Help! An Old Pastor Needs Some New Guidance on Simplifying My Layout!

Guys and Gals,

I have been using Logos for perhaps 25 years and have always had the same layout. I know I should have changed with the times but everything worked for me so I just kept on using the same layout. But gradually over the years I kept adding resources to my "top line"--more Bibles, more Bible Dictionaries, more Greek and Hebrew references, etc. etc. until I have so many references there now that I can't find most of them without scrolling with the arrows, and if I kick up a word study or factbook or anything else it has to be scrolled to as well. I realized that things have gotten so unwieldy that I am not working very efficiently any more. I need these references close by and easy to get to, but I desperately need to clear some of that "top line". I can't figure out what to do, try as I might by going through various tutorials. Can anyone give me a quick help on how to remove some of these top resources while keeping them really close? Thanks!

Mike

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Dave Hooton

To start with:

restrict the number of bibles and use Parallel Resources/ Parallel Book Sets:-

select the bible you want and it will replace the existing bible in the same tab.

do the same for Bible Dictionaries, Lexicons, etc.

The first list in the screenshot is a Collection of English Bibles (check "Show in parallel books" / "Show in Parallel Resources").

Note that a collection of Greek Bibles (or Greek Lexicons) will allow you to separate them from English resources in your "top line" (see https://wiki.logos.com/Collections#Creating_Rules for ways to include language rules and book types in collections).

Gregory Lawhorn

Mike, I learned a ton about Logos from Morris Proctor's Logos Boot Camp, including how to streamline Logos and get it operating efficiently. His seminar is not cheap, but it lets you maximize the value of Logos.

Wolfgang Schneider

Mike,

you may want to take a look at some of the tutorials available on the Logos website ...to get started with an uncluttered simple layout. For example, check the following:
https://support.logos.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000675231-Logos-Training

For Layouts, there is a tutorial at:
https://support.logos.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016599631-What-are-Layouts-and-How-Do-I-Use-Them-

As someone already mentioned, there are great instructional videos at the Morris Proctor Seminars Website
https://mpseminars.com/

After getting some ideas and a feel for what layouts etc. will work for the various types of your Bible study work, you could then begin from a clean Logos desktop setting up and saving different named layouts to which you can switch with a shortcut or a few mouse clicks.

Mike and Marlyce Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1248843#Comment_1248843

Dave,

Thanks so much for the answer. I am wondering: did part of your answer get covered up with the screen shot (e.g. the specific instructions)? I didn't want to miss anything of what you said because I think you are headed in the direction I need to be headed!

Mike

Justin Gatlin

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1249142#Comment_1249142

Hi Mike!

Everybody works differently, but I find using different layouts for different tasks helps me too. Instead of having one "Logos Layout," I have one for whatever I am doing, with the resources I need for that. I save changes before switching, so I can go right back to what I was doing. It also makes Logos run a little faster to have fewer things open.

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1249142#Comment_1249142

Dave,

Thanks so much for the answer. I am wondering: did part of your answer get covered up with the screen shot

Possibly. I'm using the NABRE bible in the screenshot.

1. Click the Parallel Book Sets icon (yours may be called Parallel Resource Sets when you hover over it).

The first list in the screenshot is a Collection of English Reverse Interlinear bibles.
the second list of All parallel books may be the only one you see.

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2. Select the bible you want and it will replace the existing bible.

3. You can do the same for Bible Dictionaries, Lexicons, etc.

You might need a collection of Greek Bibles (or Greek Lexicons) if you want a Greek bible (or Greek lexicon) in your "top line.

See https://wiki.logos.com/Collections#Creating_Rules for ways to include language rules and book types in collections.

Let me know what needs to be clarified.

Mike and Marlyce Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1249208#Comment_1249208

Guys, I wanted to say thanks so much for all your suggestions. They have driven me to start looking more at getting up to speed with Logos and using its resources far better than I have. I have begun to formulate a new lay-out which works better for me, thanks to your suggestions. Forgive me for not saying thank you earlier--I have been sick and not doing much the last few days. So appreciate all of you!

Mike

Milkman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1249173#Comment_1249173

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I do the same as well. It simply lets me customize my layouts.

mm.

Hi Mike!

Everybody works differently, but I find using different layouts for different tasks helps me too. Instead of having one "Logos Layout," I have one for whatever I am doing, with the resources I need for that. I save changes before switching, so I can go right back to what I was doing. It also makes Logos run a little faster to have fewer things open.