Using Footnotes

Jon Shearer

I am overwhelmed by the number of footnotes in Grudem's systematic theology.

Those notes are as valuable as the text.

Is there a way to highlight or search for the footnote indicators?

I prefer being able to turn on a filter to turn "on" an indicator.

Jon

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Graham Criddle

Is there a way to highlight or search for the footnote indicators?

Not as far as I am aware - sorry.

Jon Shearer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1118212#Comment_1118212

FYI everyone;

Here's how you do it:

-Go to the Docs menu | New | Visual Filter
-Name the filter
-Select Basic as the type
-Set the resource list to Grudem or whatever book you want
-Use this as the search query: footnote:(the,a,an,of) -this is a search query looking for the word "the" OR "a" OR "an" OR "of" in the footnote text. Theoretically it will miss a footnote if any of the words is not present. You of course can add more words to the query.
-Select a formatting style like Color Box

So far it seems to be working OK.

Thanks to Hunter Wilson from MPSeminars.

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1119932#Comment_1119932

-Use this as the search query: footnote:(the,a,an,of)

Visual Filter is saved search(es) with highlighting style assigned for each search.

One way to expand footnote search query is

Open resource
Change resource to show column(s) with footnotes on page
Basic Search.of resource for footnote text
Navigate Search Results

For example, after looking at a dozen footnotes in Enns' Theology, have expanded footnote search query to:

footnote:(the,a,an,of,more,new,old,ibid,theology)

When footnote search has desired results, can save as a visual filter (optional is splitting footnote terms into separate searches with different highlighting)

Keep Smiling [:)]