Is there a way to specify base reference in a personal book?

Hi. I'm making a personal book from some observations on Exodus. The PB compiler recognizes Ex 7:5, but if I just use 7:5 it's not recognized. Is there a way to specify that "Ex" is the base reference to apply to references that don't have the book specified?

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Mark Barnes

No, sorry. You could write a Word macro to add markup, possibly.

NB.Mick

Hi. I'm making a personal book from some observations on Exodus. The PB compiler recognizes Ex 7:5, but if I just use 7:5 it's not recognized. Is there a way to specify that "Ex" is the base reference to apply to references that don't have the book specified?

not that I know of. You could try a search/replace operation in Word (probably by using regular expressions) to find the references and change them to something the compiler recognizes.

delete12066188

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/788796#Comment_788796

First you could look

https://www.logos.com/training/logos4/windows/pbb_6

you also could ad [[7:5>> bible:Ex 7:5]] in your Text

Sascha

bibledr:

delete12066188

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/788870#Comment_788870

Allen Browne

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/788795#Comment_788795

Thanks, for the replies, Mark, John, and Sascha.

I'm not keen on modifying it with a macro, as this is not just for a Logos PB, i.e. it needs to look right in Word (without milestones). As it develops over next few years, I plan to keep updating it as a Personal Book, but it's not dedicated to being that.

Thanks for the replies. Appreciated.

delete12066188

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/788880#Comment_788880

than, the Best Way would be to type out any Bible Reference so that Logos can read it.

Sascha

Matthew

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/788880#Comment_788880

I'm not keen on modifying it with a macro, as this is not just for a Logos PB, i.e. it needs to look right in Word (without milestones). As it develops over next few years, I plan to keep updating it as a Personal Book, but it's not dedicated to being that.

The solution I have found to this is to go ahead and mark up the original document however you need to in order for Logos to recognize and create the appropriate links as a personal book. When you need a "plain" version, presumably because you are sharing it with non-Logos users, select the text from within Logos, copy it, and paste your personal book into a NEW Word document. Everything should be human readable with the formatting exactly how it looked within Logos. Hope this helps!

Allen Browne

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/788893#Comment_788893

...mark up the original document however you need to in order for Logos to recognize and create the appropriate links as a personal book. When you need a "plain" version ... select the text from within Logos, copy it ...

Thanks for the suggestions. That would work if it was reasonably static, but this is a project I'm working on that changes almost every day and will do so for all of 2016 I expect. Updating as a personal book is not crucial. I can live without it, but now that I have about 100k words written, it's helpful to have it in Logos too. Will just leave those references unhandled for now.

delete12066188

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/788918#Comment_788918

what's the Problem to write them so Logos could read it?

Allen Browne

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/788920#Comment_788920

what's the Problem to write them so Logos could read it?

The document ceases to be something I could send to a publisher or submit as a dissertation.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/789048#Comment_789048

You could user the format that allows you to specify the text and the link - more work but ...

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/788870#Comment_788870

you also could ad [[7:5>> bible:Ex 7:5]] in your Text

Word can use wildcards to find [[7:5>> bible:Ex 7:5]] then replace with 7:5

Wildcard search explanation of

( )([\[])([\[])(*)([\>][\>]*[\]][\]])( )

( ) matches a single space is \1

([\[]) matches open bracket is \2

([\[]) matches open bracket is \3 Note: my initial wildcard search of ([\[][\[]) left an open bracket in replacement

(*) matches all characters between [ and >> is \4

([\>][\>]*[\]][\]]) matches any Bible reference between >> and ]] is \5

( ) matches a single space is \6

Word wildcard FAQ => http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm includes six examples

Forum thread => Power Tip: Using variables to Search and Replace in Word has some more search and replace examples.

Keep Smiling [:)]

Matt Hamrick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/789048#Comment_789048

what's the Problem to write them so Logos could read it?

The document ceases to be something I could send to a publisher or submit as a dissertation.

You are making a personal book not a dissertation nor sending it to a publisher. In both cases you will be writing it again and formatting it differently. You said you were making a personal book so stick to that.