How to Create Passage List from file

Hi all,

I'm a Mac user with a Keynote Presentation for a study on 1st John. In the presentation, I have a bunch of references to verses in 1st John (abbreviated always like, "1 Jn 4:3"), a few verses from Hebrews, and one passage from Matthew.

I want to make a list of all verses / passages used, and then email that list to different members of the bible study group.

I thought Passage List could do this, but when I select "from file" then choose the appropriate Keynote file, I get weird results. Choosing the Keynote file yields several initial entries for "1 John 1 1" yet it shows the text for the entire first Chapter. If I export the file to PPT format or Word, I get different verses in the list that don't even match my verses in the presentation - for example, I'll get references to Psalms or Malachi, etc.

Am I barking up the wrong tree, or am I on the right track, just needing a few pointers?

TIA,

Brian

I attached a screen shot of a slide, to show how I list verses in a typical slide... sometimes with a two-letter abbreviation, sometimes three-letter, and sometimes four-letter abbreviations are used.

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JT (alabama24)

I'm not able to check right now, but I think your abbreviations should work. My guess is that using the keynote file is part of the problem... I'll have to experiment later. Can you upload one for me?

Brian

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/521914#Comment_521914

Thank for the reply alabama24...

I created a sample Keynote file with the references, 1 Jn 1:4, 1 Jn 1:9, 1 Jn 2:4, 2 Jn 7, and Matt 13:41

Here is a link to a Keynote file

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8169867/Test-Keynote.key

and here is the same file, converted to PPT

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8169867/Test-Keynote.ppt

Here is a picture of the result in Logos when I add verses from the Keynote file:

and here is the result when adding from Powerpoint.

Brian

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/521914#Comment_521914

Looks like I really need to have a TXT file. This is okay - a bit cumbersome - but not much of a problem. Even with a TXT file, I did have at least one reference in a text box that didn't get imported - BUT... this is not a problem with Logos; it's a problem with Powerpoint. For some reason powerpoint didn't add this text box to the "outline" that it uses for saving to rtf / txt.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/521940#Comment_521940

I think there may be a bug... I know that I have used .docx files before. I just tried and could not get it to work. I highlighted the text and tried "from clipboard"... worked like a charm.

I have never used "from file" on a .ppt or keynote document before, so I can't comment on how that is currently working (or not). I'll create a new BUG thread in the beta forum to see if there is an issue.

Brian

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/522040#Comment_522040

cool. thanks!