Question about Highlighter Pens and Notes

I am curious. If I mark up a resource using a 'Highlighter Pen' on Logos 4 Mac, it does not make an entry into my note file. Yet, if I use the 'Highlighter Pen' on iPad using the same resource, it makes an entry into my note file. Can anyone explain this and if I am missing something? I would rather not have a note entry every time I want to highlight a text. I only want notes when I make notes.

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Graham Criddle

Hi Donovan

This sounds strange - the behaviour on the Mac not the iPad - as with Logos 4.5 highlights were merged with notes so that every highlight is stored in a notesfile.

I assume you are running some version of Logos 4.5 so highlights should be being stored in notesfiles. You can control where these highlights are stored so it may be that they are putting put in a notesfile on your Mac without you realising it.

Graham

Donovan R. Palmer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/367331#Comment_367331

Yup, it was going into a file other than where I thought it was. Oh well... it's a pain having highlights mixed in with my notes. Wished there was a way around this or a filter I could apply.

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/367334#Comment_367334

You can set up a highlighting palette to put all highlights/notes in a specific notesfile so you could keep highlights away from your "real" notes

The diagram below shows how you can do this

Graham

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/367334#Comment_367334

it's a pain having highlights mixed in with my notes.

There is no reason why you have to have "highlight" (notes) mixed in with (regular) "notes." It is very important, however, that you learn how the highlight/note feature works. There are three options for how Logos handles where highlight note files are saved:

A "Palette Specific" note file (i.e. whatever your highlighting palette is called, the highlight note goes into a file with that name)
A user chosen note file. This is selected from within the palette. You can choose one for each palette, or one for all. You can use one note file today, and another note file tomorrow – however you like.
"Most Recent Note File" – this is my preference. I call it "sticky." Whatever note file you used last, the highlight goes there. This is very beneficial for the way that I highlight, especially on the iPad. Typically I will have a "resource specific note file" and I want all my highlights for that resource to go into that file. Whenever I open a new resource, I must remember to change the note file the first time I highlight. It does require, however, constant diligence. If you forget what you are doing, you will have highlight notes all over the place.

Graham's screen shot shows the L4 side of things. Here is where you change the highlight note saving behavior on the mobile app: