verse export to Word

I am also looking for some shortcut to paste my bible verses directly into my sermon. If i have to open L4, click Tools, click Copy Bible Verses, then go back into Word takes much more time than in L3. Is there some way to have this option added? Perhaps as a shortcut in Word?

Michael,

I hear you and sympathize with you.

something that may ease your pain is to put a short cut on the short cut tool bar so now it's at least only one click...

open a copy bible verses window...hold the tab and drag to the short cut tool bar.

I just posted on my blog about this -

http://lahope.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/110-in-bibleworks/

showing how and why I switch to Bibleworks to do most of this basic copy and paste. Wish I could just stay in L4 and do it.

I am a huge V4 fan, but I have to admit this area needs some work.
Robert's suggestion is a great one. I also keep a window open with some
utilities on different tabs. One of them is copy Bible verses. Once I
got used to it, I liked it.

I am having some issues with the copy not bringing over spaces, but otherwise I am dealing well with the change.

Jerry

Timothy Lovegrove said:

Wish I could just stay in L4 and do it.

I think you can do this faster in Logos 4 if you have Copy Bible Verse open and have set the preferences you want.

First step: right click and search lemma is the same.

Step 2: Left click on the passage you want to copy.

Step 3: If you have done your settings in CBV just press Alt+P and you have your passage in your document.

If you want more than one verse you have to select them before press Alt+P. If you want text from an other version you can select it in CBV window before copy and paste.

Timothy Lovegrove said:

Ebbe,

I don't understand - if I do a lemma search on hamartano, I get results in 37 NT verses: how do I select that entire list to get it into the copy verses dialogue? It seems like I can only get one verse at a time into it.

Sorry. I misunderstood you. I don't realize you want to copy all verses from your search to your document.

Here was my solution for the missing taskbar copy bible icon.

Open "Copy Bible" Verse in Logos

Right click the tab and select "Open in Floating Window"

Resize to your desire and minimize

I am running Windows 7 and this works well as it puts the minimized window with the Logos window button.  You can hover over the icon and click your copy verse window  to open it no mater where or what you are working on.  This is I think just as fast if not faster than the old taskbar button with this exception, you have to manually open and then minimize the copy verse window when you start Logos, but I don't think that is too big a deal.

I worked with this yesterday and came up with the following:  1) You cannot copy multiple Bible verses into Word as you could in L3. 2) In L3, after using the CBV for the first time, the "verse box" stayed highlighted so you could easily type in the next reference. In L4, you have to click the "verse box" each time. Small detail but could be improved.

Bob Pritchett said:

And the multiple verses support? You want to be able to type "John 3:16; Eph 2:8-9" and have all three verses copied at once?

That would be nice so some things, but what I really want is verse list support (and I know that it's planned) with the ability to export (or print) the verse list in a defined CBV style.

Bob Pritchett said:

Then you could, say, Ctrl+Alt+C and then type a reference?

I like the system tray, but I would prefer the shortcut IMHO.

Bob Pritchett said:

And the multiple verses support? You want to be able to type "John 3:16; Eph 2:8-9" and have all three verses copied at once?

Its a must. I use this all the time when preparing call to worships.

Bob Pritchett said:

SmartTags got "forgotten" because Microsoft seemed to move away from them. We haven't looked at the implementation in...um... forever. Are you using them in older versions of Word, or are they still working well in the latest, etc.?

Works like a charm in Office 2007. I introduced it about 2 months ago to a friend who has been using Logos 2 lightly for 1.5 years. He fell in love with them and uses them all the time in his sermon prep. I use them alot also.

As far as not looking at the implementation in...um...forever isn't that a good thing. You had a product that was making lots of people happy without you knowing it and you had to devote very little resources for it in a long time. Sounds like a good investment to me :-) Every time I introduced someone new to them it was like they had found a treasure!

Add me to the list. I have grown to depend on their use. I always thought L4 would get there and did not press the issue because I have missed so many of the previous posts.

<We'll look into bringing it back.>

WONDERFUL! [Y] Just hearing you say that makes my entire week.

I use that little Bible icon every single day, often dozens of times--it saves me a lot of hassle. (The dictionary icon, though, I use hardly ever.)

As for a system-wide shortcut key; it might be handy too, but not at the expense of my favorite black-book icon!

Thank you for listening to us, Bob.

I use mutiiple verse support all the time and it works wonderfully in Windows 7 using Word 2007. It saves a lot of time. I have probably copied over ten verses at the same time into Word. A wonderful tool. Thanks for listeninging to us and being willing to tweak L4.

Very similar to the Smart Tags we are calling for... BTW Bob, I know Smart Tags work perfectly in Office 2003 and 2007... Please oh please bring them back or something like JF refers to which would be a shortcut Smart Tags that would allow whatever CBV you have selected to automatically replace your scripture reference in MS Word... This is essential to many Logos Users and I'm sure the more that knew about it and tried it would jump on our bandwagon!!!

JF said:

I would like to see something like InstaVerse.  Where I am in word I type my verse selection and then press a hot key and it replaces my selection with my selected verse style and version. Please consider this approach.