
There is a cross reference in 5: Ex 12.51; Nu 14.29,30.
To import this raw text properly, you need to tick the option that the verse numbers are at the start of the line. Then recognize the text by clicking on the button. It will now have recognized only verse 5. You need to put a new line before verse 6, and manually add the \v before it. The switch to formatted view, and cut the cross reference to the clipboard. Then insert a new cross reference, and paste that text into the dialog.
The same technique can be used for footnotes or endnotes.
See also: Import, Task Import.