Does anyone know how to make the verse numbers also appear when copying a section of text to send to someone? It currently only includes the reference after the selection, but not the verse numbers within the selection.
In the Appearance > Changes tab, create a new change:
Find: \\v (\d+)
Replace: \\v \1 \\vp \1\\vp\*
Why it works:
The \vp … \vp* USFM marker basically says use THIS TEXT in the place of the normal verse number. Typically you’d be saying in the place of '1', use 'one'; in the place of '2', use 'two', etc
Since here you’re saying replace '1' with '1', '2' with '2', etc, nothing is going to look different inside of SAB.
But, when SAB copies text out, it automatically and without asking you deletes verse numbers. But it doesn’t know to delete \vp markers, so they stay.
Having shown how to do this, I’ll now say that I don’t recommend it. SAB defaults to removing verse numbers for good reason, and IMO the text reads better with the numbers removed, as opposed to being left in. Remember they’ll be regular text numbers, no longer superscripts or however you usually set verse numbers apart from the main body.