OK, I'm getting discouraged, tell me something good, please

While I love helping others, and putting my $0.02 in on contentious topics, I have been getting a little discouraged with the current trend of all bad news.

If you would, tell me something you love about Logos 4, a favorite feature, resource, or perhaps how it helps you get something done.

I will start:

I love how Logos 4 works with pericopes in a natural, instinctive way. So much Bible software is tied only to the verse / chapter system, with L4 we are allowed to reach beyond that to units of logical thought. A great deal of time and effort must have gone into making this an active part of L4, and for that I am truly blessed, and entirely grateful.

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Kenneth Neighoff

I love the ability to export clippings to a RTF document.

Wes Saad

I love passage lists. :-D

steve clark

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137553#Comment_137553

i like the Parallel Resources feature. It searches through all the parallel resources prior to putting up the list. Thus giving me resources which are relevant to the reference that i am looking for.

i like the new Passage List. i am finding new topics to create PL on and find them very useful.

BillS

I love the new reports... especially Biblical Places & Biblical Things... They make it MUCH easier to find this info...

Anthony H

Logos is great...

But here something worth far more than my 2 cents.

Ephesians 1:3–7

Colossians 1:13–14

spitzerpl

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137569#Comment_137569

sympathetic highlighting, BWS word rings, backup syncing. Good bye CD hassles, multi-monitor support. dynamic collections, everything everyone else already mentioned, cleaner library, tagging support, improved searching ability, customizable and savable guides, I'm sure i could think of some more, but what I've downloaded to get a printer working is done now :-)

Paul Golder

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137569#Comment_137569

Logos is great...

But here something worth far more than my 2 cents.

Ephesians 1:3–7

Colossians 1:13–14

And here I thought someone would post this reference first:

Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.

Kevin Nicholas

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137576#Comment_137576

with myself being relatively unlearned in biblical studies, I like that I can double click on a word if I dont know the meaning and up pops the dictionary. Or if I want to see the greek or hebrew word, right click it and bring up the lexicon. There are many things that I find I like and are useful with this application. It has been well worth the money I paid for it. I even have my teenage son using it for bible study.

Paul Golder

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137579#Comment_137579

I like that I can double click on a word if I dont know the meaning and up pops the dictionary.

I love the "Information" tool for this as well. I have always been one who keeps a dictionary handy, and I really enjoy having the automatic look-up.

JimTowler

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137576#Comment_137576

Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.

He asked about Logos 4, and you only listed 3 [H]

I love that I'm studying more, learning more, reading the Bible more.

I even find myself using Logos4 just to look up an English word in my Oxford Dictionary. Makes me want Encyl. Brit. for Logos. I don't have much on Quarks in Logos at present.

Tim Hogan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137590#Comment_137590

Sympathetic Highlighting- Yes (good call)

AND L4 is faster on my desktop then it was 3 mos ago, and I don't need to know why

Dewayne Davis

I have been getting a little discouraged with the current trend of all bad news.

As for me, when I have a problem I post about it. If I need help, I post a question. If everything is working great, I may read here a little, but I spend my time using the software. I rarely take time to post how well it is working and how much I am using it. I suspect this may be true for many. I really love the visual filters and their abilities. Passage lists are great, and quite helpful. Both the Information window and the power look-up really make things flow smoothly. And how awesome is the resource window resizing and re-aligning! I use the Bible Word Study a lot, and love the grammatical relationships and the word rings. The analysis view of the search window is incredible. I could go on and on, but I want to get back to it. I just bought Mounce's Expository Dictionary and want to play with it. Keep up the awesome work Logos.

nicky crane

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137596#Comment_137596

I love that it's cured me of addiction to computer games. If I want to while away time at my computer, I've got various Logos books on the go - tho I must admit I'm somewhat addicted to the website!

Dewayne Davis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137599#Comment_137599

I have been getting a little discouraged with the current trend of all bad news.

As for me, when I have a problem I post about it. If I need help, I post a question. If everything is working great, I may read here a little, but I spend my time using the software. I rarely take time to post how well it is working and how much I am using it. I suspect this may be true for many. I really love the visual filters and their abilities. Passage lists are great, and quite helpful. Both the Information window and the power look-up really make things flow smoothly. And how awesome is the resource window resizing and re-aligning! I use the Bible Word Study a lot, and love the grammatical relationships and the word rings. The analysis view of the search window is incredible. I could go on and on, but I want to get back to it. I just bought Mounce's Expository Dictionary and want to play with it. Keep up the awesome work Logos.

and I have to mention the new 'follow' link and the Text Comparison... oh and the Word Tree!

JimTowler

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137600#Comment_137600

I love that my Logos Library has all kinds of books and resources that will take more than a lifetime to read and enjoy. Including ones that use words like "peregrinations".

Jack Caviness

I love the Cited By tool. I am very fond of Layouts and Reading Plans and all those things mentioned by others.

Tim Engwer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137619#Comment_137619

I like the power lookup feature. I like the way it can be made to automatically lookup cross references in the bible. I also like the way you can right click on a verse to get a quick lookup of various commentaries. Overall I love the way that things can be made to follow automatically if you want them to,

Frank Sauer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137637#Comment_137637

New Interlinear set-up I really like, improved searching is good, the power lookup to name a few...

Anthony H

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137611#Comment_137611

and I have to mention the new 'follow' link and the Text Comparison... oh and the Word Tree!

"Follow" Link.... I'm not following. What and where is this?

steve clark

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137662#Comment_137662

"Follow" Link.... I'm not following. What and where is this?

These are link methods in some of the L4 tools. See

Linking
Text Comparison

Dewayne Davis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137662#Comment_137662

and I have to mention the new 'follow' link and the Text Comparison... oh and the Word Tree!

"Follow" Link.... I'm not following. What and where is this?

Not only do we have links A-F to have windows scroll together, we have "follow" as well. I actually have a tab with the Text Comparison set to this all the time. When I am reading, I can highlight a few verses or a passage, click on the Text Comparison tab and have the passage in my favorite translations waiting for me. Very nice! I also have a tab with the Power Lookup set this way. I highlight a passage, footnote, etc... and it automatically populates the underlying information.

Anthony H

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137665#Comment_137665

"Follow" Link.... I'm not following. What and where is this?

These are link methods in some of the L4 tools. See

Linking Text Comparison

Follow

A,B,C,D,E,F

None

Ahh, that!

Man, my imagination really ran away on that one.

I thought there was some other "follow" ... like clicking a button to follow a topic or theme through the Bible or other resource.

Dave Hooton

If you would, tell me something you love about Logos 4

I love the Library Management features including Collections. I couldn't envisage having more than a few hundred resources in L3 but I've doubled that number in L4. Whilst 1000 isn't a large library L4 manages it much better than L3!

Mark Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137773#Comment_137773

There's a lot I love in Logos 4. I'll mention two features I especially appreciate:

1. Custom visual filters. Very helpful.

2. Analysis view in Bible search results. Thumbs up.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137779#Comment_137779

My current favorite is the increased searchability of notes. But I'm hoping the PBB's will be my next favorite.

Dan Sheppard

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137567#Comment_137567

I love the new reports...

Well Bill! You're still alive.

And SO CLOSE to 1,000 posts, too!

Bohuslav Wojnar

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137571#Comment_137571

sympathetic highlighting, BWS word rings, backup syncing. Good bye CD hassles, multi-monitor support. dynamic collections, everything everyone else already mentioned, cleaner library, tagging support, improved searching ability, customizable and savable guides, I'm sure i could think of some more, but what I've downloaded to get a printer working is done now :-)

Yes Philip, you made my list also. Thanks. I would add iPhone support, book covers making resources much more visible, Information panel, Biblical Things, People and Places - excellent, new reverse interlinears build-in to the a good number of Bibles, highlighting by a simple key, right-button click options and many other things. I like it all [:)]

Alan Macgregor

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137855#Comment_137855

I love a neat feature in the Copy Bible Verses Function.

When you create customised layouts with a Copy Bible panel your layout "remembers" the kind of function you were using, e.g. text-only or citation-at-the-end. So, when you switch to another layout, the Copy Bible Function changes to your desired kind of function.

[H]

I have one layout which I use for finding helpful Calls to Worship which has a Text-only Copy Bible Function. See below:

Then I have my Sermon Preparation layouts which enables me to paste into my sermon notes with a Citation-at-the-end Copy Bible Function. See below:

That customised switching is an improvement on the L3 Copy Bible Verses function. Smile

BillS

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/137782#Comment_137782

Well Bill! You're still alive.

Hi Dan,

Yes... still here... work eased up some, so I'm hanging out in the forums a little more than I was able to for awhile... And despite its massive size & new guidelines, community still manages to happen once in awhile.

And SO CLOSE to 1,000 posts, too!

Yes, I'm closing in on 1,000 posts... I remember the 1st time anyone broke 1000... it was a big deal... now, given that Rosie has managed to break 4,000 without fanfare (& possibly others), I wonder if I'll even remember where I was when I broke 1,000. [;)]

Blessings to you!

BillS

In my 1st post this topic, I forgot to mention Power Lookup... I no longer have to include BDB, HALOT, BDAG, Louw-Nida, ISBE, NBD, etc., in my layouts. I can just prioritize them (so my preferences come up 1st on the list) & then get to them all via Power Lookup .

I really like Power Lookup...

jwsheets

I am a long time Logos user. I just finished a book manuscript entitled The Love Language of God, subtitled, Loving God: God's Way.It is being published by Destiny Image Publishing, and will be available in February of '11. It is a pretty good sized book, over 350 pages and has over 800 footnotes. A vast majority of those footnotes were researched in either Libronix or Logos 4. I would hate to have thought about attempting to research the book without Logos as my personal research assistant (thanks for that term Moe!). Logos is my friend :-)

Kevin Becker

I really appreciate fast searches, I only used what I knew in Libronix, now I take more forays into my library to find new information.

The interface is very intuitive for me, preparing for a lesson etc. is so easy.

Bob loves that I'm spending more money with Logos than ever! [:)]

David Parker

This is so good ....

In the Mac version, you can create highlights now.

The Mac team could have taken a month off after adding that feature IMHO.

Otto S. Carroll

The two things I like the most about Logos 4:

1. Speed / performance - MUCH faster than L3.

2. Library - Management and Collections

Sam West

I love my L4 that is every thing I know about L4 which is just enough to make me dangeous. Seriously I envy you people that know so much about this powerfull software. Where can I go to learn to get the most out of L4?

Let me throw something out there and see if you guys can help me with it and at the same time learn something about how to get around in L4

In my Precept class this week one of the questions in the work book was and I quote “in Judges 3:4, the word translated ‘obey’ is literally ‘hear’. Why do you suppose the translators chose to use the word obey?”

Judges 3:4 (NASB95) 4 They were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.

Is there resources in L4 that I can put together that would help me know this?

Thanks

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/138057#Comment_138057

Is there resources in L4 that I can put together that would help me know this?

No need to post the same question in two threads - you've been answered in the other thread.

Sam West

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/138058#Comment_138058

Yes but these people seem to be a little smarter over here!

Paul Golder

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/138061#Comment_138061

List so far:

Pericope use
Export clippings to a RTF document
Passage lists
Parallel Resources
Biblical Places & Biblical
Things
Sympathetic highlighting
BWS word rings
Backup syncing
Good bye CD hassles
Multi-monitor support
Dynamic collections
Double click word definitions
Information tool
English word look-up
Faster then it was 3 months ago
Visual filters
Power look-up
Resource window resizing and
re-aligning
Bible Word Study
Grammatical relationships
Word rings
Analysis view
Text Comparison
Logos books on the go
'Follow' link
Word Tree
Many resources
Cited By tool.
Right click options
New Interlinear set-up
Improved searching
Library Management
Increased searchability of notes
iPhone support
Book covers
Highlighting by a simple key
Copy Bible Verses and its
customized switching
Logos as a personal research
assistant
Interface is very intuitive for
preparing for a lesson etc.

Suzy

I really appreciate the library of resources that I am slowly building. My resource list is only modest in comparison to some, but as a Post Graduate student in a rural area of Australia it is of immeasurable benefit in my study and research. I study externally and have no local access to a theological library. I could never afford to build the same quality library in print.

I love books and always will. However, I must admit resources are so much more accessible in Logos in comparison to pulling each volume off the shelf and ending up with piles of open books on the table, on the floor and on any horizontal surface.

The ease and speed of searching within my library, specific texts, or groups of books is so valuable to me.

I also get great benefit from dipping (getting sidetrackedJ) into my library for my own personal spiritual growth.

Thank you Logos

Sue

Bohuslav Wojnar

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/138089#Comment_138089

List so far:

Wow, great job, Paul [Y]

Ben Curtis

You know, I am so elated to have the Logos Scholar Library, I have yet to scratch the surface of this wonderful system. I had wanted this application for the last three years. I prayed and couldn't come up with the funds for the now $264 I would need. I had to save for my new computer first. AND at only a $100 a month, it was slow going. Anyway, got the computer. Now, I can run my heavy programs (accessability, programming, ect.). So, I ask the Lord if I can get Logos sson? Well, the word came and said, "Just ask", via scripture. So, I did something I'd never do (I can be very shy). I left an email message at Logos sales asking if I can have payments or something. I told them a little of my situation. I thought for sure I'd be laughed at or just completely ignored. (I preferred the later)

I did get the payments and at only 1/2 of what I have to use for payments. I also got the Scholars Library to boot! (I only was getting a little above the lowest level.) So, what is my favorite Logos function?

The Logos Team...from developers to sales. The whole lot of them. They have been so patient with the new customers too. Those of us who know just enough to be dangerous. Bless this Logos company. I only wish most American companies were as good, in both product and services. Especially, when the economy and things are at an all time low. People are lying and cheating more and more. So sad to see.

Anyway, I like ALL of the application functions so far, and thought to point out the best people I know now.

BarJabba

Robert Pavich

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/138206#Comment_138206

Ben,

Welcome to the forums!

I'm glad that our gracious God blessed you with Logos....I certainly am that He did me!

Two things: you might want to NOT use your email as your display name (spammers get them from places like this)...

http://wiki.logos.com/Changing_Forum_Display_Name

Secondly, there are LOTS of videos and good helps at this link:

http://wiki.logos.com/Logos_4_Video_Tutorials

Ben Curtis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/138231#Comment_138231

Thank you for the advise. Was aware of the videos and tutorials already took some of them. I am thinking of getting the Lessons on Greek and Hebrew. Things is computer is costing me an arm and a leg and I hope I do not have to pay no $500 bucks. WOW that is a semester of community college too.

I tried the Display name Change...again. I folled the link just to be sure that it wasn't some new info I hadn't seen yet. Well I did at logo.com, but at the forums.logos.com it just referred me back to the Logos.com profile edits. I did not see the change from logos.com take into the forums area site...oh well, my address is outted already, can't seem to stop it...SIGH!

BarJabba [8-|]

I go by this alias at many sites for many years.