Great new Mac Feature - Get bible verses directly in Pages!
This is a great little feature in the new Mac release. In an y application that lets you use the services menu (e.g. pages) just highlight a verse reference such as Mark 1 and click [Shift] [cmd] e. Viola! The verse/s appear as though you had used the copy bible verses function, although with ludicrously fast speed!
This is is going to be a great time saver. It is worth noting it may not be available/turned on by default. It wasn't for me. To get it working go to your Mac system preferences, select keyboard. Choose Services from the box on the left. Then scroll down the list on the right until you see Copy Bible Verses & Replace with Passage. Click them to make them active.
I've attached a picture that may help. Thanks Mac Devs for this addition
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This is a great feature that I would make much of if I could use it in MS Word 2008, but at the moment I'm not able to. Pages works fine, but not in Word. I have a thread open already - http://community.logos.com/forums/t/30560.aspx
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I wonder if some other function in Word is hogging those shortcuts? You could try to assign a different shortcut and see if that works?
I don't have word but I've tried it in a few other applications (not ones I would ever use it in - but just to test) and it works in them...
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David Sawyer said:
I wonder if some other function in Word is hogging those shortcuts? You could try to assign a different shortcut and see if that works?
I don't have word but I've tried it in a few other applications (not ones I would ever use it in - but just to test) and it works in them...
Can confim that there is a conflict with "Replace with Passage" (Shift-Cmd-E) - this brings up the Reviewing Toolbar.
There are no services listed in the Word main menu, as there is in Pages. Perhaps Services aren't available in Word/ MS Office?
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Services menu says...
Does this mean service can't be used, or that Word doesn't recognise any available services?
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Mmmm. That is promising. I would expect if it was totally unsupported it would not have the menu at all...
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David Sawyer said:
Mmmm. That is promising. I would expect if it was totally unsupported it would not have the menu at all...
And surely the point of these services is that they are system-wide, not application-dependant?
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Answer given in another thread from a kind Logos dev. Sad times. [:'(]
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David Sawyer said:
This is a great little feature in the new Mac release. In an y application that lets you use the services menu (e.g. pages) just highlight a verse reference such as Mark 1 and click [Shift] [cmd] e. Viola! The verse/s appear as though you had used the copy bible verses function, although with ludicrously fast speed!
This is is going to be a great time saver. It is worth noting it may not be available/turned on by default. It wasn't for me. To get it working go to your Mac system preferences, select keyboard. Choose Services from the box on the left. Then scroll down the list on the right until you see Copy Bible Verses & Replace with Passage. Click them to make them active.
I've attached a picture that may help. Thanks Mac Devs for this addition
That's weird. I don't have those options in my control panel. Did you have to manually add them? Thanks.
JKM+
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same here, these options are not under my keyboard services list.
Jesse Frame - New Mission Systems International, Australia
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I'm not seeing them either. I wonder what has to happen to make them appear?
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Jesse Frame said:
same here, these options are not under my keyboard services list.
William N Knisely said:I'm not seeing them either. I wonder what has to happen to make them appear?
Kevin Maney said:That's weird. I don't have those options in my control panel. Did you have to manually add them? Thanks.
What version of OS X are you running? Wonder if there might be differences between Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard in the use of Services.
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Benefits of this feature would include quick implementation of verses or passages into documents we're writing. Are there other ways it can be used?
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cool.. it works for me. I'm using OS X 10.6.5 and Logos Bible Software 4.2a (4.21.5.0585) (Update Channel: beta).
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This feature isn't working for me. I've followed the instructions, but every time I try to use it, it activates Parallels and Logos (PC). For some reason, it bypasses Logos (Mac)!
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Works in Word 2011. Service menu in Word shows these options available.
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Does this work on the i-pad if I have the pages and logos apps?
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Sure wish I could get it to work in Word 4 Mac 2011.
Can we get a screen shot for this program?
Appreciate it...Michael
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This what my Word screen looks like after I have selected the bible reference.
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Garcia said:
This what my Word screen looks like after I have selected the bible reference.
I have Word 2011 and all I see under text in services menu is make a new sticky note.
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This looks like an awesome feature, but unfortunately I'm not seeing this in my system preferences. What version of OS X are you guys running? I have Snow Leopard. Maybe I have something else shut off or on that is preventing this feature from working.
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What application are you using? We've already established that it won't work with MS Office for Mac 2008.
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I had to select the ref first before the shortcuts appeared and worked. At first I couldn't figure out it why it was intermitten before I realized that I had to have the ref selected .
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Running:
MAC OS X 10.6.6
Word for MAC 2011 Version 14.0.2 (10115)
Logos 4.2a SR-1 (4.21.5.0790)
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On Leopard, you may need to reboot, the services menu is generated from your applications when you log onto your computer.
On Snow Leopard, you can update your Services from the System Preferences (or rebooting)
System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Click on 'Services' then disable and reenable
Reboot if disable/enable does not work
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On Leopard, you may need to reboot, the services menu is generated from your applications when you log onto your computer.
On Snow Leopard, you can update your Services from the System Preferences (or rebooting)
System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Click on 'Services' then disable and reenable
Reboot if disable/enable does not work
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Rebooting the computer worked for me. Thanks, Glenn.
Soli Deo Gloria,
Randy
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I am using OS X 10.6.6 and Logos Bible Software 4.2a SR-1 (4.21.5.0790). Other than turning it on in the services menu I didn't have to do anything... to get it to work.
I do also have parellels and Logos on there, but this doesn't get activated when I use it.
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It looks like it works inside facebook comment boxes as well!
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Paul Newsome said:
It looks like it works inside facebook comment boxes as well!
Found a conflict in Chrome. Shift-Command-J brings up the downloads window. Any ideas how to change keyboard shortcuts for Chrome?
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Richard Wardman said:
Any ideas how to change keyboard shortcuts for Chrome?
Apparently, it's not possible at this time.
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If an app has a conflicting shortcut, it wins.
The Services menu will strip the shortcut keystroke. You may be able to adjust your system keyboard preferences, but I suspect some other app will potentially win that race too. You can always use the mouse to select the services menu.
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Glenn Gervais said:
If an app has a conflicting shortcut, it wins.
The Services menu will strip the shortcut keystroke. You may be able to adjust your system keyboard preferences, but I suspect some other app will potentially win that race too. You can always use the mouse to select the services menu.
Sorta like digital rock-paper-scissors! I figured I would have to attempt to find an alternative shortcut. Thanks (again!).
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Kevin Maney said:David Sawyer said:
This is a great little feature in the new Mac release. In an y application that lets you use the services menu (e.g. pages) just highlight a verse reference such as Mark 1 and click [Shift] [cmd] e. Viola! The verse/s appear as though you had used the copy bible verses function, although with ludicrously fast speed!
This is is going to be a great time saver. It is worth noting it may not be available/turned on by default. It wasn't for me. To get it working go to your Mac system preferences, select keyboard. Choose Services from the box on the left. Then scroll down the list on the right until you see Copy Bible Verses & Replace with Passage. Click them to make them active.
I've attached a picture that may help. Thanks Mac Devs for this addition
That's weird. I don't have those options in my control panel. Did you have to manually add them? Thanks.
I fixed this by rebooting. These options are now available.
JKM+
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Garry, I am having the same problem: activating Parallels and Logos (PC), bypassing Logos (Mac). If you find a solution, I would to love to hear it.
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Mark A. Copeland said:
Garry, I am having the same problem: activating Parallels and Logos (PC), bypassing Logos (Mac). If you find a solution, I would to love to hear it.
Ditto for me - launches Logos 4 through Parallels rather than my Logos 4 MAC install.
2015 13" MacBook Pro - 2 Ghz Intel i7 - 16 GB RAM - 500GB SSD - 2018 iMac Pro - 3.2GHz 8-core Xeon - both systems running OS 10.14.3 (Mojave)
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I might add that in my case launching Parallels and then Logos4 (PC) occurs even though I have uninstalled Logos4 (PC), so I constantly get an error message once Parallels has loaded in Coherence mode.
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I still haven't found a solution. Logos specialists, please help! :-)
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Hmmm, I tried the copy Bible verse feature, but it brought up the Online Bible, which I don't even have anymore. It was just blank. How do I get it to switch over to Logos instead?
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Garry Vanderveen said:
I still haven't found a solution. Logos specialists, please help! :-)
We are looking into this issue and will update this thread when we have more information.
Follow up: Garry, Mark, and Michael -- What version of Mac OS are you running and what version of Parallels? I'm not able to reproduce the problem with Mac 10.6.6 and Parallels 6.0.11994.
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Bob Rockhill said:
Hmmm, I tried the copy Bible verse feature, but it brought up the Online Bible, which I don't even have anymore. It was just blank. How do I get it to switch over to Logos instead?
Just a quick observation on Online Bible (which is brilliant, but not as all encompassing as Logos).
It has a Command-7 feature which allows the verse(s) selected (even if only part is selected) and then Online Bible offers a list of open apps for destination, to which your selection then switches to your cursor location in that app. A simple paste completes the process.
So what you are experiencing is the Command-7 still being attached to Online Bible.
As reported above, changing the system settings in System Preferences should resolve this to your choice.
Clive
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Melissa Snyder said:
We are looking into this issue and will update this thread when we have more information.
Follow up: Garry, Mark, and Michael -- What version of Mac OS are you running and what version of Parallels? I'm not able to reproduce the problem with Mac 10.6.6 and Parallels 6.0.11994.
Melissa, I have the same versions of Mac (10.6.6) and Parallels (6.0.11994).
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I have the same version of Mac (10.6.6) and Parallels (6.0.11994) and the same problem with Logos opening in Parallels instead of Logos4Mac--even when the Mac version is already open and Parallels is not.
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Melissa,
I am using Mac 10.6.6 and Parallels 5.0.9344.
Thanks for looking into this for me. Greatly appreciated.
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Garry Vanderveen said:
I am using Mac 10.6.6 and Parallels 5.0.9344.
Mark A. Copeland said:Melissa, I have the same versions of Mac (10.6.6) and Parallels (6.0.11994).
Dan Giese said:
I have the same version of Mac (10.6.6) and Parallels (6.0.11994) and the same problem with Logos opening in Parallels instead of Logos4Mac--even when the Mac version is already open and Parallels is not.Thanks for getting back to me. Are you sharing any folders Logos 4 uses on the Mac with your Windows VM or vice versa?
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As far as I can tell (but I confess I'm quite illiterate in these matters :-)), I am not sharing any Logos 4Mac folders with my Windows VM.
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Thanks for getting back to me. Are you sharing any folders Logos 4 uses on the Mac with your Windows VM or vice versa?
Not that I know of.
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I know Fusion has the option to launch Windows apps from within the Mac, sort of like if you click to open a wmv file on your Mac it will launch Windows Media Player in the VM and send the file there. I assume Parallels has something similar. Try turning that off?
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That did it! Thanks Chris.
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Chris Roberts said:
I know Fusion has the option to launch Windows apps from within the Mac, sort of like if you click to open a wmv file on your Mac it will launch Windows Media Player in the VM and send the file there. I assume Parallels has something similar. Try turning that off?
Yes, thank you Chris. I thought I had found a setting like that in Parallels for my VM, but it was enabled and it was still working correctly for me, so there must be another setting I didn't find.
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Melissa Snyder said:Chris Roberts said:
I know Fusion has the option to launch Windows apps from within the Mac, sort of like if you click to open a wmv file on your Mac it will launch Windows Media Player in the VM and send the file there. I assume Parallels has something similar. Try turning that off?
Yes, thank you Chris. I thought I had found a setting like that in Parallels for my VM, but it was enabled and it was still working correctly for me, so there must be another setting I didn't find.
I'm aware of two different settings - one to share files with the VM, another to actually launch applications in the VM. You can share files without any problem, but launching applications can be an annoyance if one doesn't realize it's enabled.
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