Arranging resource in my Libary

If you want to create collections based on the various types in the Logos Library, use this syntax in the collections. Use a new collection for each line of syntax.

type:"Bible Commentary"
type:Encyclopedia
type:"Bible Notes"
type:Grammar

Plus any of the other types listed in steve's picture.

Tes said:

Hi, Kevin and Steve, where do I type them?

You can test a filter like "Type:Bible" by typing it into the "Find" field when you're looking at your library. If you want to create a collection with that filter, select "Collections" under the "Tools" menu. If the collection that comes up is named "Unnamed Collection", you can type in a new name to rename the collection. Then type your filter into the field below "Start with resources matching:". That will give you the same set of resources in that collection (at least as a starting point) as you would have seen in your library when using the same filter.

Hope this helps,

Donnie

Thank You! This is an excellent explanation for amateurs like me still getting to grips with the program after a year. [Y]

Tes said:

I want to arrange all my resources according to what you have done it,it would be very helpful for me

Tes,

Before you start doing your whole library, first do the example i have shown when you get time. Then after you have done the example, post a screen shot of the Passage Guide showing the Collection bar expanded here in this post so i can see that you got it right. Then we can proceed in helping you make more collections.

Tes said:

I have tried to click to expand my newly created collection ,but it is dead,have made any wrong?

Hi Tes, I'm not Steve, but I noticed that you have put your "Bible dictionaries" collection in a Commentaries section instead of a Collections section in your passage guide. Bible dictionaries are not commentaries, so they are not indexed by Bible references, so the way you did it will not work. Go reread that part of Steve's instructions, as he explains how to do it right.

Tes,

Now for helping you organize more of your library....

i do not have a large library like you, so i cannot tell you exactly how to create your collections. But there are other users which have large libraries and have added collection info on the wiki. So now let's learn how to use the collection info that others have contributed.

This section will describe how collection info is shown in the Example Collection wiki

1.  This is a screen shot of the Example Collections wiki page open in my browser.
      a.  The link to open this wiki page is Example Collections

2.  Notice the bold text above bulleted areas. This is the Collection name the user had for their collection.

3.  The Rule shows the rule that the user had in their rule box.

4.  The Manually Included Items shows books that they added in the Collection tool. You would do this when your rule does not find a book, but you want it added to your collection manually.

          a.  To add these books into your collection, you would open your Library next to the collection tool.

          b.  Then locate the book that you wanted to manually add to your collection. Then drag it to your collection and drop it in the box + Plus these resources and drop it there

            c.  After you drop the book, Logos4 shows it in the Plus these resources box and adds it to your collection.

5.  The Manually Excluded these items shows what the books that the rules included in the collection, but the user did not want them in their collection.

                   a.  Locate the book in your collection that you want to manually remove.
                        Then grab it with your mouse and drag it to the Minus these resources box and drop it there.

             b.  Notice that Logos4 removed that book from your collection and it shows up in the Minus these resources box.

6.  The Library size shows you how many resources that the user had in their Library.

            a.  There are comments at the top of the wiki page that describes why these are shown.

            b.  This is the final number of books in this Collection.

Now let's build a new collection from information on the wiki....

1.  In the wiki page of your browser, drag your mouse over the title Bible Backgrounds to select it.

           a.  Right click on the selected text, in the pop-up menu click on Copy.

2.  Now in your collection tool in Logos4, click on New to create a new collection.

        a.  Then right in the name box

        b.  In the pop-up menu click on Paste.

3.  Now in the wiki in the browser, use your mouse to drag over the Rule to select it (But NOT the word Rule: ).

        a.  Then right click on the selected text.

        b.  Then in the pop-up menu click on Copy.

4.  Now in the Logos4 collection tool, right click in the Rule box.

        a.  In the pop-up menu click on Paste.

5.  Now you have a new collection !

Now you can use this collection in your Passage Guide like you did in my earlier example.

Now that you know how to create collections found in the wiki page Example Collections, you can decide which collection that might be useful to you. I would not expect every collection to be useful to you. But there are several collections which will help you inside your Passage Guide.

Tes said:

Should I add them all In " collections/All Resources? If so I have tried to add "Bibles" which I have created,but it did not show up.

Tes, it does not make sense to add a Bibles collection to a Passage Guide. The Passage Guide is for generating a report of all the resources you have which discuss a particular Bible passage. Of course all your Bibles contain that passage you are studying, but they do not discuss it, nor do they have references to it. Whereas other books will refer to Bible passages with references like "John 3:16," you will not see such Scripture reference text within a Bible anywhere.

Could you tell us what you are trying to do by including your Bibles collection in a Passage Guide? Are you trying to make it show you that reference in all the different Bible versions? You can't do that within a Passage Guide, but there are other ways to do it. For a quick method, press F7 when you have a Bible open to a given verse, and it will show you that verse in all your top Bibles. For more control (passage ranges and unlimited number of versions), use the Text Comparison tool.

Tes said:

I want to add To my collection "hard saying  of the bible" and "figurative speech of the bible" could you tell me how and to which collection I have to add,

i don't have the book "hard sayings of the Bible". But you could create a new collection or add the books manually to a collection that you think they should be in.

1.   Open your Library next to the collection tool window. Then locate the book in your Library.

2.  In the collection tool window click on New.

3.  Then name your new collection

   Or if you want to add it to an existing Collection, click on Open and open that collection (in this case you would skip steps 2 & 3)

4.  In the Library window use your mouse to click and drag the title of the book to Plus these resources box in the collection tool window and drop it there.

5.  Now notice that Logos4 shows your book title in the Plus these resources box of the collection window. Also notice that your book appears in your collection list in the collection window.

Repeat step 4 for other books that you want to manually add to your collection.