Behavior of Notes Questions

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There is something simple I must not understand with the notes feature in L5.

When I create a note using my highlighting palette (A) by highlighting some text then clicking the palette, I get the usual 'nothing' icon (B) along with a condensed summary of the highlighted text (C), and I can enter the note text below the entry.

However, when I create a note by highlighting the text and right-clicking (D), making sure the 'Reference' sub-menu item is checked (E), and then add the note to the same note file as above (in this case, it is called 'Questions') by clicking that choice (F), I get no highlighting, but rather the yellow note icon (all of which I understand), but I get no summary of the text (G).

I'd really like to have the summary of the highlighted text, especially when I go to print the file for outside use. 

What's the reason the second method of adding a note ignores the highlighted text? Is this strictly because I'm using the Reference choice? I'd like the Questions notes to show up in all Bible versions, but I want the text summary in the notes from my preferred Bible (the ESV).

In the immortal words of Nebbie K. Nezzar: "A little help?"

JT (alabama24)

I get no summary of the text (G)

I <think I> understand what you want to do and why... but Logos doesn't have that capability at present. The "summary of the text" as you have labeled "G," isn't really a summary at all... it is the title of the note. When you create a highlighting note, Logos automatically creates a title by using an appended portion of the selected text. When you create a note "by reference," Logos has no idea what the content of the note is about, and leaves it blank for you to add. In most cases, based upon the anticipated use of these kinds of notes, the behavior makes sense. 

1. Most users will not actually use or create note content with "notes of highlight"... the note title is merely for identification purposes.
2. When a user creates a note by "reference," you could assume that they 1) have something to say and 2) they will want to create a title as a reminder.

Many users would like to see some way of having a "highlight view" where all and only the highlights appear in their full text. In my opinion, this would be best if 1) there were an added field created for the highlighted text (which would probably be uneditable) and 2) a special "quotes" view which would show a list of nothing but the highlighted text.