Customising the Shortcut Bar and organising favourites

I have dragged some of the commands (e.g. close all, facilitate serendipitous discovery, update now, etc.) onto the shortcut bar for convenience and was wondering if it is possible to assign a unique (or even custom) icon or label to each shortcut as, at a glance, they all look identical (two arrows overlaid). I know that I can hover the mouse over the shortcut in order to display the tag, but thought it would be easier and more convenient if the shortcuts were distinctive from one another. Apologies if this is an obvious question, but I have tried right clicking and it seems that the only options are 'open' or 'delete'.

Also I have created a series of folders under favourites assigned to specific topics (sermon series, etc.). I use these to organise my reading, notes and clippings. I was wondering if it is possible to somehow store my layouts in these folders? I have tried dragging and this does not seem to work. I have already renamed my working layouts, but the list is growing long and is already becoming difficult to follow.

Finally, I usually produce sermon/study notes and blogs in Word documents. It would be great if I could drag the related Word documents into Logos and store them (or a link) in the relevant file (under favourites). This doesn't seem to be possible (but this could just be my ignorance), I was wondering if anyone knew a convenient workaround?

Apologies if these are really obvious questions and I fully accept that I may well be having a thick moment (or, more likely, a series of thick moments). I am fairly new to the Logos thing, I picked up version 3 shortly before Logos 4 was launched and feel like I am playing double catch up.

Thanks in anticipation!

Andy

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Kevin Becker

Unfortunately, I don' t know how to direct you to do any of the things you are wanting to do. [:S]

I know that the system icons in Logos are not customizable right now and I'm struggling to remember if they have said it's on the long to-do list or if that was just wishful thinking on my part. I think the later is more likely.

I don't know of any way to organize layouts in the folders.

No, you can't store Word files in Logos. However, you can link to other programs in the shortcut bar (you can even drag internet shortcuts there). Or, you can embed hyperlinks in note files to open the relevant Word files.

So, no apology needed for obvious questions (they're not). However, if subsequent comments don't prove me wrong that these things are impossible, I suggest posting feature requests in the "Suggestion" forum, who knows, some of your ideas might gain traction and get produced!

TCBlack

I have dragged some of the commands (e.g. close all, facilitate serendipitous discovery, update now, etc.) onto the shortcut bar for convenience and was wondering if it is possible to assign a unique (or even custom) icon or label to each shortcut

Not at the moment Andy. There's been some communication that this could be coming in the future. Probably once we get past a few other items on the "missing" page (see my sig).

Also I have created a series of folders under favourites assigned to specific topics (sermon series, etc.). I use these to organise my reading, notes and clippings. I was wondering if it is possible to somehow store my layouts in these folders?

Sorry, no. How many layouts are you trying to keep? Are you maintaining one for every week or are you rotating and reusing the ones you have?

Finally, I usually produce sermon/study notes and blogs in Word documents.

There is a sermon file addin that is expected next year see the link on missing items in my sig for details. This addin should import word documents (at least it did in L3.).

feel like I am playing double catch up.

You're not the only one Andy. Welcome aboard!

You might want to spend some time at the FAQ
. There you'll learn all kinds of useful stuff, and maybe answer some questions before you even think to ask them. [:)]

Andy

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/56566#Comment_56566

Kevin and Thomas,

Thanks v. much for your helpful responses, it is very much appreciated.

Thomas, I am reusing the same layout names, but have a bunch of studies on the go at any one time (hence the growing list)... I think the partly the solution might be for me to use the favourites and bookmarks more effectively.

Thanks for the heads up regarding the sermon addin. I had read about this, but hadn't realised that it will convert Word documents into the Logos format. This will be really useful. I was thinking in terms of a basic hyperlink that would open up the relevant Word document in my second monitor. The sermon addin seems to be a far better option. I will keep a lookout and start saving (I presume the sermon addin will be an additional purchase on top of the Platinum edition!).

Thank you very much for the direct to the WIKI pages. I will spend sometime reading though this wealth of information. The Search HELP section has already provided some really helpful guidance.

Thanks again!

Andy

I've stumbled across a workaround for adding shortcuts to Word documents into favourites folders.

First drag the folder onto the shortcuts bar and then it can be dragged into any folder in the favourites section. The document will not open up in Logos, of course, but it is a way of keeping all of your documents filed together with any Logos notes, clippings or reading material.

It works for me!

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/57833#Comment_57833

I've stumbled across a workaround for adding shortcuts to Word documents into favourites folders.

First drag the folder onto the shortcuts bar and then it can be dragged into any folder in the favourites section. The document will not open up in Logos, of course, but it is a way of keeping all of your documents filed together with any Logos notes, clippings or reading material.

It works for me!

Yes, I just learned this trick from MJ Smith today. Useful. You can actually drag the Word documents directly to the Favorites folder, though, if you drag their icon in from Windows Explorer. The only problem is there is currently a bug in Logos 4 that makes it so that you can only drop it at the bottom of the favorites list, not inside any folder. So you still have to move it to the right folder afterwards. However this has been reported and will hopefully be fixed soon (might be too late to get it into 4.0a since I'm guessing they are moving into "only really serious bugs get fixed beyond this point" mode pretty soon on that in order to get it out the door to all the hordes of us who have been drooling after it).

Pam Larson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/57833#Comment_57833

I've stumbled across a workaround for adding shortcuts to Word documents into favourites folders.

First drag the folder onto the shortcuts bar and then it can be dragged into any folder in the favourites section. The document will not open up in Logos, of course, but it is a way of keeping all of your documents filed together with any Logos notes, clippings or reading material.

It works for me!

The same workaround works for layouts. First drag it from the layout menu to the shortcut bar, then you can drag it into your favorites.

Got this tip at Camp Logos last week. [:)]