Bringing Your BibleWorks User Content to Logos
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Let me put together some examples, and I'll get back to you on this.
Robert
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Windows 11 -- Max
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Sorry for the delay Ethan. See if this helps. If I'm not being clear, let me know and I'll follow up with more information.
I’m including a file. The first column contains the name of the bible book, the second contains the abbreviation that Bibleworks uses (and that Logos will expect).
A little background to make sure we are all on the same page.
There are three types of notes in Bibleworks:
Editor notes – these are generic notes. They aren’t linked by Bibleworks to any book, chapter, or verse. You can give them any name you want. Logos will import them without anchors. Be aware, the file name will not be visible after import.
Chapter notes – these are notes that are linked to a particular book chapter. They must have a name of the form [Abbreviation][Chapter #].bww. Look up the abbreviation in the file. Most of them will be the first three letters of the book.
Examples: John 3 = joh3.bww; 1 Corinthians 4 = 1cor4.bww.
Verse notes – linked to a particular chapter and verse. These notes are kept in subfolders that have the abbreviation name of the book. In the subfolder are files that are named as [Chapter #]_[Verse #].bww.
Examples: John 3:16 = the subfolder will be named Joh, and the file in the folder Joh will be named 3_16.bww.
Logos will import chapter notes and verse notes and assign anchors to them.
Note that Logos will expect the files to have a .bww extension.
You may know this already. To import, place notes in a convenient folder, ex: C:\Import Notes. Then, in command box enter (without the quotes) "import bibleworks notes from" followed by the path to the Import Notes Folder. For example, "import bibleworks notes from C:\Import Notes". Logos will do its thing, (it will take a while, depending on the number of notes) and in a bit the notes will appear in the Imported Notes notebook. If you already have Imported Notes, it will be named Imported Notes (2), etc.
All of the chapter and verse notes will have anchors to the correct location.. The editor notes won't, since Bibleworks doesn't explicitly associate any note with a book chapter or verse, except through the naming convention used by chapter and verse notes.
If you look at the notes, there may be some non-functional hyper links. This is what Bibleworks uses to navigate to other files, and even to allow pop-ups of the bible references. Logos can't make use of those, so it just leaves them alone. You can go ahead and remove any hyperlinks.
One thing I've also noticed is that any graphics included in the BIbleworks files don't survive the import.
Let me know if this works for you. If my explanation is too confusing, let me know, and I'll try to clarify.
Robert
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Windows 11 -- Max
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Sorry for the delay Ethan. See if this helps. If I'm not being clear, let me know and I'll follow up with more information.
Here is a list of books. The first column contains the name of the bible book, the second contains the abbreviation that Bibleworks uses (and that Logos will expect).
Book, Abbreviation
Genesis, Gen
Exodus, Exo
Leviticus, Lev
Numbers, Num
Deuteronomy, Deu
Joshua, Jos
Judges, Jdg
Ruth, Rut
1 Samuel, 1Sa
2 Samuel, 2Sa
1 Kings, 1Ki
2 Kings, 2Ki
1 Chronicles, 1Ch
2 Chronicles, 2Ch
Ezra, Ezr
Nehemiah, Neh
Esther, Est
Job, Job
Psalm, Psa
Proverbs, Pro
Ecclesiastes, Ecc
Song of Solomon, Sol
Isaiah, Isa
Jeremiah, Jer
Lamentations, Lam
Ezekiel, Eze
Daniel, Dan
Hosea, Hos
Joel, Joe
Amos, Amo
Obadiah, Oba
Jonah, Jon
Micah, Mic
Nahum, Nah
Habakkuk, Hab
Zephaniah, Zep
Haggai, Hag
Zechariah, Zec
Malachi, Mal
Matthew, Mat
Mark, Mar
Luke, Luk
John, Joh
Acts, Act
Romans, Rom
1 Corinthians, 1Co
2 Corinthians, 2Co
Galatians, Gal
Ephesians, Eph
Philippians, Phi
Colossians, Col
1 Thessalonians, 1Th
2 Thessalonians, 2Th
1 Timothy, 1Ti
2 Timothy, 2Ti
Titus, Tit
Philemon, Phm
Hebrews, Heb
James, Jam
1 Peter, 1Pe
2 Peter, 2Pe
1 John, 1Jo
2 John, 2Jo
3 John, 3Jo
Jude, Jud
Revelation, RevA little background to make sure we are all on the same page.
There are three types of notes in Bibleworks:
Editor notes – these are generic notes. They aren’t linked by Bibleworks to any book, chapter, or verse. You can give them any name you want. Logos will import them without anchors. Be aware, the file name will not be visible after import.
Chapter notes – these are notes that are linked to a particular book chapter. They must have a name of the form [Abbreviation][Chapter #].bww. Look up the abbreviation in the file. Most of them will be the first three letters of the book.
Examples: John 3 = joh3.bww; 1 Corinthians 4 = 1cor4.bww.
Verse notes – linked to a particular chapter and verse. These notes are kept in subfolders that have the abbreviation name of the book. In the subfolder are files that are named as [Chapter #]_[Verse #].bww.
Examples: John 3:16 = the subfolder will be named Joh, and the file in the folder Joh will be named 3_16.bww.
Logos will import chapter notes and verse notes and assign anchors to them.
Note that Logos will expect the files to have a .bww extension.
You may know this already. To import, place notes in a convenient folder, ex: C:\Import Notes. Then, in command box enter (without the quotes) "import bibleworks notes from" followed by the path to the Import Notes Folder. For example, "import bibleworks notes from C:\Import Notes". Logos will do its thing, (it will take a while, depending on the number of notes) and in a bit the notes will appear in the Imported Notes notebook. If you already have Imported Notes, it will be named Imported Notes (2), etc.
All of the chapter and verse notes will have anchors to the correct location.. The editor notes won't, since Bibleworks doesn't explicitly associate any note with a book chapter or verse, except through the naming convention used by chapter and verse notes.
If you look at the notes, there may be some non-functional hyper links. This is what Bibleworks uses to navigate to other files, and even to allow pop-ups of the bible references. Logos can't make use of those, so it just leaves them alone. You can go ahead and remove any hyperlinks.
One thing I've also noticed is that any graphics included in the BIbleworks files don't survive the import.
Let me know if this works for you. If my explanation is too confusing, let me know, and I'll try to clarify.
Robert
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Windows 11 -- Max
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