Folders for Notebooks

Please add the ability to "nest" notebooks into one another, or organise them into folders. It would make managing a large number of notebooks easier.

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David Taylor, Jr.

Yes, notebooks, especially since some are created automatically, are messy in their current implementation.

Donovan R. Palmer

Yes, this has become unwieldy. We need to be able to have a file explorer view to manage our growing notebooks, clippings, personal books.

John Bunker

At this time, as far as i can tell, notes that are within a notebook are placed by date. It would be nice if there were a ability to place a tab(s) within the notebook that you can title. This would be a benefit for many reasons. 1. You could organize your notes by year, month and date. If a person is taking notes primarily for sermons they could create a notebook with the year then tab it out in months. 2. If you are taking notes on a paper book you could title the notebook then subtitle in tabs. I'm sure there are other ways in which people could find a use for a feature such as this

Joel Tuchscherer

When working with Notebooks it would be very helpful, to be able to organize not only with the preaching-theme Option but with as many Subfolders as needed.
I think we all have some Folders at out Computer sitting with some of our Topics.
When digging deep in dpecisl tocics, a good organisation is everything =)
Im working currently with OneNote, but with only the Possibility with 3 Subfolders its missing good Organisation...
But the Seaching-Funktion is very helpful.
Also a more specialized Searching-Option would be great.

Joel Tuchscherer

In order to organice your own Thoughts about many topics it would be very helpful to have the option to organize with Subfolders.

Joel Tuchscherer

Notebooks which i can organize in Folders would clean up the Information-Wall in my Notebooks

Joel Tuchscherer

I find the same problem. Notebooks without organization are completly useless.

Joel Tuchscherer

Im working currently with OneNote, but it doesnt work out because of the limited options for subfolders...
I would LOVE to move to Logos with all the Folders i already have there.
We are talking about 400+ Folders collected in just 2 Jears!!
Because of this we need a Folder-Option with unlimited Subfolders for Notebooks!

Joel Tuchscherer

Subfolders in Notebooks are one of the greatest Advantages over having just a Book. Please make that possible!
Thats a thing thats keeping me from buying Logos 9!

John Bunker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1327501#Comment_1327501

@joel-tuchscherer-50 To me, the notebook as it is, is not very workable. I am new to logos and I signed up for 9 for the organizational qualities it seemed to have. I like the Sermon prep and manager, but I thought the notebook would be different than what it is. I use a notebook in a very different way than what seems to be possible through logos.

Joel Tuchscherer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1327501#Comment_1327501

@pastorbunker-41 its the same with me. I use it for organizing things in very many categorys for deep personal research. In OneNote i have 400+ Folders in a Notebook about the Bible. But i need more levels of folders in order to organize. I am currently fighting for a workable version with folders and subfolders.
Please like the other "notebook-folders-requests" so the developers work on it.
A biblesoftware should offer a good organization in notebooks due to its complexity.
Greetings, Joel

John Bunker

I believe that if one can have multiple notebooks with multiple folders it would very well eliminate the confusion with the current notes feature.

John Bunker

With this feature, you could title a notebook as a book in the bible and tab it out by chapter. Within the tab you could take notes as you please. You could sub-tab by verse.
Or, you could create a notebook with a topic title and tab it out as you please. It seems there are many options one could benefit by this feature.

John Bunker

I really enjoy the Sermon Manager. This really frees up your time spent organizing sermons. I have been preaching an average of 3 sermons a week for the last 15 years, it is nice to have this available. I could really use the notebook/Tabs feature as a way to enhance my study versus using notebooks to organize my sermons. If I could have the ability to reference my notes more readily by name and title/subtitle/tabs etc. i think it would be a great benefit.

Joel Tuchscherer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1327520#Comment_1327520

@pastorbunker-41 Thats right. Thats the most important feature missing for me in the moment. =)
We'll pray, it happens very soon^^

David Taylor, Jr.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1327501#Comment_1327501

@joel-tuchscherer-50 Why not just use tags within the notebooks?

Joel Tuchscherer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1327501#Comment_1327501

@davidtaylorjr Because Tabs are just like many Folders in a Row. But if you have Folders with Subfolders you can organize and bundle the topics.
For Example: Topic: Love
Subfolders: -Gods love to us
-What is love
-Expressions
-Orientation of Love (Subfolders: Selflove, Love God, Love People, love Family, Wife, .......)
And even much deeper than that. Just a small example.
And just with tags its never nearly the same.
=)

Will Atha

YES!

Dave Samuels

Please add the ability/functionality to create a notebook inside an existing notebook. This would offer additional organization for ideas/subjects/etc.

Scott

It would be great to add a subfolder option in Notebooks to organize better.

unknown

This is something I would really like to see. At the moment I am using an external notes application for most of my notes but I would really prefer to have them inside Logos

unknown

This is the missing link in the notes feature, please include it in the next release of Logos. You will make us so happy

David Wolcott

Addition requests for the same features:
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/folders-for-notebooks-0bc8e537-1bd0-4af9-88b2-c73cef5d5656
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/add-tabs-to-notebooks
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/subfolders-in-notebooks
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/subfolders-in-notebooks-e94c5d96-a248-40f5-9fa4-8e4d4288c0ba
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/add-subfolders-to-notebooks
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/notebook-in-an-existing-notebook

Dan Osborn

This is definitely needed especially in the newest form of the Notes tool.

Loretta "Ko Ko" Stevens

Yes, what I want is similar to this. However, I believe this will be an asset for me as well. Ex. I am doing a 2 year Journey Through the Bible. Each book of the Bible is a Note Book, ex. JTTB Genesis, JTTB Exodus etc. I want those nested.
But going further, the two year reading plan is divided into segments, I want the notes created for each segment, Bible and resources, to be nested in the note I call Isaiah 1-3:16, the plan reading segment, ex. What I highlight in the bible and resource, the bible references included in the resource and bible and the footnotes. I still want my Bible and resources to be individualized but nested under the Reading Plan segment if I so choose.

A flow chart would be a better visual and if you are having a problem with the visual as I've explained I would be happy to do a version of a flow chart for you. TY

Andreas H. Roemer

The notes area is a central point, also in connection with the highlighters, in Logos. It must be possible to create further sub-folders within the note folder. This would also be very, very helpful for organizational reasons.
It should also be possible to nest the folders in the notes using drag & drop.

God bless everyone here
Andreas

Karl Buchan - Smith

Hi I was wondering if in Note book, we could add a feature in which you can move a number of note books into a single note book. Similar to windows explorer, that can have a number of folders. The reason is because when I preach through a whole book, I end up having maybe 30 -50 notebooks with all their notes, and I was hoping to beable to gather all sermons say for one book into one over arching notebook. (like Ephesians would have a note book for vs 1-4, vs 7-18 etc) The idea of having multiple sub folders, like you would find in windows explorer. It would help to organize things better.

Will Atha

YES

unknown

YES! Please add this. One of the biggest downfalls for my personal library is the inability to organize notes.

David Magee

Yep, that would be fantastic!

Peter_G

"12. The Notes functionality (which is already much better than Accordance) should be extended. Since I have too many Notebooks already, it is quite a bit to scroll in the list. I would suggest adding a possibility to build up a directory tree of Notebooks in the Notebooks view of Notes. Thus adding and editing and moving around both folders and notes, expand and diminish folders and sub-folders, i.e. functionality similar to a File explorer. A note should be possible to copy and add to several folders."
(from Bjorn Petterson's long list)

Ryland Brown

I use tagging and anchors to have an approach tonested notebooks but the visual way of seeing multiple notebooks would make a better user experience for users and those thinking about purchasing.

Curtis Gordon

I agree. Adding sub-folders isn't just a want but a much-needed, long overdue necessity. Praying it is added soon.

Thomas

Would help to organize the notes better

unknown

The ability to nest folders will seriously improve note taking in logos. Please consider implementing this change. Tags are an adjunct to folders they are not a replacement. The usability Logos notes will take a leap forward when nested folders are added.

Morgan

Would be great to have. Currently, notes are difficult to find. With applications such as one note I was able to immediately find my notes based on organization with folder/subfolders. Different organizational levels would make Logos invaluable.

Joel Tuchscherer

I wait for Folders since i have Logos. It is the one thing, that keeps me from working with the notes. Because i wont be able to find them fast. Unlimited depths (Layers) in Folders would be something, i would use a lot.

Tim Hensler

The current Notes system is great - the sidebar facets, notebooks and search functions are great improvements over the old notes system. However, the notes are still in one big bucket. My mind thinks more like an outline or a file cabinet. Folders with sub-folders (at least 5 levels) are a more natural way to group notes like any other documents we use in life- digital or physical. A folder system along with the sidebar facets, notebooks and search functions would be a much easier and more accurate way to store and retrieve our notes.

Tom Vidal

I would find this very helpful. Right now, I had to implement a folder naming convention to make sure my notebooks sort categorically. Folders would eliminate that. Would actually be better if Docs could also have a folder structure. Or if Docs, Notes, and Shortcuts could all work from the same folder structure. Personally, I don't need notes to live at different levels of the notebook hierarchy. I'm not interested in recreating the Mac's finder (i.e., windows explorer) within Logos.

unknown

Yes!

unknown

Agree. With one notebook per sermon, it’s getting a bit unwieldy. Like the folder paradigm including with unlimited nested folders.

Nancy Miller

Yes, please. It would greatly improve my use of the Notebook feature if I could better organize it.

William Stacy Ellsworth

Great Idea I support it completely.

unknown

Amen

Justin Walker

This would be wonderful!

unknown

I would so love this feature. It's the only way to keep your notes structured and organized. The one option you have now is to work with Tags.

Robert Lloyd Davey

I agree that a folder/subfolder system is essential.

Johan Barth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1327479#Comment_1327479

@David Taylor Jr Agree

Johan Barth

In my opinion, in L10 the favorites tool is very helpful to organize notebooks in folders. It seems to me that the question for folders in the notes tool is less relevant than it was before L10 was launched.
However, I agree with the question. I experience the mess of notebooks not in the notes tool, but under the visual filters button. There appears an endless list of notebooks in the section "notes and highlights". And when I like to see only the highlights of one notebook, I have to turn them off all (but one) manually. I think this feature requires more than just adding folders to the notes tool, but also a good implementation of this at other places in L10. Notebooks are not only in the note tool!

Martin du Plessis

Subfolders in Notes please. Also cross reference within Notes. (i.e. - Notes linked with each other).

Cannot work out what ANCHOR within Notes is used for?? Can anyone please explain. Thanks.