Precept Bible Study set up

can you tell me what linking those items does for you?  That might help me to understanding linking. 

LInking means that resources move together. For example, if you have two Bibles with both set to Link set A then they will both display the same reference, when you move one the other will move. When you link a Bible and commentary together then the Commentary automatically moves with the Bible to display its treatment of that version.

Having a second instance of a Bible open with "Send Hyperlinks Here" selected allows you to click Bible reference links in the commentary without upseting the apple cart. In other words if you were studying 2:4 and clicked a link in the commentary to 4:8 then the Bible and Commentary would both jump to the new verse. By having a second Bible open with the "send hyperlinks here: selected then any Bible link clicked will open in that pane instead of the Bible linked to the commentary?

Is that clear? Visit http://wiki.logos.com/Linking_Resources for pictures and a more detailed explanation.

Gloria,  a couple of suggestions.  Have you tried the Bible Word Study Report.  This will hep you access the resources you have in your library.

There is a video you can watch on how it works at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B40vPTRVJXY

If you really want to gete Zodhiates in Logos then I recommend you take a look at the AMG Bible Essentials package:

http://www.logos.com/products/details/1510

It includes his materials.  Althought it comes on a CD for Libroinx 3. You can use this with Logos 4 also.  It works out much cheaper to buy the package rather than the individual titles. This is how I got these titles in my library.

You can find more books that Logos has classified as Word Study at the following link:

http://www.logos.com/products/groups/allitems/reference-word-studies

Since you have scholars library though i recommend you always check in your library before making a purchase, somettimes there are resources you might already have that you didn't realise you already owned.

There is certainly a lot to learn at first. But keep perservering with it, it is worth while.  Try not to bite off too much at once. Focus on one aspect of the software and understanding how that works and think about how you might use in your bible study before moving on to the next part of the program.  Take a similar approach with resources, I know there's a lot in there but try to focus on becoming familar with one or two resources at at time.  Look thought the table of contents to see what it includes, read the preface and any other introductory materials. 

As you work thorugh aspects of the program and the different resources, if you can find the information you are looking already on the forum or the wiki or training videos start a new question on the forum.  Try to make the question as specific as possible.

Two books you have in scholars I suggest you start reading are How to Study the Bible and Handbook of Bible Study.  There are not going to directly answer some of the things you are asking here but will help you to think about how you are wanting to approach you study of the bible.  Having a plan of attack is the first part of the battle. Once you know what it is you want to do, you can then think about how you do it using Logos 4.  Are you familar with reading plans ?  If not then try working on setting up a reading plan for one of these books and if you run into issues post a question about the problem you are having in making it work.

You mentioned Reverse Interlinear above is ther something specific you want ot know about them.  Please feel free to start a new post asking about it.

Ron, on these part of your instructions, can you tell me what linking those items does for you?  That might help me to understanding linking. 

Hi Gloria,

Sorry, I logged off after answering your question, so didn't see this one until later.  I see that Kevin and Andrew got you taken care of [:)]

Just to add slightly to what they've said: In regard to this particular layout, you have your Bible linked to the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (TSK).  What that does is has TSK "follow" you as you read through your Bible.  When you scroll your Bible, the TSK automatically scrolls with it to stay in sync with whatever verse your Bible is currently on.  As Kevin and Andrew explained, you can link many types of resources: multiple Bibles, Bibles with commentaries, etc.

I also see that you mentioned not knowing what hyperlinks are.  Hyperlinks are the blue underlined text that you can click on to go to the cited location.  For example, in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, all those cross-references are hyperlinks.  If you click on them, they take you to that particular scripture reference.  That is why you have a second Bible open and set to "send hyperlinks here"...that way, when you click on one of the scripture references, it opens in your second Bible without disturbing your primary Bible.  This allows you to "rabbit trail" through scripture without losing your place.

Hope that helps! [:)]

I do have a widescreen...I believe the highlighting toolbar is a fixed size and can't be resized.  Sorry [:(]

It opens automatically in a fixed size column. However, If you drag the tab to a new location its size can be customized. Or if you drag the word "Highlighting" from the Tools menu you can place it in your layout like a book or guide etc.

I stand corrected...I guess I should have checked before I answered. [:$]

Thanks Kevin

I like your layout and have done my best to duplicate it. One problem I'm having - I have my other Bible set up for hyperlinks etc., but it also is displaying my highlights. I notice yours does not seem to be doing that - can you help me out, please? What am I missing?

Nothing, this is a limitation of Logos, if you have multiple copies of a resource open the visual filters displayed will be the same between the two of them. The reason why the picture in question doesn't have have highlights is likely because that passage hadn't been marked up yet. You could get around this by using a different translation for the Bible hyperlinks.

Do you know of a place where I can find a fuller Precept markup pallet? Is it possible to import one if such a thing exists?

You can't import other people's palettes into your copy of Logos. However you can create your own palette (first duplicating the existing Precept palette to save time - right click on the palette name to do so). You can find more in this video, or on the Wiki.

Do you know of a place where I can find a fuller Precept markup pallet? Is it possible to import one if such a thing exists?

You can't import other people's palettes into your copy of Logos. However you can create your own palette (first duplicating the existing Precept palette to save time - right click on the palette name to do so). You can find more in this video, or on the Wiki.

Thanks so much Mark! I appreciate that. It will take a long time to create all the different markings, but should be worth it!