Tip-ish: Using a Search Panel as a Master Table of Contents

DMB
DMB Member Posts: 14,652 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 30 in English Forum

This won't appeal to most Logosians, but there's millions of Logosians, right?

The problem: I like to keep my favorite dictionaries on a single window in my big layout (see below). I group them relative to use, and they're always where I expect them to be. Like on my desk.

The problem is the TOC's in each dictionary vary (of course) … who has what? And you can't really link them. Even worse, dictionary entries can duplicate across a set. IVP Blacks is a good example … each specialized period discusses the same subject, but from a different perspective.

My solution, which works quite well, is to put a narrow search panel on the far left, which scans the dictionary headings, for all dictionaries in the panel. And quickly scanning down search results, lets me quickly see any applicable TOC entries; clicking on one, brings up the desired dictionary instantly.

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"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

Comments

  • Morgan
    Morgan Member Posts: 527 ✭✭✭

    I love this! Thanks for the tip!