Show length of selected text in Sermon Builder

Morgan

Currently at the bottom of the sermon editor is a word count and estimated time length for sermons written out word-for-word. I've found this estimated time to be very accurate.

What would be nice is to be able to select a portion of the sermon and get that same information for only what you have selected. Microsoft Word has a similar feature.

In Logos it would be handy to tell which sections were longer or shorter, to help balance the overall piece. I can see quickly if my introduction is too lengthy in comparison to the rest of the sermon, or if my points are at a comparable timing at a glance.

Unknown

Wish I could bump this up multiple times! Just swapped from Word to Logos for my sermon prep, and find the lack of word count for selected text quite annoying. 

Josiah Young

Yes! I would love to have this simple feature, for the same reasons as the OP. There's plenty of space for it in the UI.

I typically outline my sermon in a Sermon doc, and then I convert each point into manuscript. The result right now is that I cannot determine the word count of my manuscript until I finish converting/removing my outline.

My workaround at the moment is to delete a section of text and do some mental math with the before/after word count to see how long the section was that I removed. I find that inconvenient and risky, since I might lose the content.

David S

+1. I tend to prepare a complete service in Logos sermon builder, rather than using multiple tools. At the moment it's not possible to tell the length/duration of each section. 

Unknown

+1, please implement this simple feature! Showing the number of words and the estimated time is of great help in order to know which part of a sermon to shorten for example

Robert Kelbe

Yes, please! Just came to suggest the same thing. I do my whole order of service in a single sermon, so I never know how long the actual sermon is.