How can I re-name books for the Passage Guide?

Kristin · 2025-07-06T23:00:53+00:00

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I have a lot of books in Logos which I often want to consult, but then when I try to do so I can't since it is called something else in Logos compared to what I know it by and I don't recognize it.

I see that I am able to change the names of books, but it is unclear to me what I am supposed to be changing for it to show up as such in the Passage Guide.

Attached is a random example, with titles 1, 2, and 3. I am able to edit both 1 and 2, but it is not clear what to change to make it appear as such in the Passage Guide since the Passage Guide (number 3) doesn't actually match either 1 or 2.

My ultimate goal is to recognize books in the Passage Guide and would appreciate any help anyone is able to provide.

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DMB

That's a bit of a detective story.

For anything with text in the series field, it uses that, abbreviating at some point. I've edited my series, and it crazily uses them.
Absent a series entry, it looks for an abbreviation entry (editable); else the title (editable)

The result is a bit of a mashup.

Kristin

Hi @DMB, sorry for the delay, I was in class.

Anyway, if I am understanding correctly, the only way to change the way books appear in the passage guide is to create a series, and changing the name in those two places doesn't effect how books appear. Is this correct?

I think I can provide a better example of the problem. In Accordance Strongs is called "Greek Strong’s Dictionary" and "Hebrew Strong’s Dictionary," so clear enough. By contrast, in Logos it is called, "A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and the Hebrew Bible." What Logos calls it is not only super long, but the word "Strong's" doesn't even appear in the title.

Honestly, since Accordance is so much easier for OL work, I don't look at Strong's in Logos enough to even have that one memorized, but that is just an example of 90% of my books which I own, but don't even know it.

Using Strongs as an example, is there a way to get it to say "Strong's" somewhere? Even "Strongs Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and the Hebrew Bible" would be a major improvement.

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1373460#Comment_1373460

Series names do get abbreviated (familiar mnemonic). To avoid ICC, NICNT etc. change the series name
For volumes without a Series, give them an abbreviated (Short) Title else the Title is used.
- short Title is to be preferred as it also prevents scrunching of Titles in tabs.

Kristin

Hi @Dave Hooton, I am afraid I am still confused. So if a book is part of a series, I can re-name it. But if it is just a random book which is not part of a series, I can't call it something recognizable?

Taking Strongs, as an example, that is not a series, and is just one book in the Library.

BDAG is another good example. It is one book, and Logos calls it "A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed." Really? Is there a way for this to show up as "BDAG" in the Passage Guide?

Dave Hooton

@Kristin

There is no point in creating a Series name if the book is not part of a Series. A short Title will also be used in layout tabs rather than a Title that gets scrunched when it is too long (short does not mean unrecognizable!)

ANLEX is the short Title, which I could have named "Analytical Lexicon of the GNT". Both names are recognizable to me. You can make the change in the Info page of the book or in Library.

Do the same for BDAG if necessary, but lexicons do not show in Passage Guide (see how it appears in Bible Word Study).

Kristin

Hi @Dave Hooton, ok, I finally got it! :) I set the short title to "Strongs"and at first nothing happened, but then I closed all and did it again, and now it says "Strongs" so that will help a lot and I will go through my books and do that for books that I seriously don't recognize.

Thank you also for clarifying that about the Passage Guide. I didn't realize that lexicons won't show there, but that explains a lot.

In Accordance if I do "Research" I see everything, including lexicons, commentaries, etc, etc. In Logos apparently I need to do both a Bible Word Study and Passage Guide to accomplish that.

That said, if I do both of those will that capture all the resources I have between them? Or is there another guide I need to also use to see all the resources?

Aaron Hamilton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1373468#Comment_1373468

You may find the Exegetical Guide to be of interest. Specifically, the Word by Word section will list your lexicons. It is worth mentioning that guides are highly customizable. I expect you may be most satisfied by creating custom guides to match your workflow.

Kristin

Hi @Aaron Hamilton,

Thanks for letting me know about the exegetical guide. :) I took a look at it, and I can see that might help a lot. I have pretty much been only using what I see when I right click on a word or verse, so I actually forgot that other guides exist. In order to access the exegetical guide I need to actually open the guides section, and there is not a way for it to appear when I right click. Is that correct?

Thanks also for the idea of creating my own. I just created one just to see what it is like, and I can see how that might be helpful as well.

Graham Criddle

The Exegetical Guide is available as an option when right-clicking on a verse as below - (you might need to click the small arrow at the top right of the secrion to see all of the guides available for the verse):

Kristin

Hi @Graham Criddle, ok, thanks for clarifying that. I had been looking up with the Passage Guide, but after scrolling down and clicking the little carrot, I saw it, as well as the test guide I made a few minutes ago. Thanks for clarifying that. :)