Highlighters on the Shortcut Bar

I have a Windows 8 tablet and prefer to read and highlight without a keyboard (physical or virtual). My tablet does NOT have a stylus.

I have a mouse so that allows me to select text (instead of trying to use my finger to select). I can open the Highlighting panel and use the highlighters in there. But that takes up precious real estate on the small tablet screen.

Question: How do I add the highlight pens (yellow, orange, etc) to the shortcut bar up top (between the command box and the sync icon)? I tried dragging a highlight pen from the highlight panel to the shortcut area but it doesn't work.

I also noticed that the Highlighting panel cannot be sized (shrunk). Is that by design?

Thanks!

Peter

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JT (alabama24)

Peter – I have no idea about adding highlighter links to the shortcut bar... As for changing the size of the highlighting panel... Move it to another panel first. The "tool" panels are fixed width when opened, but can be changed by removing them from their normal left or right side.

David Thomas

I have a Windows 8 tablet and prefer to read and highlight without a keyboard (physical or virtual).

I have a mouse so that allows me to select text (instead of trying to use my finger to select).

I have found on my Win8 tablet that I have 2 options. 1) keep the Highlighting palette open to click on my preferred style or 2) assign a shortcut key to the style. It looks like you're gonna have to choose - Keyboard or Keep Palette open.

You can move the Highlighting tool (the tab on top of the pane which will "open the highlighting pane" if it is clicked on from the shortcut bar) to the shortcut bar, but not individual styles.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/518251#Comment_518251

Thank you both.

As Windows 8 touch-screen machines become more popular, I hope Logos will take a serious look at fine tuning the UI for purely touch-based real-world usage scenarios. Little changes like allowing for a better way to highlight with your finger will go a long way toward improving the user's day-to-day experience.

Peter