How do you utilize clippings?

I'm not asking how to use them, but what are some examples of what you are doing with them? I use clippings some, but not very much and I would like to utilize them more.

Rosie, you mentioned using clippings in a different post with the Early Church Fathers. As the writings of the ECF are something I am interested in, could you elaborate?

Thanks,

Ron

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Kenneth Neighoff

I use clippings as I used to use the old fashioned note cards when doing research in the library.

Alan Macgregor

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/243159#Comment_243159

I use clippings to put together my rough notes for a congregational bible study which I lead. Then I export the clippings to a Word file for redaction.

toughski

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/243162#Comment_243162

I use clippings as a repository of quotes, jokes, stories, statistics an other illustrations (with the use of tags to make them searchable)

Cliff Schroeder

Clipping Files are one of my favorite features! I can quickly grab references and selections and then filter through them later. I create a Clipping file for each sermon I'm writing and each fact I'm researching.

I do wish it were possible to create a Clipping files on the fly. When I find something interesting, and right click on it, I should have the option to "Create New Clipping"

Juanita

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/243755#Comment_243755

Gentlemen,

I would like to use clippings but I hesitate to start and get into it and down the road discover I am slowing my system down when using L4 or is that scenario irrelevant????

BillS

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/243755#Comment_243755

I do wish it were possible to create a Clipping files on the fly. When I find something interesting, and right click on it, I should have the option to "Create New Clipping"

[Y] +1

BillS

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/243162#Comment_243162

I use clippings to put together my rough notes for a congregational bible study which I lead. Then I export the clippings to a Word file for redaction.

Hi Alan,

Would you be willing to outline the process in which you do this? You see something... and then?

Wes Saad

Nothing new on my end, just what others have said. I use clippings with my sermons, always creating a new Clippings file for each sermon. As I read commentaries or other material on my text, when I come across something I want to remember I just add it to the clipping file.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/243804#Comment_243804

I have one clippings file that uses the feature differently from how others have described their use of it. I copied all the tables of contents of the volumes of the Early Church Fathers into clippings so I have one easy place to search to find which volume a particular work is in. Unfortunately this clippings file is exceedingly slow to open and navigate in, perhaps due to all the links. I know there are other faster ways to do what I'm doing -- e.g., put it all into a Note -- but I'm keeping it anyway as a test case and hoping Logos will speed up clippings so I can actually use it one day.

Pam Larson

I have 2 clippings files. One is for my Greek paradigms. The other has definitions of terms I've had to look up, e.g. Heilsgeschichte. I haven't used them for awhile because they really slow things down.

Ronald Quick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/243755#Comment_243755

I do wish it were possible to create a Clipping files on the fly. When I find something interesting, and right click on it, I should have the option to "Create New Clipping"

I also would like this feature.

Ronald Quick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/243846#Comment_243846

Thanks for all the replies.

Jim VanSchoonhoven

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/243836#Comment_243836

I kind of use clippings but it is not called that, I use another bible program that I keep open with Logos, when I do am doing reading or research, and I run accross something that is interesting to me I make a file for the topic and throw the section I want to save into the file, once it is in the file I can do with it what ever I want since the note file in the other program has lot of power to do with it what ever I want.

I arrange the files by topics and also by verses. I throw parts that I find helpful from all my different commentaries into files according to the book, chapter, verse. I can then go back arange the material how ever I like it and I have a best of the best commentary taylored to my own liking and it is simple to do. If you set things up right you also know where the different comments came from. I keep this program running with Logos all the time.

I use the same ideas when I am reading a book, I make chapter files for each book I am reading, any thing is really important I throw it in the file for that chapter, that way I have a great way to review they important points of the book and if I need to I can also make comments on the saved parts.

I also do this some times for more than one book on the same topic and throw all the good stuff in the file from 4-5 books this allows me to have my own super book on a topic.

For Seminary classes you can do a single file that includes material for class notes and your class book. If you want to later add notes from other sources you can.

If you need to you can use this program to search your notes, so if you forget where something is found, you can find it by searching for it.

I really wish I could do all of this in Logos.

In Christ,

Jim VanSchoonhoven

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/243847#Comment_243847

I'm late to this party. [;)]

I use clippings in three ways:

for extracts of books that may be useful for notes or questions in generating Bible studies
for comparison - e.g. I am currently gathering the outlines of books from various sources into a clippings file to compare divisions and text descriptions
for quotes that personally interest me for no better reason than they interest me