Adding a general note but not to a certain verse

Troy Holt

Is there an option to add a general note not to a specific verse but maybe a chapter or just the book in general?

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Graham Criddle

Hi Troy

Is there an option to add a general note not to a specific verse but maybe a chapter or just the book in general?

Yes, there are a couple of approach to this depending on how you want to link your notes to the Bible passages. But they might not give you exactly what you are looking for.

You can do this by choosing an appropriate "range" for your selection - so select the entire chapter (for example) using your mouse, right-click on the selected text and add a note by reference.
Or you can just select the verse at the start of the chapter or book and tie your note to that. Easier to do but may not give you what you are looking for.

Do either of these help?

If not, can you provide a little more context on what you are hoping to achieve?

Thanks, Graham

Room4more

Is there an option to add a general note not to a specific verse but maybe a chapter or just the book in general?

Yes, it is really simple, two clicks maybe.

You have a note for a specific verse already made[or group of note for a specific passage], if so let me know what verse….I’ll show ya….

fgh

Easy way:

Add the note to e g Gen 1:1, regardless of whether it refers to Gen, Gen 1, or Gen 1:1. (You could use different icon colours, though, if you want.)

More tedious way:

Select the whole chapter or book before you add the note.

In the first case, the note reference will only say Gen 1:1, and hovering over it will only show that one verse. In the latter case, the note reference will be the whole range that you selected, and the popup will show as much of it as there is room for.

Room4more

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/361435#Comment_361435

Troy.

Check back later. I will make some dummy notes for Ge chapter 1 and show in a video how to consolidate those notes into one note file and how to make it for the book/chapter. dealing w/a sick kiddo at the moment......

Room4more

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/361462#Comment_361462

A couple things:

-you can create the general note pretty simple.

-Once you consolidate all note for the chapter into one file, the other notes can be deleted but once you delete them they are gone, you will note this in the video – there is no need for ‘two’ note file. BUT ONCE YOU DELETE THEM THEY ARE GONE!!!!

At the end of the second video it appears that the note file did not generate to another version, it is because I made the vid’s from a NON-UPDATED version of L4[needs a couple of updates]. But I think that they changed that…I think…can’t remember…But anywho…

General_Note

2_General_Note

Hope this helps....

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/361510#Comment_361510

Now I'm going to do something I have probably never done before on these forums, but since the original poster was a newbie with only 3 posts I'm going to do it anyway. Newbies deserve more consideration than experienced users who should know better.

I'm sorry to say that I do not recommend R4m's videos. They will only confuse you.

First of all I don't believe they address at all the same problem as you asked about.
Secondly, they show notes being attached to a selection. If you do this the note will only show up in that particular Bible (as R4m discovers at the end, though without understanding the reason). To get it to show up in all Bible translations, you need to attach it to the reference. And if you do that, a lot of things in those videos will look and work differently.
Thirdly, he uses a very confused terminology. Above all, he consistently mixes up 'note' and 'note file' to such an extent that even I have problems following what he's talking about, and I'm not entirely sure he even knows the difference.
Fourthly, I have never seen or heard about anyone using notes in that way. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to start a new note file for each single note, nor why anyone would then want to copy all those individual notes into one and the same huge note. The normal way of doing things is to add multiple notes to the same note file, and if, for some reason, you later want to move a note from one note file to another, then you just drag-and-drop it.

(I'm sorry R4m, and I may be wrong, but my impression from those videos is that you don't really understand how notes work at all, and then you shouldn't try to guide others. Least of all newbies.)

Room4more

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/361532#Comment_361532

FGH,

Yup you are right, I am just as ignorant as you when it comes to notes. Who knows maybe someone who has greater ability than both of us will jump in and correct us both…. I really prefer having a lot and I mean a lot of note related icons all through the bible I am reading. After all, most of my notes date back to L2…..so that would mean that I got more notes than bible……hmmm I have been doing it wrong all these years. Sorry my nomenclature was off – did not mean to offend you.

Let’s see your videos…..

[[[edit: I admit that some things have changed, granted......http://wiki.logos.com/Notes ]]

Let’s see your videos…..

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/361538#Comment_361538

I really prefer having a lot and I mean a lot of note related icons all through the bible I am reading.

So do I, but I have them all gathered in a few note files, not in one file for each note. If that's how you do it, I'm afraid I don't understand the benefit of that approach. You do know that you can add a lot of notes -- with icons -- to each note file, don't you?

I'm sorry you were so offended, but if I have to choose between seeing a newbie learning things wrong, getting a lot of extra work, and perhaps losing work already done, or stepping on the toes of an experienced user, then I'm afraid I choose the latter. I'm here to report bugs, make suggestions, help those who need it, and occasionally ask for help myself, not to please you or anyone else.

Room4more

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/361547#Comment_361547

I am not offended, not in the slightest.

If you search for notes, there is still a big ta-do over them....eventually L4 will come up with a mutually agreed upon method that makes all happy. right now mine works for me....I can remove the videos if you find them so offensive? remember I did say for demonstration purposes only....

Start w/note 1 video of the wiki page i linked....I did not do it his way, so what?

Let's see yours....

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/361538#Comment_361538

I am just as ignorant as you

Is it time to request Ms. Manner's in Logos format?

Room4more

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/361566#Comment_361566

I am just as ignorant as you

Is it time to request Ms. Manner's in Logos format?

Thanks MJ

Let’s consider some statements:

-a note is still a file, rather we choose to say ‘note’ or ‘note file’ the point is the same. I used both, I guess that was not understood.

-just because ones method is different that another’s does not mean one is wrong and the other right (cf: http://community.logos.com/forums/t/45969.aspx [wyn] and the referral to another by ward at the end)

-there are some who do use note[I.E> ‘note file’] separately [cf: http://wiki.logos.com/Notes watch the videos] you will notice that he creates multiple({[seperate]}) notes for the same text.

-drag-drop is as old as Microsoft...

So, I guess ignorance is a common amongst us many, well I can admit that I am at times, some may see otherwise. So mannerism towards myself does carry over….

But thanks for the comment. [this is getting blown out of proportion...../?]

Jacob Hantla

The only way to add a note to a chapter or a book is to add it to the range of verses within that chapter or book. This has the potential downside of making that note in essence tied to every single verse within that chapter or book.

An alternative method is that you would tie the note to the chapter number, pericope heading, or book title. The downside of this is that your note would in essence be tied to a text selection (not a verse selection) and therefore only be visible within the translation made the markup in. This is my method of doing what you asked. I just make it in my main translation

Troy Holt

Everyone I really appreciate the help and the input. I use the example in the video by using the heading. The KJV version doesn't have headings like the ESV. I will use the ESV to add the note in the heading but change the color and the symbol so I will know if it is a book, chapter or verse note. But again thanks everyone for your help and input.