Notes in Logos 4

Jon Dart

Hi:

I've just moved from Libronix 3 to Logos 4 and have some concerns about the Notes feature in Logos 4, which I use extensively

1) When I right click on a reference, I used to be able to add a note to a note file that was already in existence; now in Logos 4 I see no option to do that unless I manually open the note file first. Is there any easy way of attaching a note to a reference and adding the note to a note file, without manually opening it?

2)  When I type my note into the note file window the system is extremely slow. The cursor does not keep up with my typing; there is a lot of disk activity as I type, and many times I get 2 or 3 words ahead of the cursor. This is obviously unacceptable. I'm running Logos 4 on a Dell Latitude D830, 2GB RAM, 2.4 GHz Dual Core processor, 35GB free disk space, XP SP3. Is there something I can do to improve the performance? The other functions in Logos 4 are somewhat sluggish sometimes, but nothing like when I try to create notes.

Thanks for your help

Jon

Fred Chapman

JonDart said:

Hi:

I've just moved from Libronix 3 to Logos 4 and have some concerns about the Notes feature in Logos 4, which I use extensively

1) When I right click on a reference, I used to be able to add a note to a note file that was already in existence; now in Logos 4 I see no option to do that unless I manually open the note file first. Is there any easy way of attaching a note to a reference and adding the note to a note file, without manually opening it?

2)  When I type my note into the note file window the system is extremely slow. The cursor does not keep up with my typing; there is a lot of disk activity as I type, and many times I get 2 or 3 words ahead of the cursor. This is obviously unacceptable. I'm running Logos 4 on a Dell Latitude D830, 2GB RAM, 2.4 GHz Dual Core processor, 35GB free disk space, XP SP3. Is there something I can do to improve the performance? The other functions in Logos 4 are somewhat sluggish sometimes, but nothing like when I try to create notes.

Thanks for your help

Jon

There have been some improvements to notes in the current Beta. I think Logos will continue to make improvements in future releases. Notes are improving. In the mean time I would suggest reviewing the Video tutorials and Wiki pages regarding notes in L4. I think you will find them helpful. You may also want to review the video series by Mark Barnes on his sermon prep techniques. He has a good demonstration on the use of notes.

Richard

To save a note to an existing note file, you have to have the existing note file open.  Then right-click on the word or reference and you'll have see in the bottom right of the pop-up dialog a list of open note files to which you can send your note.

Note in the screenshot I have two note files open "Bible Study Notes" and "GRK6000 Greek Exegesis: James" open, so when I right click, I can click on either of those to send the note.