Profile Switching

At the present time, I use Logos in multiple contexts;

1. Personal study/research

2. Sermon preparation

3. Academic study (2 different institutions)

Whilst there is some crossover between these in terms of the
resources, I often end up using different sets of
commentaries/dictionaries, which can be easily defined in collections. However, when it comes to shortcuts and
priorities, these seem to be fixed to a single set-up.

It would be very useful to
be able to switch profiles, in order in to customise Logos for what I
am doing, having, for example, different sets of prioritised resources
and different shortcut buttons within each profile. Also, tying
settings such as the citation style and preferred bible to a profile rather than a global setting would be helpful to save continuously
changing them back and forth.

Thanks,

James.

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Rosie Perera

Good idea! [Y]

Douglas

Exellent idea!! You should add this one to UserVoice! [Y]

Mark Barnes

I've struck similar problems. I'd rather a macro system than a profile system, as (for example) I wouldn't want to maintain two different prioritisations, whereas I would want some other customisations which you might not need.

Douglas

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/221754#Comment_221754

Hello,

I thought he was talking about something similar to a windows logon, where according to which mode of life you are in you sign in with that mode in mind. Not really a "maintaining" of profiles, as far as I understand, but rather an separately adjusted Logos for each mode of life (ex. His & Hers

Thanks!

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/221757#Comment_221757

I thought he was talking about something similar to a windows logon,
where according to which mode of life you are in you sign in with that
mode in mind. Not really a "maintaining" of profiles, as far as I
understand, but rather an separately adjusted Logos for each mode of
life (ex. His & Hers

I'm not sure what
the extent of the OP's intent was, but I doubt he was talking about what
you're describing. What you're describing is already possible since
Logos has a per-user licensing policy, so "he" and "she" would have to
buy their own copy of Logos, and all their personal settings and
resources are stored with their user profile. As each one logs on, those
would come into play in using a totally separate installation of Logos.
A single user that sometimes works as a pastor but sometimes wants to
do personal study or academic research might want to have different
shortcuts and settings for those different purposes.

The best suggestion I can come up with for now is to use supersets of all the
things one might want to switch differently in different profiles, and
then you have access to all of them all the time. For example, create
three different highlighting palettes, one each for pastor, academic,
and devotional. Create three different main folders under Favorites. Put
all the shortcuts you might want access to in any of your three modes
on the shortcut bar but in three different groupings. (This is easier with a wide monitor so there's isn't too much crowding of buttons.)

Prioritization and
Program Settings unfortunately could not be handled this way, so there
might still be a need to group such settings together under switchable
profiles, but I'm guessing the need for this would be relatively
minuscule and not something Logos is likely to consider a priority in
the near future. However it's good to get it on the list to be considered.