Notes - What is the Proper way to Create a Note???

I have been trying to figure out the proper way to create a Note and I simply can't get it. I select a portion of Scripture - go to File - Notes - then I change the default name of the Note to reflect the Selected Text (i.e. Exodus 4:20) - then I select the Add Note Button. I type in my note. Then I go back to the highlighted text - Right click on the text - select Add Note to Exodus 4:20 - cut/paste from the previous Note into the new Note. I then delete the previously created note. Lastly I change the Font to 16 since the Preference setting for Default Note Fonts doesn't seem to work.

That seems like a lot of effort to create a note. Can somebody please tell me what I am doing wrong. I know there is an easier way - I just can't figure it out.

Thanks

Mike

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Graham Criddle

Hi Mike

(This reply is from a Windows user - where there are slight differences in the Mac interface I don't know)

When you do "File - Notes" you are creating a new notes file (which can contain a number of notes). You have the choice as to whether you use large notes files (containing lots of notes) or small ones (containing single or a small number of notes).

After having created a notes file you can go back to your selected text, right-click on it and add it (as a note) to the notes file.

If you add it as a "selection" (this is an option in the right-click menu) then the text will get entered in truncated form

If you add it as a "reference", a reference to the text will get entered.

In both cases, there will be a text box under the note you have just created allowing you to enter your note.

Does this make sense / help?

For more details please see http://wiki.logos.com/Notes

Graham

Wes Saad

First, on fonts, I haven't played with font settings so I don't know what the problem might be, but notes is still under construction so this is probably something that just doesn't work yet.

On creating notes, you definitely don't want to go to File -> Notes every time. You can store many notes in a single note file but will have quite a jumble if you create a new note file for every note. I have one note file for my Bible readings. When I am ready to read I open the note file (actually, I have it in a Daily Reading layout so I just open the layout and there are my notes; see screenshot below) then if I want to make a note I highlight the section, right click, and select "Add Note to ESV Notes" Be sure to note that a bug in the notes will keep it from automatically scrolling to your note. In the screenshots below I created a note on Zechariah 9:1 but had several notes above and below it. When I added the note, the Notes file remained at the top of my notes so I had to scroll down to the new note for my passage, an aggravating task when scrolling notes is still buggy.

My daily reading layout:

How to add a note from your Bible (or any other resource):

Once you've created a note, scroll down your notes file and type away:

Mike Strawn

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/176499#Comment_176499

Thanks Graham - so if I File - Note - I can create kind of a Master Note - i.e. Exodus Notes - then add individual Notes that will fall under the Exodus Notes top level Note if you will. Otherwise if I want to create individual notes for each selected text - I need to use the other technique that you described. I just wasn't sure which technique resulted in the text selected now being highlighted with the small Note icon showing up next to the text. Thanks for the help - it is much appreciated.

-Mike

Mike Strawn

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/176508#Comment_176508

Thanks Chris for taking the time to explain and document the process - it is much clearer now that you and Graham took the time to clarify. Thanks guys - I really appreciate it.

-Mike

Mike Binks

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/176509#Comment_176509

Hi Mike,

I seem to remember a post from earlier this year that spoke about the original idea for notes.

As I remember it... It stated that while you could have a large note file for something like the ESV it would be much better performance wise to have a note file for each study, sermon, or couple of Chapters.

When you open the resource the note marker would be in the text and clicking on them would open any existing file for that part of the resource.

The problem with big files is speed of access and mobility.

But all this is from memory so I may be wrong.