Arranging resource in my Libary

Tes said:

but still  I have two passage guides,the one on the left side is the new one ,which I have created,and the one on the right side is ,perhaps the standart passage guide of logos 4.

There is your problem. You have 2 copies of your Passage Guide open to the same scripture reference. Unfortunately Logos4 does not permit naming saved Passage Guides.

The next step in using a Passage Guide where you want specific Collections (or other bars that you have added) to show up each time you pull up a Passage Guide is to build a Custom Passage Guide. Once that you build a Custom Passage Guide you can open it directly from the Guides menu.

To learn how to build a Custom Passage Guide view this wiki page: Customizing the Passage and Exegetical Guides

Tes said:My fear is if I delete the right one ,then I am not going to be able to get it back again,

If you build a Custom Passage Guide, then you can always get it back. When you open your Custom Passage Guide, you would just need to type into the reference box the scripture passage you used the last time you were in the guide.

EDIT: after zooming on your image in the previous post, i see that your scripture references are not the same. Logos4 will save guides on exact scripture references. So Logos4 has saved your guides on both of your scripture references. Even though they overlap, they are not the same scripture reference.

One way to get back to a specific saved guide is to add your Passage Guide (while viewing your exact scripture reference) to your Favorites and renaming it in your favorites so that you can find it again.

1.  With your mouse grab and drag your Passage Guide ....
     (while you are dragging your Passage Guide, the Passage Guide window will temporarily disappear because Logos4 is not sure if you are just rearranging your layout, but after you drop it in step 2 your guide will reappear)

2.  To your Favorites tool window and drop it there.

     a. After you drop it there you will probably want to rename it so that you can easily find it again.

     b. Then in the future when you want to open it, just click on it in your favorites.

Tes said:

I am having problem to build custom passage,The collection I have created have different headings than ,what are listed in the standard list.I am a bit confused .

Give me some time and i will add a new wiki page for an example on building a new Custom Passage Guide. When i get it done i will post a link to it here.

EDIT: the new wiki is: Building a Custom Guide Example

Tes said:

steve clark said:

Give me some time and i will add a new wiki page for an example on building a new Custom Passage Guide. When i get it done i will post a link to it here.

Ok.thank you steve.

the new wiki is: Building a Custom Guide Example

Tes said:

I have seen a good list in your Passage guide .How did you create the resources you have listed them in the custom bible study guides? 

Collection Title:  All Bibles
Collection Rule:  type:Bible ANDNOT (title:targum)
Use: Mostly for searching

Collection Title:  Bible Background

Collection Rule:  the same as on Example Commentaries wiki page
Use: Mostly in Passage Guide

Collection Title:  Bible Dictionaries

Collection Rule:  type:encyclopedia AND subject:bible
Use: Mostly in Passage Guide

Collection Title:  Bibliography

Collection Rule:  rating:>=0

Use: For printing a list of all my books

Collection Title:  Comm NT

Collection Rule:  ((subject:"N.T." OR title:(matt, mark, luke, john, acts, romans, corinthi, galat, ephesh, philippi, colossi, thessa, timoth, titus, phile, hebrews, james, peter, john, jude, revela)) ANDNOT (title:(old,henry,study,genes, exodu, levit, deut,joshu,judges,ruth,samuel,kings,chronic,ezra,nehem,esther,job,psalm,proverb,eccles,"song of son"),subject:"O.T.")) AND type:comment

Use: Mostly in Passage Guide, New Testament commentaries

Collection Title:  Comm OT

Collection Rule:  (title:old OR title:(genes, exod, levit, numb, deut, josh, judg, ruth, samue, kings, chronic, ezra, nehem, esther, job, psalms, proverb, "song of", eccles, isaiah, jerem, lament, ezekiel, daniel, hosea, joel, amos, obadiah, jonah, micah, nahum, habakk, zephan, haggai, zecha, malachi) ) AND title:commen

Use: Mostly in Passage Guide, Old Testament commentaries

Collection Title:  Devotionals
Collection Rule:  type:devotion
Use: Mostly for searching in my devotional resources

Collection Title:  Dictionaries
Collection Rule:  (title:dict AND type:Encyclopedia AND subject:bible)
Use: Mostly for searching in my dictionaries both English and Bible

Collection Title:  DictLex
Collection Rule:  mytag:dict OR mytag:lexicon
Use: Mostly for searching in my dictionaries and lexicons that i have tagged in my Library

Collection Title:  English Bibles
Collection Rule:  type:bible AND lang:english
Use: in various searches and other places

Collection Title:  Grammar
Collection Rule:  type:grammar OR subject:grammar
Use: Mostly in Exegetical Guide

Collection Title:  Images2
Collection Rule:  type:media OR type:map
Use: Mostly in searching for images for my Grandkids Bible study

Collection Title:  Monographs
Collection Rule:  type:monograph
Use: Mostly in searching for something in Non-Bibles

Collection Title:  Non-(Bible,Commentaries,Dictionaries)
Collection Rule:  rating:>=0 ANDNOT (type:bible OR type:commentary OR type:encyclopedia OR title:study OR title:systemat)
Use: Mostly in searching for something in Non-Bibles Non-Commentaries, & Non-Systematic Theology books

Collection Title:  Non-Bibles
Collection Rule:  (rating:<=5)  ANDNOT (type:Bible, mytag:maps, title:image, type:timeline, mytag:music)
Use: Mostly in searching for something in Non-Bibles, but includes Commentaries

Collection Title:  Other Commentaries
Collection Rule:   (mytag:"fav commentary") ANDNOT (mytag:"comm verse" OR mytag:"comm topic" OR mytag:"comm howto")
Use: Mostly in searching for something in Commentaries which i have tagged that i like, but are not my normally used ones

Collection Title:  Study BIbles
Collection Rule:  (title:Study AND title:bible)
Use: Mostly in searching for something in my study Bibles that are in my collection

Collection Title:  Top Bibles
Collection Rule:  (mytag:"fav bibles" AND rating:>=3)
Use: Mostly in searching for something in my favorite Bibles that are in my collection that i have tagged and rated

Collection Title:  Topic Commentaries
Collection Rule: (mytag:"comm topic")
Use: Mostly in searching for something in my commentaries that i have tagged as dealing with scripture in a topic format

Collection Title:  Topical Search
Collection Rule:  title:topical OR subject:topic
Use: Mostly in searching for something in topical books

Collection Title:  Verse Comm
Collection Rule:  (mytag:"comm verse")
Use: Mostly in searching for something in my commentaries that i have tagged as dealing with scripture in a verse format

Steve,

Excellent work and you are to be commended for your patient follow through in this whole thread - helping everybody who will ever stop by.

My question is : I was told on another thread that many Collections will slow down L4. Is this true? Under all circumstances (just having created them - even if you are not currently searching them)

Paul Bradley said:

Matt Jarka said:

David Carter said:

David Paul said:

Paul, Matt, David, David,

glad i could help!

EDIT: sorry it took me so long to respond to ya'll, got busy answering posts and making wiki pages.

Tes,

Tes said:

1.  I have no orientation `,no idea.about the last post you have sent me,how?

In your post that i answered you showed my list of Guides. My answer shows you which tools i have installed for each of my guides.

Tes said:

2.  How do I add new resources to the collection I have already created,for eg I want to add "figurative speech "and "hard saying of the Bible" and to which collection ?

1.  i explained how to add these books to a new collection in this post    (i do not have the 'Hard Sayings' book)

2.  Open your passage guide and enter the scripture reference Rom 1:16 and press Enter.

3.  Use the Add to add your new collection like i showed you in steps 3 & 4 (bottom half of post)  this post

4.  change the Settings to use the collection Sayings & Figure of Speech following step 6 (bottom half of post shown in above step) .

5.  Then just view that collection. Notice all the hits for Figures of Speech.

Tes,

Looking at your Passage Guide on the left in the top picture of your post, i noticed that you have several copies of collections named Bible Backgrounds. i am not sure what you have as Rules for each of those collections. If they have the same rules, you probably want to delete those collections (except keep just one of them).

1.  Open the Collection tool. Then click on Open. Logos4 will show the drop down list of your collections.

2.  Notice that i have 2 copies of Sayings & Figure of Speech.
         In your case, you will probably see Bible Background (x)
                              

3.  If you right click on the collection that you want to delete, Logos4 will show you another drop down menu.

4.  If you click on Delete, Logos4 will delete that collection. Warning: when you delete a collection it is permanently gone!

i also wonder how many Bible Dictionaries (?) that you have. If you have more than 1, then you probably want to delete them too.

Having so many collections in your Custom Passage Guide will really slow down how fast the Passage Guide works. Not to mention that it can be confusing to you.

Once that you clean up your list of collections, we might want to review how to edit a Custom Passage Guide. But i will be busy most of today. But maybe later this evening we can review how to do that.

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