Can I Convert PDF’s from iPad (iBooks) into Logos?

Seems like I have read about this somewhere on the forums (?). I have approx. 350 PDF’s that I would love to have in my Logos library—but as usual, I have no idea how to convert them.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

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MJ. Smith

MS WORD will convert them

Puddin’

MS WORD will convert them

Thank you MJ—but, I am really unclear on the steps I would follow to get them over into my Logos library (?).

Apologies for being a bother ☺️—just not too technologically informed.

Will try to play w. WORD to see what I can achieve in the meantime👍.

MJ. Smith

Open MS Word
Open PDF file in MS WORD
Let MS WORD convert the file
Save as a .docx file
Open the .docx file and edit as necessary - I usually remove a chunk of the line breaks - pictures and logic equations often require special editing.
Save
Open Verbum
Open Personal Book Tool
Fill in all the heading stuff
for the file portion, attach the .docx file from 6
Compile the book
Check that it looks okay
Treat yourself to a nice cup of Chinese high mountain green tea.

Puddin’

Open MS Word

Open PDF file in MS WORD

Let MS WORD convert the file

Save as a .docx file

Open the .docx file and edit as necessary - I usually remove a chunk of the line breaks - pictures and logic equations often require special editing.

Save

Open Verbum

Open Personal Book Tool

Fill in all the heading stuff

for the file portion, attach the .docx file from 6

Compile the book

Check that it looks okay

Treat yourself to a nice cup of Chinese high mountain green tea.

Woo-Hoooo! Much appreciated👏🏼👏🏼.

On another note—I would like your thoughts on saving free PDF’s from this site:

https://it.b-ok2.org/book/2379275/31185b

They have an absolute ton of highly acclaimed academic resources, and I have already downloaded many of them onto my iPad & iPhone. Afterwards I got suspicious and sent this site to some minister friends who know more than I do about this kind of stuff. They told me that I should beware of malware/trojans/viruses...but I am unclear on how much of a danger this is for the mobile devices listed above (?).

I am wondering if I should offload them now—or is it too late? Hope I haven’t violated any forum policies by posting the link (admin., please feel free to delete this post of so👍).

Much appreciation—I have learned a lot from you and Denise.

Robert M. Warren

I am really unclear on the steps I would follow to get them over into my Logos library

Here are the steps:

In Word, File-->Open, File Type: .PDF. Or from outside Word, right-click file and choose Open with... then Word XXX.
Then, File--->Save As, File Type: Word .docx.
In Word on the View tab, check Navigation view, then Headings in that view. This will let you see if any of the headings were brought over as Word Headings, and thus will become Logos TOC sidebar items.
If you judge the headings insufficient, you can see if the obvious headings in the converted document have a pattern. Select the entirety of the first heading you see, then in the Home tab on the far-right side, choose Select-->Select text with similar formatting. Then, under the Home tab, find the heading style Heading 1 and click it. Check the Navigation panel and see how the headings changed. Undo if something goes really wrong. Sometimes heading have to be done manually, that is, select each heading separately and apply Heading 1 one at a time. As you might imagine, Heading 2, 3, etc., will make sub-headings in Logos; you would do the subs in the same way.
MS Word will usually mark Greek words as Greek on its own if the document is in Unicode Text. Hebrew also, but I have had uneven results with Hebrew, likely due to my lack of knowledge. I think Latin would need to be manually marked, as it would be using the same font as English. What all this does is: it makes the Greek words either show a definition in the Info Window, or enable a double-click lexicon opening.
After a few of these, you'll determine your balance between the trouble you're willing to go through versus the benefit you'll get. The Wiki in #8 below has info about tagging, etc. Most bible references will produce mouse-over and link to preferred bible automatically, but more elaborate tagging has to be done by the user.
Save the file if everything is OK.
See this Wiki page for the Logos steps: https://community.logos.com/forums/t/125368.aspx EDIT: https://wiki.logos.com/Personal_Books

One final and sad note: the personal books do not sync to mobile apps or the web app.

JT (alabama24)

Seems like I have read about this somewhere on the forums (?). I have approx. 350 PDF’s that I would love to have in my Logos library—but as usual, I have no idea how to convert them.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

for clarification: you posted this question in the mobile forum. Personal books cannot be viewed in the mobile app

Puddin’

Seems like I have read about this somewhere on the forums (?). I have approx. 350 PDF’s that I would love to have in my Logos library—but as usual, I have no idea how to convert them.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

for clarification: you posted this question in the mobile forum. Personal books cannot be viewed in the mobile app

K—Thanks JT👍.

SineNomine

On another note—I would like your thoughts on saving free PDF’s from this site:

https://it.b-ok2.org/book/2379275/31185b

That site is part of ZLibrary, which effectively ignores copyright. This is why they accept financial support only through cryptocurrency and Amazon giftcards.

Puddin’

On another note—I would like your thoughts on saving free PDF’s from this site:

https://it.b-ok2.org/book/2379275/31185b

That site is part of ZLibrary, which effectively ignores copyright. This is why they accept financial support only through cryptocurrency and Amazon giftcards.

Which then leads me to an ethics issue. How can they do that? It this not illegal?

I have noticed that in order to download more than 5 books they want you to establish an account. Ummm, me-thinks not🙄!

Appreciate your input.