Will there be a less time consuming way to add note references?

Question

I know there is talk about re-vamping Notes, and I am sure it is not officially decided what will be changed or not. However, I am hoping I can perhaps get clarity about how references are added. I specifically have two questions:

First, if I have 30 references I need to add to a note, will I still need to add them one at a time? Or will there be a way to add all the biblical references of a search term to be references for the  note?

Second, if I have a note with a bunch of references, and then I have another note which needs the same references, will I still need to add each reference one at a time to the new note? Or will I be able to copy the bulk references of the first note and add them to the new note?

It is just extremely time consuming sometimes when I have20 or 30 references and I have 4 separate notes which need the same references.

If it is still not known if this will be improved, it is ok, but I just figured I would check and see if anyone knows anything.

Thank you.

Kristin · Answer

Hi @Dave Hooton, thank you for the screenshot, and yes, it is overwhelming when I have 30 references to manually add, and also overwhelming when there are too many anchors on one verse. I am not sure what else to do though since I need the material available when I look at a verse. I have tried creating Sermons, which is helpful in very specific situations, but is generally not a practical substitute since I need the info when I look at the verse.

If you or anyone has an idea of how I could better handle the info, please let me know, but I am pretty sure there really isn't anything like note anchors as far as accessing information in the text.

Dave Hooton · Answer

@Kristin If you personally have 30 references you want to add to a note, do you just set aside the needed time and just do it one by one?

If I came up with 30 anchors for one Note I could not imagine that they also appply to other Notes! Here is an anchor referenced from two different Notes:

It has the Note characteristics of its two parents i.e. two note icons and two highlighting styles. Even if all parent Notes had the same style, multiple note icons can be overwhelming. And it can become a Note in its own right if not previously one (if a parent is a Note by Reference).

It think it would be possible to copy/paste multiple anchors in a Note but it would require an Idea to be submitted in the Suggestions Forum.

Kristin · Answer

Hi @Dave Hooton, thank you for letting me know, and thank you also for perceiving my question. Yes, you are correct that I was referring about anchors.

Regarding them not being improved, to be honest, I am kind of surprised this isn't being improved, since it seems like a need a lot of people would have. Do most people not need to actually have their notes immediately accessible through anchors? Or do most people only link two or 3 verses?

If you personally have 30 references you want to add to a note, do you just set aside the needed time and just do it one by one? Or is there an easier, less time consuming, way I am not considering? My ultimate goal is just having notes accessible at the verse I am looking at.