Personal Book Milestones
Can I put multiple milestones at one location in a PB? I want to use them like identifying tags for a research project I am working on.
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Kevin Maples said:
Can I put multiple milestones at one location in a PB? I want to use them like identifying tags for a research project I am working on.
Yes, but if they're of the same datatype then they won't overlap. Logos will close the first when it gets to the second. That means that whilst you could still navigate to the location of the first, it would be unlikely to show up in the reference box because it would be replaced by the second milestone. (If that's not clear, give us an example, and I'll refer to the example in trying to answer more clearly.)
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what do you mean by datatype?Mark Barnes said:if they're of the same datatype then they won't overlap
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Example:
In the introduction to the sermon, Origen presents his theological conclusions regarding the application of the Old Testament law of circumcision to Christians. [[@Headword:Introduction]] [[@Headword:Canonical Context]] The introduction essentially places Origen’s exegetical findings within the broader context of the entire canon. As a summary of the theological implications and practical application of the passage, the introduction could have easily been used as a conclusion for the homily.
This example raises another question: Can Headwords be composed of two words? i.e. "Canonical Context"
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Also, can you search for headwords and pull up all instances in a list like you could do in a search for a word or phrase?
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What I am trying to accomplish is to mark my writing with keywords so I can search it and pull up all the instances that I have marked with that keyword. I looked at the tutorials and found headword milestones and this seemed to be a way to accomplish this. Is there a better way?
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Kevin Maples said:
Can Headwords be composed of two words? i.e. "Canonical Context"
Yes, that's no problem.
But you shouldn't really be using headwords for 'tagging' (generally speaking, headwords should not be repeated within a single resource). A topic field might be better. What are you intending to do with these 'tags'?
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Kevin Maples said:
What I am trying to accomplish is to mark my writing with keywords so I can search it and pull up all the instances that I have marked with that keyword. I looked at the tutorials and found headword milestones and this seemed to be a way to accomplish this. Is there a better way?
We cross-posted. Fields would definitely be better for this, IMO. You can choose any field you like, but topic would probably make most sense. The only downside with fields is that the field content would be visible.
In a PB you'd add a line like: Tags: {{field-on:topic}}Introduction{{field-off:topic}}, {{field-on:topic}}Canonical Context{{field-off:topic}}.
You can then search your resource for Introduction and choose "Topic" from the Field Drop down, or you could search for topic:introduction.
Kevin Maples said:Also, can you search for headwords and pull up all instances in a list like you could do in a search for a word or phrase?
No, which is partly why I'm suggesting fields.
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Not only that, but you were posting at the same time that I was posting. [:)]Mark Barnes said:We cross-posted.
Ok, yes I believe that is what I am looking for instead of milestones. I read the wiki page (http://wiki.logos.com/Personal_Books#Fields), but I am not sure I understand the syntax.Mark Barnes said:Fields would definitely be better for this, IMO.
Would this be correct?
In the introduction to the sermon, Origen presents his theological conclusions regarding the application of the Old Testament law of circumcision to Christians. {{field-on:topic}}Introduction{{field-off:topic}} {{field-on:topic}}Canonical Context{{field-off:topic}} The introduction essentially places Origen’s exegetical findings within the broader context of the entire canon. As a summary of the theological implications and practical application of the passage, the introduction could have easily been used as a conclusion for the homily.
or would this be correct?
In the introduction to the sermon, Origen presents his theological conclusions regarding the application of the Old Testament law of circumcision to Christians. {{field-on:topic}}Introduction {{field-on:topic}}Canonical Context The introduction essentially places Origen’s exegetical findings within the broader context of the entire canon. {{field-off:topic}} {{field-off:topic}} As a summary of the theological implications and practical application of the passage, the introduction could have easily been used as a conclusion for the homily.
or would this be correct?
In the introduction to the sermon, Origen presents his theological conclusions regarding the application of the Old Testament law of circumcision to Christians. {{field-on:Introduction}} {{field-on:Canonical Context}}The introduction essentially places Origen’s exegetical findings within the broader context of the entire canon. {{field-off:Introduction}}{{field-off:Canonical Context}} As a summary of the theological implications and practical application of the passage, the introduction could have easily been used as a conclusion for the homily.
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This bit between {{field-on:topic}} and {{field-off:topic}} will show up in your compiled resource, so the first example wouldn't work. You shouldn't nest fields, so the second example wouldn't work, either. And the field name needs to be "topic" so you third example wouldn't work either!
You've got two options, either re-word slightly so you can use the topic names within your prose:
In the introduction to the sermon, Origen presents his theological conclusions regarding the application of the Old Testament law of circumcision to Christians. The {{field-on:topic}}introduction{{field-off:topic}} essentially places Origen’s exegetical findings within the broader {{field-on:topic}}canonical context{{field-off:topic}}. As a summary of the theological implications and practical application of the passage, the introduction could have easily been used as a conclusion for the homily.
or add a "Topics" or "Tags" line at the end or beginning of articles.
In the introduction to the sermon, Origen presents his theological conclusions regarding the application of the Old Testament law of circumcision to Christians. The introduction essentially places Origen’s exegetical findings within the broader canonical context. As a summary of the theological implications and practical application of the passage, the introduction could have easily been used as a conclusion for the homily.
Topics: {{field-on:topic}}Introduction{{field-off:topic}}, {{field-on:topic}}canonical context{{field-off:topic}}
That's the only problem with fields - the field data is visible in your resource, so you have to come up with a way of using them where that's OK.
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I think I've tried before in a different context, but does PBB ignore the Hidden property if applied to the text in Word? The old-style windows help files used to use that property for markup. It'd still be an awkward solution...
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Randy W. Sims (Shayne) said:
does PBB ignore the Hidden property if applied to the text in Word
I think it's ignored (i.e. it is not hidden), but it's been a while since I tried.
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I really appreciate everyone's help. I now know much more about PBB than I did yesterday. However, I have concluded that Logos is simply not designed to do what I was trying to do.
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