Creating Hyperlinks in Personal Links

Is there anyway to create internal hyperlinks in personal books once they are already in Logos? Ex. Could I make text that says "Verse 11" link me to 2 Peter 1:11?

I have been attempting to make use of the Personal Books feature to access this amazing collection that someone is putting together of thePuritans in Logos.

It is very difficult, however, to navigate these documents once they are in Logos. While each work is separated from the next, the break downs within a work (ex. verses in a commentary) are difficult to find.

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Rosie Perera

You could use Notes to accomplish something similar; select the text and insert a note and put the Bible reference in the note. But it would be two steps to get to the Bible verse from the text in that case.

You'd have to edit the original .docx file to edit the reference if you wanted to make it a direct hyperlink, and then build the book. You can't do that after the books are already in Logos.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1198683#Comment_1198683

You can't do that after the books are already in Logos.

For clarification: You can do that after the book is already in Logos, but only through the means you described. In other words, it isn't too late once you have complied the book as long as you keep the .docx files.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1198703#Comment_1198703

You can't do that after the books are already in Logos.

For clarification: You can do that after the book is already in Logos, but only through the means you described. In other words, it isn't too late once you have complied the book as long as you keep the .docx files.

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't mean to say you couldn't go back and edit the .docx file after the book is already in Logos. I just mean you can't in Logos edit an already built book to put a hyperlink right into the text of the book. That can only be done in Word.

xnman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1198907#Comment_1198907

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't mean to say you couldn't go back and edit the .docx file after the book is already in Logos. I just mean you can't in Logos edit an already built book to put a hyperlink right into the text of the book. That can only be done in Word.

But to be able to do that... would be neat-o big time!!! That would be like Sermon Builder on steroids!!! [8-|]

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1199182#Comment_1199182

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't mean to say you couldn't go back and edit the .docx file after the book is already in Logos. I just mean you can't in Logos edit an already built book to put a hyperlink right into the text of the book. That can only be done in Word.

But to be able to do that... would be neat-o big time!!! That would be like Sermon Builder on steroids!!!

Well, it would leave the .docx file unchanged if you did that. And then if you later did go back and update the .docx file for any reason (e.g., you added a Table of Contents to it or some such) and then rebuilt (recompiled) the book, it would overwrite the built book that you had edited. So I think it's best to change stuff in the source file rather than in the compiled book.

But I'm speaking as a computer programmer. I would never dream of fixing some software by making changes in the executable file directly, if that were possible. I'd go back and edit the source code and then recompile it.

xnman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1199294#Comment_1199294

Well, it would leave the .docx file unchanged if you did that. And then if you later did go back and update the .docx file for any reason (e.g., you added a Table of Contents to it or some such) and then rebuilt (recompiled) the book, it would overwrite the built book that you had edited. So I think it's best to change stuff in the source file rather than in the compiled book.

But I'm speaking as a computer programmer. I would never dream of fixing some software by making changes in the executable file directly, if that were possible. I'd go back and edit the source code and then recompile it.

I understand..... but "IF" the personal book, once compiled... was more like a Sermon Builder doc program.... oh man.... (smacks forehead) what a fild that would be!!

Oh well.... a guy can dream... [8-|]

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1199490#Comment_1199490

but "IF" the personal book, once compiled... was more like a Sermon Builder doc program....

What a nightmare - I would hate that because I compile personal books multiple times while creating them AND I want an end product of a shareable file that will produce a resource exactly like mine. I can see its usefulness for PB's that are quick and dirty personal conversions of others' texts which is a widely used PBB function but ...

Thiago Samico

Yes!

First understand that after doing all the process below you will NEED to recompile the docx file.

In your example, you would do:

[[Verse 11>>Bible: 2Peter 1:11]]

Typing that in your docx source will result in Logos showing only "Verse 11" as a link, and when you hover the mouse over the link it will show the text from the reference. If you click the link, it will open your favorite bible in the reference.

Another important feature that I have adopted was using wildcards in word to find "v.# " pattern and replace it with "v.#>>Bible: .#". It saves me time because after using the tool, I look for "Bible," and it will show me all the places I need to specify the references to create links. (I am Brazilian, so "Bible" is not a common word in my Personal Books and it makes easier the locate them and edit)

If you are interested:

Find:(v)(.)( )([0-9]@&gt

Replace: [[\1\2\3\4>>Bible: \2\4]]