What do you like best about Logos?

I was just wondering now that the new Wordsearch users have had some time to get acclimated to Logos, what is your favorite part about it so far? Also, experienced users chime in as well about your favorite features.

I like the following things especially:

1 Being able to customize and save my layouts.

2. The Guides, especially the passage and topic guides.

3. Collections, being able to create custom collections for various purposes.

4. The Personal book tool. While I would love the conversion of .pdf documents. I love being able to create and incorporate my own resources.

5. I like the notes tool in Logos 8 much better than the old notes in previous versions.

Carla

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The Flanary's

The real #1 is the Community here, but,
1. Notes directly exportable to Sermon Editor
2. Handout functions/ Fill-in functions in Sermon Editor
3. Compact but powerful info Panel
4. Important Passages
5. Fuzzy Bible Search
6. Mobile Ed Interactives (especially the Greek)
7. Customizable Reading Plans for any book

Responsive Staff and Morris Proctor could occupy a top spot but you indicated Program features [:D]

Jeremy

MWW

Also, experienced users chime in as well about your favorite features.

Definitely my favorite feature is the Right Click Menu sometimes called the Context Menu. There is a lot of power quickly available.

xnman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1123891#Comment_1123891

Right click is one of my favs also.... Along with Layouts. WS had Desktops... but I do like Layouts...

And by far and above all.... the forums are what make Logos super great. Somewhere to actually get answers and help!!! Love it! Love it! Love it!

But I do hope that ZipScript will make the cut. ZipScript would work with so many things and was so comfortable to use.

Hamilton Ramos

Hi Carla (cshover8669):

To me one of the best features of Logos is the proximity search. The use of NEAR, WITHIN, INTERSECTS, etc. allows you to pinpoint information fast.

https://wiki.logos.com/detailed_search_help

Then as mentioned also, the collections, you can get many, and now there are easier ways to get them, but still I will point to some older sources:

https://faithlife.com/logos-product-collections/documents

https://www.morethancake.org/archives/4864

Then the classic application workflow:

https://blog.logos.com/2014/06/how-do-you-use-logos-dave-moser/

Louw Nida searching is cool, even though I have not used much:

https://blog.logos.com/2014/07/logos-5-combine-clause-passage-list-and-ln-numbers-for-a-unique-search/

The awesome searcher in the Forums is "Keep Smiling for Jesus", I did try to compile some of his awesome advise on searching strings, but not sure if will make sense to you:

By way of explanation, many articles can be found by searching Heading OR Large Text for a topical keyword: e.g. Old (for Old Testament). After finding Old in an article title, this search looks in the next 88 words for prayer OR petition in Heading, Large Text, OR Surface text (so prayer OR petition can be part of the article title OR appear in the article).

([field heading,largetext,surface] prayer,petition) AFTER 88 WORDS ([field heading,largetext] Old)

([field heading,largetext] Old) BEFORE 88 WORDS ([field heading,largetext,surface] prayer,petition)

FYI: article titles can include Chapter heading OR sub-heading OR a Journal entry. Caveat: some resources do not return any results for Heading OR Large Text (as the same smallish font is consistently used without heading tagging).

{Section <Culture Prayer>} OR {Label Speech WHERE Type ~ Monologue} OR {Label Speech WHERE Type ~ Dialogue} OR {Label Speech WHERE Type ~ Soliloquy}

Another idea is searching for articles about prayers of the Old Testament:

([field heading,largetext,surface] prayer,petition) AFTER 88 WORDS ([field heading,largetext] Old)

I want to create the following search. I want to search for a specific word in a heading and then from the results of that search, search the body text for references to a specific Bible verse. How do I construct this search?

Started with search:

([field heading,largetext,surface] humble,humility) AFTER 88 WORDS ([field heading,largetext] God,glory)

with Ranked results showing several Genesis 12 verses and Acts 4:1-14 so modified search with Bible verse abbreviations:

([field heading,largetext,surface] humble,humility,<Ge12>,<Ac4.1>) AFTER 88 WORDS ([field heading,largetext] God,glory)

How do I search for how Islam views God? Do they see Him as a Spirit or as a physical body?

([field heading,largetext,surface] Allah,God,body,spirit) AFTER 88 WORDS ([field heading,largetext] Islam,Muslim,Koran,Quran)

Suggest searching an English collection without Bibles (Lang:English -Type:Bible) for:

(grief,grieve) WITHIN {Milestone <Ep4>}

Likewise can search for quench in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5

quench WITHIN {Milestone <1Th5>}

(Christian, doctrine, system) NEAR perfection

God WITHIN 7-77 WORDS Jesus

([field heading,largetext,surface] complete,mature,perfect,perfection,sanctification) AFTER 77 WORDS ([field heading,largetext] Jesus,Christ,Christian,doctrine,system)

([field heading,largetext,surface] suffering) AFTER 88 WORDS ([field heading,largetext] κοινωνία, fellowship, communion, sharing, participation)

([field heading,largetext] rejoice,rejoicing) BEFORE 88 WORDS ([field heading,largetext,surface] character,difficult,difficulty,situation)

([field heading,largetext] kill) BEFORE 88 WORDS ([field heading,largetext,surface] woman,women,child,children,<1S15>,people)

mine:

(Enoch, Daniel, Joseph, John) WITHIN 7 words perfection

([field heading,largetext,surface] worldview) AFTER 88 WORDS ([field heading,largetext] attitude, disposition)

Now, ages ago, in Ms Encarta encyclopedia, there was available syllabus for different courses that allowed you to explore topics both in n out.

That is missing in Logos, topic guide and factbook are cool, but I am not sure that the list of entries is available.

Having said that, the suggested reading of the mobile ed course is real cool, but need to have the courses and the resources.

Super poster MJ Smith showed us how to get the list of sermon starter guide themes:

https://community.logos.com/forums/p/121982/799231.aspx#799231

That is a small list, how about the cool things you did with WS, that now you cannot do, or can do better in Logos? care to share?

Hope this helps.