iPad page numbering divisions

From what I've determined, the answer to my question is no, but I thought I'd ask anyway to make certain I haven't overlooked something.

I know that page numbers are displayed at the bottom of the screen on the iPad, but I wonder if it's possible to display the page numbers in the text where they occur in the print version as can be done in the Mac/Windows version of Logos?

I wanted to know this for citation purposes, so that I don't incorrectly cite something that spans more than one page. I discovered that I could search by page milestones to force text to begin at the top of its page, and this will work, but it's an extra step. It would be nice if I could simply see the page breaks where they occur.

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JT (alabama24)

I wonder if it's possible to display the page numbers in the text where they occur in the print version as can be done in the Mac/Windows version of Logos?

I am not aware of a way to do this with the mobile app. The solution you proposed is the best one I know of. Sorry! [:S]

Bob Pritchett

Inline page number display requires visual filters; the infrastructure is now there on mobile, but we don't have all the filters and UI yet. Sometime in the future.

(I also think it's time we all stop citing page numbers, or attending schools where they require them... but that may not be practical for you. :-) And, I confess, I don't think 'the academy' has landed on a a widely accepted alternate yet...)

Philana Crouch

Bob,

Would it be possible to be able to at least copy the bibliographic info from the info panel. This would be helpful in copying info on our iPads. If not I understood, but it would be helpful.

Thanks,

Philana

Bob,

You changed!

I once used a Kindle ebook for a class and cited Kindle locations instead of page numbers throughout the class paper, and I didnt get in trouble.

Peter

R. Mansfield

I once used a Kindle ebook for a class and cited Kindle locations instead of page numbers throughout the class paper, and I didnt get in trouble.

Technically, Kindle locations are more precise than page numbers.

Jacob Hantla

I also think it's time we all stop citing page numbers, or attending schools where they require them

Amen

R. Mansfield

Well, ultimately, we need something better than page numbers for electronic sources. I'm on both sides of the divide on this issue as both an instructor and a student. Besides giving credit where it's due as a primary reason for citing sources, a secondary reason is to allow the reader to easily view the same content in the source.

While I do believe citing an electronic text is--and should be accepted as--just as valid as a print source, there needs to be an established method for citing a location in a source that does not have page numbers.

If I cite a source that has a hundred thousand words, but give no indication as to where in that source my information comes from, that's not helpful to a reader.

This is one of the reasons I like Kindle location numbers above and beyond standard page numbers. Location numbers are more precise than page numbers. They're extremely specific.

I've cited sources on my blog with phrases such as "Kindle location 4234." I believe it would be handy for electronic texts on all platforms to adopt some kind of similar location system. Then rather than worrying with page numbers, someone could cite "Logos location 4034" or "Accordance location 5697" or "Nook location 3456." And if this system is generated automatically according to some pre-determined method (as I assume is done on the Kindle), it wouldn't be an extra effort when an electronic text is prepared on one of these platforms.

Jacob Hantla

While I do believe citing an electronic text is--and should be accepted as--just as valid as a print source, there needs to be an established method for citing a location in a source that does not have page numbers.

For an electronic resource it would be appropriate to cite the section heading or chapter in which the citation is pulled. That way you are not arbitrarily referring to "somewhere within the hundreds of thousands of words" but to a specific location within that work.

JT (alabama24)

This is one of the reasons I like Kindle location numbers above and beyond standard page numbers. Location numbers are more precise than page numbers. They're extremely specific.

Logos has a similar feature, but only works from within Logos 4. Clicking on any of these links will take you to the exact location that I was at in these resources.

logosres:esv;ref=BibleESV.Col3.12

logosres:miraclesmmd;ref=Page.p_16;off=711

logosres:be-patnt;ref=Bible.Job4-5;off=4916

logosres:7d090cab288332e5ae640e03c8d9ebc0;art=r15;off=9060