Sermon Builder Requests

DAL
DAL Member Posts: 10,597 ✭✭✭
edited November 21 in English Forum

The sermon editor/builder needed some major revamp, but it seems like it only got a couple of touches.  Here's an old thread requesting changes to the sermon builder: https://community.logos.com/forums/t/186839.aspx?PageIndex=2 

Will there be more improvements to the sermon builder in the near future?

Thanks!

DAL

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  • The Flanary's
    The Flanary's Member Posts: 108

     The #1 for me is making "scripture cards" more usable. If I type in a ref or paste in a scripture it becomes a "card" that only shows the reference without text when tagging for a handout, and it cannot be edited.

     We can work around it by typing a space before pasting, but, #1 that limits us to pasting the verse without the use of the autocomplete, and, #2 gets very tedious when importing alot of notes.

  • xnman
    xnman Member Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭

    In Sermon Builder....  I would love to see a way to use templates. For example....  say I setup a sermon in SB and create a template.... 

    Currently I can't name the template, that I know of.

    Currently I can't use the template, that I know of. 

    I would like to see more format choices - such as space between lines... etc. 

    I can see where I might want more than one template... such as "sermons", "classes", "personal teachings" etc. and etc.

    As it is now....  I don't know why one would create a template... how can one use the template they created?

    I do see where SB could become much more than it is... although I think it has a good start.

    xn = Christan  man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".

    Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!

  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 32,479

    Currently I can't name the template, that I know of.

    The Template appears as a Sermon Doc in the Docs menu, if you open it you can change the name by editing the information shown selected below

    Currently I can't use the template, that I know of. 

    I can see where I might want more than one template... such as "sermons", "classes", "personal teachings" etc. and etc.

    As it is now....  I don't know why one would create a template... how can one use the template they created?

    You can use templates from within Sermon Manager - if you have access to that tool. If you click the Blank Sermon link when adding a sermon, you will see the list of your templates to choose from.

  • xnman
    xnman Member Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭

    Thanks again Graham. I find myself unlearned in many aspects of Logos. 

    I do not have sermon manager...... wonder if I can add that feature?  Not sure I want to buy a "whole package" though...

    xn = Christan  man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".

    Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!

  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 32,479

    I do not have sermon manager...... wonder if I can add that feature?  Not sure I want to buy a "whole package" though...

    https://www.logos.com/product/197452/sermon-manager shows some of the options for obtaining it

  • xnman
    xnman Member Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭

    Ok... picked it up today. Thanks Graham.

    Now I gotta ask MJ if I can get a loan so my wife can eat next week!! Hope MJ has a benevolent heart???  lol

    xn = Christan  man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".

    Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!

  • James H. Schafer
    James H. Schafer Member Posts: 59

    Is there any way that I can change the default font size from M to L. I know I can use the slide bar in the app, but that is only good while working in the app. When I go to the Preaching mode to deliver my sermon the font is too small for these old eyes.

    I know, I can change the font as I work through the sermon, but it is a hassle to do that when it continually changes back to M. I'm not a programmer, but it seems to me like it should not be difficult to give the user the option to change the default.

    That's my 2 cents for what it's worth, but I sure hope this would be done.

  • Austin Bush
    Austin Bush Member, Logos Employee Posts: 272

    Is there any way that I can change the default font size from M to L. I know I can use the slide bar in the app, but that is only good while working in the app. When I go to the Preaching mode to deliver my sermon the font is too small for these old eyes.

    I know, I can change the font as I work through the sermon, but it is a hassle to do that when it continually changes back to M. I'm not a programmer, but it seems to me like it should not be difficult to give the user the option to change the default.

    That's my 2 cents for what it's worth, but I sure hope this would be done.

    James,

    I just wanted to make sure you are aware of the font controls within Preaching Mode itself too.  I have found that once I click on a font size from the Preaching Mode area, it remembers that setting for future sermons that I open.  Do you find the same behavior?  I'd be curious if you're seeing the same or not and that might help me determine the best next steps.  Thanks.