Question: If I have an Excel spreadsheet with placenames and coordinates, is there a way to import these as custom points all at one time, or do I have to do them individually?
Thanks, A.D.

A.D., if you are able to export the spreadsheet data into a plain text file in the format shown in the Bible Mapper help system, you can import as many points as you want.

Help! I can't crop my map down to size. I succeeded once or twice and now, every time I hit bitmap export, the software jams up.

I am a Bible translator in Africa working with various languages. I want to create Bible maps using the names of the places in the African languages. Does "Bible Mapper" allow me to do that? I don't have the program, but would get it if I knew that it would do this. Thanks.

Just about everything is editable. You can create your own set of labels connected to locations already identified on the map. Part of the goal and value of Bible Mapper is that others have used the program to created copyright-free maps that you can use in situations like yours.

Help! I downloaded version 3 and 4 and when i try to install them I get an error that they are not compatible. I am running Windows XP...is that a problem?

I and a missionary-educator wanting to create high-res maps to be published at 300 dpi via InDesign. These will be published as B&W print around the world. What's the best way to get this?
* Export completed map at high-res BMP then resize in Photoshop to save as GIF, PDF, PNG, or PCX to use in InDesign>?
* Export map's structure but without labels, open in Photoshop to crop to 300 dpi for the expected publication size, label and save as GIF, PDF, PNG, or PCX?

I'm supposing that even without the concern to get true 300 dpi for the lettering, it might be best to do all the labeling in Photoshop on a separate layer so that translated versions could get the files from me and label them in their own language.

Dale,
It sounds like you have access to Adobe's suite. If so, you can resample the image to 300 dpi in Photoshop, but labeling and other linework is best done in Illustrator. The idea of using Adobe's layers for labeling is a good one. Will these be printed or digital maps? If digital, PNG is a compression format that will preserve linework and labeling. Although if you are taking them into InDesign, you can keep them as AI or PSD files.

Thanks to Riddle for suggesting a likely procedure for what I want. Yes, I have the whole CS5 suite, although I haven't used Illustrator much. The primary mode of publishing these will be in print, although the distribution to the various printers will be as PDFs. The secondary mode will be electronic (i.e., as a module in a commercial Bible software program). For the electronic version and accompanying the printed version in an instructor's guide, there will be color Powerpoints of the maps, charts, and perhaps some of the other illustration art.