How to automatically save highlights to notebooks?
Hello,
On my iPad, I'm using a highlight style called "Tim Keller". It is in a palette that I have set up to save on my "Tim Keller" Notebook on my Logos 8 app on my MacBook. Works like a charm there.
However, on the iPad, when I use the "Tim Keller" highlight style it does not automatically save to the Tim Keller notebook. I have to edit each individual highlight and move it over to the Tim Keller notebook.
Am I missing something? Is there a way to set it up on my iPad like I have it on Logos 8 on my MacBook? Thanks!
Rev. Ben Hein
Shady Grove Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Reformed Theological Seminary, M.Div (2017)
www.shadygrovepca.org
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Rev. Ben Hein
Shady Grove Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Reformed Theological Seminary, M.Div (2017)
www.shadygrovepca.org
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Ben Hein said:
However, on the iPad, when I use the "Tim Keller" highlight style it does not automatically save to the Tim Keller notebook. I have to edit each individual highlight and move it over to the Tim Keller notebook.
Am I missing something? Is there a way to set it up on my iPad like I have it on Logos 8 on my MacBook? Thanks!
Currently, on your Mobile device, you need to long press the highlight, tap Edit Note, and you can choose the Notebook there.
We are looking at ways to make this easier to do in the future.
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Why doesn’t it just use the way it is set up on Logos 8 on our computers by default?
Rev. Ben Hein
Shady Grove Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Reformed Theological Seminary, M.Div (2017)
www.shadygrovepca.org
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Right. If I have my "Tim Keller" highlight set to save to "Tim Keller" notes document, why isn't that the default on Mobile as well? Shouldn't it be assumed I would want the same highlight functionality as what I have configured on my desktop?
The current functionality of having to move the highlight every time makes the iPad basically unusable for reading books for me.
Rev. Ben Hein
Shady Grove Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Reformed Theological Seminary, M.Div (2017)
www.shadygrovepca.org
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Joe McCune (Faithlife) said:Ben Hein said:
However, on the iPad, when I use the "Tim Keller" highlight style it does not automatically save to the Tim Keller notebook. I have to edit each individual highlight and move it over to the Tim Keller notebook.
Am I missing something? Is there a way to set it up on my iPad like I have it on Logos 8 on my MacBook? Thanks!
Currently, on your Mobile device, you need to long press the highlight, tap Edit Note, and you can choose the Notebook there.
We are looking at ways to make this easier to do in the future.
This is actually a significant annoyance when researching for a paper. I should be able to set a default notebook and have all my highlights drop into it. Even if the highlights just went into the last notebook, I would only need to set it once. It is tedious and unnecessary to expect users to open the edit note every time they highlight.
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James Macleod said:
Even if the highlights just went into the last notebook, I would only need to set it once.
That is the "sticky" setting I mentioned. It should return!
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AGREED.
BUMP for a simple UI fix to default notes to last notebook saved.
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Yes please!
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Agreed, i rarely bother with highlighting on the mobile anymore. And that normally is where I do most of my reading to highlight. No offence meant to Joe but the solution offered by FL just doesn’t cut mustard let alone provide for a satisfactory user experience of the app.
JT (alabama24) said:James Macleod said:Even if the highlights just went into the last notebook, I would only need to set it once.
That is the "sticky" setting I mentioned. It should return!
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BUMP.
Please fix this.
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Brandon Fertig said:
AGREED.
BUMP for a simple UI fix to default notes to last notebook saved.
Or put the option in Settings (under the pancake menu). Either way this is an important feature for the software. I would rather highlight on my iPad than on my laptop, but it is cumbersome to have to edit every highlight to put it in the notebook I want it to reside in.
Pastor, North Park Baptist Church
Bridgeport, CT USA
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I'm sorry we've not taken care of this yet. I have the team looking into this.
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Phil Gons (Faithlife) said:
I'm sorry we've not taken care of this yet. I have the team looking into this.
Thank you Phil. I don't take pleasure out of squeaking the wheel loudly but some things just need to be addressed otherwise the elephant will continue to make moving about in the room uncomfortable.
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Phil Gons (Faithlife) said:
I'm sorry we've not taken care of this yet. I have the team looking into this.
Not to hijack this thread but if at some point you can add a way to turn off certain notes while in mobile that would be great. When reading on my iPad sometimes I have highlights coming from other resources that take over the text making it impossible for me to highlight the text. Most recent example was highlights from my bible covering the entire MacArthur New Testament section I was reading.
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Phil Gons (Faithlife) said:
I'm sorry we've not taken care of this yet. I have the team looking into this.
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Pastor, North Park Baptist Church
Bridgeport, CT USA
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Thanks, Phil.
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Mattillo said:Phil Gons (Faithlife) said:
I'm sorry we've not taken care of this yet. I have the team looking into this.
Not to hijack this thread but if at some point you can add a way to turn off certain notes while in mobile that would be great. When reading on my iPad sometimes I have highlights coming from other resources that take over the text making it impossible for me to highlight the text. Most recent example was highlights from my bible covering the entire MacArthur New Testament section I was reading.
This used to be possible under the old notes but was removed also under the new notes / mobile platform. Just another example of where FL put deadlines ahead of a properly developed new notes system an rolled out a very immature beta system that time has shown needed another 12 months plus development work before it should have even been consider for implementation.
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Phil Gons (Faithlife) said:
I'm sorry we've not taken care of this yet. I have the team looking into this.
It would be great to have this improved.
Using adventure and community to challenge young people to continually say "yes" to God
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Please, waiting for this fix. Should have the option to default a palette to specified notebook.
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And the option to simply use the last used notebook till you intervene and specify a new notebook to be used. I really don’t use the one palette = one notebook approach but respect it works for others so both options need to be available.
Peter Lever said:Please, waiting for this fix. Should have the option to default a palette to specified notebook.
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Yes this needs fixing. I'm studying a book and I use highlights etc. Having to set the notebook for each is slow, cumbersome and certainly takes away from STUDY.
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Hi All, just dropping in here to echo what Phil mentioned. We're actively working on making this experience better for you. Stay tuned.
-Daniel
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Thank you Daniel, much appreciated.
Daniel Di Bartolo said:Hi All, just dropping in here to echo what Phil mentioned. We're actively working on making this experience better for you. Stay tuned.
-Daniel
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Hi all,
Wanted to follow up here to let you know that hour developers are starting to work on this problem, reduce friction, and offer similar functionality to our desktop app.
If you want to give feedback and be among the first to use it, join our beta on iOS or Android.
-Daniel
Product Manager, Mobile
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Daniel Di Bartolo said:
our developers are starting to work on this problem, reduce friction, and offer similar functionality to our desktop app.
Thanks for this Daniel. Thanks especially for adding the ability to add tags to notes!
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BUMP - request to raise the priority for this fix, please. I use my mobile device in meetings instead of pulling out and unfolding a bulky laptop.
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