Prioritize resources question?

You create a Word file with nothing in it. Call it Blank or something. Use the Word file to create Personal Books using the blank file as the content. Call your new Personal Book ^^Bibles^^ or ==Commentaries== or <<Dictionaries>>. These blank books then can be prioritized and used as Section headers. You can reuse the same blank Word file over and over again.

Kludgy but worth the time to help stay organized.

-john

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202744#Comment_1202744

You create a Word file with nothing in it. Call it Blank or something. Use the Word file to create Personal Books using the blank file as the content. Call your new Personal Book ^^Bibles^^ or ==Commentaries== or <<Dictionaries>>. These blank books then can be prioritized and used as Section headers. You can reuse the same blank Word file over and over again.

Kludgy but worth the time to help stay organized.

-john

Not working for me, I get build errors every single time that say build failed in Logos. I created 5 blank files in Word, named each in word =Bibles=, =Commentaries=, =Lexicons=, =Dictionaries=, and =Atlases=. I saved them to my hdd, then opened them in the personal book builder and gave each the same name, but when I clicked build, the build failed for each one. Am I doing something wrong?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202829#Comment_1202829

Your Word file name probably shouldn’t have special characters. Just use Blank. You don’t need different Word files for each book, just different Book names when you build the book. You will never read this book or even open it so content doesn’t matter. I use the same empty file for all my section divider Personal books.

john

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202845#Comment_1202845

Your Word file name probably shouldn’t have special characters. Just use Blank. You don’t need different Word files for each book, just different Book names when you build the book. You will never read this book or even open it so content doesn’t matter. I use the same empty file for all my section divider Personal books.

john

So don’t even name he word file, or name it Blank.docx?

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202846#Comment_1202846

So don’t even name he word file, or name it Blank.docx?

You can’t have a file without a name. You can have a file without any content. You can name the word document anything you want, but it doesn’t need any content… it can be blank. Name it whatever suits your fancy.

In LOGOS, using the “personal book builder“ tool, you can use the same word document you just created. You have to have at least one .docx file to build a personal book. You can use it over and over. It is the “book” you are creating in the PBB tool which will have the unique name as was described above.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202851#Comment_1202851

So don’t even name he word file, or name it Blank.docx?

You can’t have a file without a name. You can have a file without any content. You can name the word document anything you want, but it doesn’t need any content… it can be blank. Name it whatever suits your fancy.

In LOGOS, using the “personal book builder“ tool, you can use the same word document you just created. You have to have at least one .docx file to build a personal book. You can use it over and over. It is the “book” you are creating in the PBB tool which will have the unique name as was described above.

I did that, yet the book build fails every time.

Doc B

John,

I've been in Logos since well before Personal Books were a thing, so I used a different route (recommended at the time by someone on these forums). I picked a few actual resources that I never used and don't turn up in searches, and simply retitled them for my section headers. Screenshot gives away a few of the re-purposed resources. These might help you get around the PB-build issue.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202897#Comment_1202897

John, This looks to be frustrating for you. I am willing to work the issue with you off-line if you want to go further. Perhaps a Zoom session and I could screen share how I do it or you could screen share while I watch.

If you are interested I will figure how to make my email address know to you and hopefully avoid the spammers.

-john

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https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202911#Comment_1202911

John, This looks to be frustrating for you. I am willing to work the issue with you off-line if you want to go further. Perhaps a Zoom session and I could screen share how I do it or you could screen share while I watch.

If you are interested I will figure how to make my email address know to you and hopefully avoid the spammers.

-john

John Connell: Wondering if you could do screen capture to do a video tutorial and post it here on the Forums? Then others could also benefit.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202913#Comment_1202913

That is a great idea. Let me work on that!

-john

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202897#Comment_1202897

I have recreated your problem. Apparently the Blank file can't be totally blank. Put a couple of characters in it, save it and try again. I will upload a video to demonstrate.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202913#Comment_1202913

John Connell: Wondering if you could do screen capture to do a video tutorial and post it here on the Forums? Then others could also benefit.

Here is my attempt to explain how to create a blank Personal Book that can be used to help organize Prioritized Resources.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13gr5-37a09eW8LUEExsKsLV23kajUFB7/view?usp=sharing

-john

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202932#Comment_1202932

Here is my attempt to explain how to create a blank Personal Book that can be used to help organize Prioritized Resources.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13gr5-37a09eW8LUEExsKsLV23kajUFB7/view?usp=sharing

That's excellent, John! I've added it to the Logos wiki under Logos 9 Video Tutorials, Community Contributions:

https://wiki.logos.com/Logos_9_Video_Tutorials

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202937#Comment_1202937

Blush, blush. Rosie you are too kind.

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https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202932#Comment_1202932

1Cor10:31">John Connell: Wondering if you could do screen capture to do a video tutorial and post it here on the Forums? Then others could also benefit.

Here is my attempt to explain how to create a blank Personal Book that can be used to help organize Prioritized Resources.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13gr5-37a09eW8LUEExsKsLV23kajUFB7/view?usp=sharing

-john

Hi John,

I followed your steps and was able to get 'er done in no time. The video was Precise and Concise. I loved it. Thank you very much.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202938#Comment_1202938

Blush, blush. Rosie you are too kind.

We used to have lots of user-contributed tutorials videos in Logos 4 through Logos 8, but nobody has done any since then (at least none that have been added to the wiki), so yours is a welcome addition.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202949#Comment_1202949

I enjoyed making it. Kind of worked out the kinks. If you have some ideas I will make some videos. Make a list. . .

-john

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202918#Comment_1202918

I have recreated your problem. Apparently the Blank file can't be totally blank. Put a couple of characters in it, save it and try again. I will upload a video to demonstrate.

That was it, thanks! The word document can't be blank, it has to have something in it, so I typed the word blank in it and it builds perfectly!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202967#Comment_1202967

Thanks everyone for the help, got it working properly now. May God bless all of you!

Would you folks classify dictionaries as dictionaries, or lexicons? Or classify Lexicons as lexicons, or dictionaries?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202937#Comment_1202937

Rosie,

I have made another video on creating and managing toolbar shortcuts. How do I upload it to the Wiki?

-john

https://amber.faithlife.com/shares/GiHPT8MHRMfDPSYv

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1202937#Comment_1202937

That's excellent, John! I've added it to the Logos wiki under Logos 9 Video Tutorials, Community Contributions:

https://wiki.logos.com/Logos_9_Video_Tutorials

Rosie, I have made another tutorial on Toolbar shortcuts. How do I upload it to Community Contributions to the Wiki?

-john

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1203009#Comment_1203009

Rosie, I have made another tutorial on Toolbar shortcuts. How do I upload it to Community Contributions to the Wiki?

You first need to get editing privileges on the wiki, by joining the Faithlife Group "Logos Wiki Editors" (https://faithlife.com/logos-wiki-editors/). I can't remember if joining that group is all you have to do, or if you also have to wait for an admin to give you privileges.

Then go to https://wiki.logos.com/ and read the Wiki Help page to learn the syntax. It's pretty basic, simpler than HTML even.

Then go to the page you want to edit, in this case Logos 9 Video Tutorials (which is linked from the wiki home page)

Click the Edit tab (upper right) to get into Edit mode, and then edit away using surrounding lines as examples.

Click Save and review to make sure it looks OK and any links you added work. Fix if not.

If you want to eventually be a wiki editor, but all of that is too much work for now, I can add the link for you if you want me to. But since you enjoy making training videos, I'm guessing you will be someone who likes editing the wiki to help explain things to other users. So I'd encourage you to take the plunge now and learn how to do it.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1203049#Comment_1203049

I will give it a try Rosie. Thanks for the advice.

John

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1203063#Comment_1203063

I will give it a try Rosie. Thanks for the advice.

John

I see you've done it. Great job.

However, I've noticed that the resolution is worse on this one (and the newly uploaded copy of the first one you did) on Amber than it was when it resided in your Google Drive. Did you do something to decrease the resolution, or perhaps that happens automatically when uploading to Amber? Maybe try uploading to YouTube instead, if you still have the original full-resolution versions. I have used Screencast as a hosting site for my Logos videos, but that isn't free like YouTube is.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1203273#Comment_1203273

Thanks Rosie. I switched to One Drive and hope it is better. I am planning to do something on Favorites and Customizing the Passage Guide next. Any suggestions you might have will be welcome. I think my target audience is newer users.

-john