Research Project: How would you...?
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But with Excel and Word... you can have multi-columns.
Multi-columns isn't a deal breaker for me... However I do like the layout I showed earlier in my spreadsheet.
I'm going to spend a few days trying to see if notes can provide a GREAT option for me. I don't want to settle for "making it work." I will have to find it to be better than the spreadsheet option.
have all your information within your Bible program.
I don't know if I fully addressed this, but here is my 2¢...
There are notes which are like the ones I used to create in the margins of my bible. Up to this point, even if I don't have notes mastered, I could create a note and have a note indicator placed in my bible at any given reference. That is NOT the point of my current project.
I am trying to create notes for a project where I hope to write. My writing will be done in Scrivener, a tool designed for writing at length. I have spent some time trying to see if I could make my notes in that app... and have come to the conclusion that I can't for this portion of my writing. Once my research is done, I will move the portions I need into Scrivener and write away. Hopefully. [:)]
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In the screenshot below, some questions:
- In the blue box, I want to see only the reference. Is there a way to get rid of the additional text?
- Yes- for the "anchor" text, select the hamburger menu at the top right and uncheck "show full reference text"
2. In the red box, I need the text larger. I can't see a way to do so.
- Program settings> Text Display> Note Font or Note Text Size
3. In the green box, the note has created a "note indicator" in the Bible. I do not want this. How do I delete it and
make sure new ones aren't created?
- In the top of the note bar select the icon drop down and choose the circle with the line through it. Note will keep the last used icon until you change it- I believe.
4. Oh, I also think a highlight was created. I do not want that either.
- Change the highlight in the drop down next to the icon drop down
As far as sorting by reference, you can only do that in the "Notebook List (first column). I have a feedbear request to change this. If I find it I'll post a link.
Another issue is the search box in the Notes Tool is useless-undeveloped for searching for text within notes. The regular search tool will however find highlights
Hope this helps
Too soon old. Too late smart.
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Don't know if you'd like it, but maybe someone watching the thread would be interested in "Full Preview Mode." Turns your notes into a scrolling view, one after the other, but there's no editing while in it. Exit by Hitting "Done" in the top right corner.
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Yes- for the "anchor" text, select the hamburger menu at the top right and uncheck "show full reference text"
Thanks Bill! However, that isn't the text I want to delete. See the screenshot again and look for the blue box.
Program settings> Text Display> Note Font or Note Text Size
That did not change the size of the scripture in the anchor, only the note itself.
In the top of the note bar select the icon drop down and choose the circle with the line through it. Note will keep the last used icon until you change it- I believe.
Thanks!
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I'm a bit surprised that no one has suggested using Clippings. It lets you change the font size of the selected text and of any notes you make about the text independently. It doesn't leave a marker in the document from which you made the clipping. You can add a tag in addition to the notes to the clipping you made. Maybe there are some deficiencies for what you want, but it's worth taking a look at and considering.
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JT:
Have you looked into Zettelkasten method?
maybe you can modify available notes apps that you have to use such system.
https://zettelkasten.de/introduction/
https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/
Maybe you can apply the Zettel in Word and then turn it into a PB so that is within the L9 system.
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I'm a bit surprised that no one has suggested using Clippings
I use Clippings for my Bible Study group, but the Search is rudimentary in terms of linking to the actual word(s) or tags. The Notes are standalone, thankfully. But Faithlife have indicated that they want to integrate it with the Notes tool, which is not a pleasing thought.
Dave
===Windows 11 & Android 13
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But Faithlife have indicated that they want to integrate it with the Notes tool, which is not a pleasing thought.
Once again, I'm on the minority side -- I can't wait for clippings to be integrated with Notes. I've essentially quit using Clippings because they are not integrated.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Once again, I'm on the minority side
But certainly not alone. I've started creating sermon docs to compile 'clippings' and my own annotations together since clippings don't integrate with notes for my own annotations. I hope Faithlife gets this integration done in 10.
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I think I'm the odd ball ..... In notes I use links.... it keeps the note smaller... Clippings would bloat notes big time... IMHO.
I played with clippings... and best I find of them... is to quickly make a file (clipping card) and throw clippings in as I'm going through different books in a study. I think that's handy... but I don't use them other than that and once I've settled my study... I delete them.
And I'm probably missing something ... [8-|]
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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Clippings would bloat notes big time... IMHO.
Notes in Clippings can be extensive compared to notes in the Notes tool. Is that what you mean?
best I find of them... is to quickly make a file (clipping card) and throw clippings in as I'm going through different books in a study. I think that's handy... but I don't use them other than that and once I've settled my study... I delete them.
And I'm probably missing something ...
You are a Notes person. Using links to keep them small does not suit my use of clippings where I use links for (small) bible passages should I need to read them. My notes are not sermons but they keep me focused on difficult topics/passages.
Dave
===Windows 11 & Android 13
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Clippings would bloat notes big time... IMHO.
Notes in Clippings can be extensive compared to notes in the Notes tool. Is that what you mean?
Yes.... thanks for the clarification.
best I find of them... is to quickly make a file (clipping card) and throw clippings in as I'm going through different books in a study. I think that's handy... but I don't use them other than that and once I've settled my study... I delete them.
And I'm probably missing something ...
You are a Notes person. Using links to keep them small does not suit my use of clippings where I use links for (small) bible passages should I need to read them. My notes are not sermons but they keep me focused on difficult topics/passages.
Yes... I am a Notes person and use Notes a lot to help me remember what I studied in a passage, to help keep me on track when I am studying a passage... and as such... I have extensive study chains in Notes such as... Holy Spirit.... Godhead... etc and etc. I can go to a topic... which I have listed in Note0... and from there go through a study chain in my Bible using Notes.... and the beauty of this for me.... is that I can do this on my computer, phone, tablet...etc.
That is one thing that sold me on Logos. I can edit Notes in one device... use it on all devices.. I am hoping one day to be able to do that with Personal Books... [8-|]
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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I'm a bit surprised that no one has suggested using Clippings
I use Clippings for my Bible Study group, but the Search is rudimentary in terms of linking to the actual word(s) or tags. The Notes are standalone, thankfully. But Faithlife have indicated that they want to integrate it with the Notes tool, which is not a pleasing thought.
I am curious how you collect, store, and utilize clippings.Personally, clippings are where good thoughts go to die. An individual document can quickly get over run with so many notes that it’s difficult to find and/or synthesize what I’ve collected. They’re not tagged and the search function is so rudimentary that it’s pretty useless. It’s nearly impossible to easily get the info out of the clipping/clipping note for a sermon (in sermon builder or Word). Notes and clippings “joining forces” just seems like a natural alliance, especially since the ability to filter note types (notes vs highlights, refrence, anchors, tags, etc) has improved so much.
p.s. sorry this may be off topic of the original question, so if there is another more appropriate thread please let me know 👍
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p.s. sorry this may be off topic of the original question, so if there is another more appropriate thread please let me know
Not as far as I am concerned! I have started down a path since I asked the question initially, but I am willing to keep thinking about it. At some point, however, you have to jump in the water!
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My thoughts below are not about how best to use the various tools (Notes, Tags, Clippings etc.). My thoughts are how to organize the knowledge you gain from a topic that you plan to explore.
Broadly speaking, all of my thoughts are put in 3 broad bins: Definition, Causes, and Consequences.
Let's take "good works," which is something that came up in another thread on what is needed to be saved.
You can think of "Causes" as factors or determinants that happen BEFORE you do good works. There are many usually for a given topic.
You can think of "Consequences" as those that result AFTER you do good works. Typically, there are many consequences
The Before-After is hopefully captured by this graphic: Causes ==> Good works ==> Consequences
Moreover, I find it is easier to think in terms of Questions and Answers (Thomas Aquinas style). It helps me remember better.
Here are some questions that comes to my mind in the 3 bins.
1. Definition: What is good works? What is not good works? (this should help mark the boundaries of what is considered good works from the previous question) What are examples of good works? (this should help visualize the definition)
2. Causes: What is the role of God in the good works we do? What is our role in the good works we do? Each of the question can have sub-questions.
3. Consequences: When we do good works, how are we affected? how are the recipients affected?
Today, I had a Computer Science freshman come in and talk to me (a finance professor). He is going to help me out in my research. So I had to condense what we do a researchers with a simple framework without getting technical. I used the same causes-consequences framework to get through to him. As a finance professor, instead of "good works", I will research a finance topic instead. I'll be using different tools, but the organizing principles, I feel, are the same regardless of what you are researching.
I believe in a Win-Win-Win God
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My thoughts below are not about how best to use the various tools (Notes, Tags, Clippings etc.). My thoughts are how to organize the knowledge you gain from a topic that you plan to explore.
Broadly speaking, all of my thoughts are put in 3 broad bins: Definition, Causes, and Consequences.
Let's take "good works," which is something that came up in another thread on what is needed to be saved.
You can think of "Causes" as factors or determinants that happen BEFORE you do good works. There are many usually for a given topic.
You can think of "Consequences" as those that result AFTER you do good works. Typically, there are many consequences
The Before-After is hopefully captured by this graphic: Causes ==> Good works ==> Consequences
Moreover, I find it is easier to think in terms of Questions and Answers (Thomas Aquinas style). It helps me remember better.
Here are some questions that comes to my mind in the 3 bins.
1. Definition: What is good works? What is not good works? (this should help mark the boundaries of what is considered good works from the previous question) What are examples of good works? (this should help visualize the definition)
2. Causes: What is the role of God in the good works we do? What is our role in the good works we do? Each of the question can have sub-questions.
3. Consequences: When we do good works, how are we affected? how are the recipients affected?
Today, I had a Computer Science freshman come in and talk to me (a finance professor). He is going to help me out in my research. So I had to condense what we do a researchers with a simple framework without getting technical. I used the same causes-consequences framework to get through to him. As a finance professor, instead of "good works", I will research a finance topic instead. I'll be using different tools, but the organizing principles, I feel, are the same regardless of what you are researching.
I really like this for my studies. Your method is going to be very helpful. Thank you, 1C.
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