What is this in the margin?
Hello! New use here.
I am trying to find out what this margin feature is in texts (with the red arrow pointed to it). I see hovering over it brings up different references but what are the references tied to?
Thank you for help!
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That is the scroll bar, not the margin.
And those are either "search bookmarks" (places where the current search hits from any open Search tab appear in that book) or "auto bookmarks" (sometimes known as "wear marks") which indicate the places you've visited (even just scrolling past quickly) in this book. I actually can't remember how to tell the difference between these two kinds: one is darker orange than the other, I think.
You can turn them off if you find them distracting, in Program Settings:
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Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ. Smith said:
Hm, I guess you're right. I don't know how long you have to stare at a page before it becomes "worn" into the scroll bars as wear marks. I just experimented a bit and couldn't figure it out. Clicking on a specific section in the TOC and then navigating away to somewhere else also doesn't cause that spot to get "worn" in. I confess I've never used this feature, so I should not be looked to as an expert on it. Turning it back off again now...
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Rosie Perera said:
Hm, I guess you're right. I don't know how long you have to stare at a page before it becomes "worn" into the scroll bars as wear marks. ...
Are these really "wear" marks, or did someone at one time mean to call them "where" marks but misspelled the word? Aren't the marks indicating "where" one has been in the resource?
Wolfgang Schneider
(BibelCenter)
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Well, actually, they used to be called 'tread marks' (foot steps), and Logos thought 'wear' marks sounded a little better (the latter speculative). I'm not sure what Amazon calls them (Kindle).
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Wolfgang Schneider said:
Are these really "wear" marks, or did someone at one time mean to call them "where" marks but misspelled the word? Aren't the marks indicating "where" one has been in the resource?
I've always thought of that phrase as a digital equivalent of the wear marks on a physical book when it has been read and loved a lot. "Wear marks" is a known phrase used about books in the used book industry. I think "wear marks" sounds more reasonable than "where marks".
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Thanks for the question.... I've never used them, but have wondered what they were... Thanks again!
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
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The colored areas are parts of that resource you have already read (how Logos determines I read it, I don't know). I suppose it helps you see how much of a book you've read, or where you stopped reading?
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It would be interesting how many of the users is actually using this feature. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the majority has disabled it..like I did.
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Yes, I turned it off. It didn’t seem to follow any logic that was useful.
I appreciate all the input!
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