Tips & Tricks
Logos 4 Beta 1 doesn't have full documentation yet, so here's a few tips and tricks for features that may be a little hard to discover:
- Use Alt+L or Ctrl+L to quickly open My Library; Alt+S opens Search
- Drag My Library from the icon in the top left to dock it anywhere in the main window (for extended use)
- Click the "Interlinear" button in the ESV, NASB, NRSV, NKJV resource toolbar to see reverse interlinear data.
- Use the "Prioritize" panel in My Library to set your favourite Bibles, lexicons, commentaries
- Press Alt+` (that's the backtick, in the top-left of the keyboard) to get a quick comparison of the active verse/selected text
- add your own...
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- Drag and drop external applications to shortcuts or bookmarks (like a shortcut to Word).
- Drag and drop layouts and tile arangments to shortcuts or bookmarks
. - F8 to show a presentation layer where you can draw.
- Right click left side of interlienar area to turn of rows I don't care about
. - ctrl+drag a tab to create a duplicate of that panel (some panels don't duplicate like My Library).
- shift+drag a tab to move a whole group of panels.
- Alt+D puts focus in the command bar, which allows you to quickly launch many things in the application; try "open ..." or "search for ..."
- Ctrl+G puts the focus in the "reference box" of the current resource/guide
Thanks Bradley. The more I read, the more I like it. Hmmm and we are just in the first beta. Wonder what is up the road? BTW do not drop the PBB or anything in v3.0. We want it all.
Mission: To serve God as He desires.
Scrolling the Interlinear pane:
If you left click/hold in the Interlinear pane of the ESV and drag..you can scroll fwd and back.
Why you'd need this I don't know....[:D]
Robert Pavich
For help go to the Wiki: http://wiki.logos.com/Table_of_Contents__
From the other thread:
Hitting F8 allows you to draw right on the screen!
Hitting ESC takes Logos back out of drawing mode...
very very cool!
for those who teach using a projector this is a big thing!
Robert Pavich
For help go to the Wiki: http://wiki.logos.com/Table_of_Contents__
Logos 4 Beta 1 doesn't have full documentation yet, so here's a few tips and tricks for features that may be a little hard to discover:
Check out the Logos 4 Help resource, which is still under construction, by pressing F1 or clicking on the Help icon (?) on the right side of the command bar. You can also type show help on ... in the Command box to find help on a specific topic. For example, typing show help on guides will open the Help panel to information on Passage Guide, Edit Guide Template, etc.
Logos 4 Beta 1 doesn't have full documentation yet, so here's a few tips and tricks for features that may be a little hard to discover:
I've found that I like to use the "Cited By" tool in conjunction with a collection of Greek Lexicons to give a quick list of articles that cite the active verse. This works with the Apostolic Fathers too (as shown below).
Also note how I formed the collection -- "title:lexicon -title:hebrew -title:syriac -title:targum -title:old -title:strong" (the minus '-' excludes, I made this list iteratively as I examined the results of the rule), and then drug L&S Intermediate (not one of my faves) to the ignore section. If/when I get another Greek lexicon that matches that rule, it'll automatically be part of the collection.
Rick Brannan
Data Wrangler, Faithlife
My books in print
When in drawing mode, you can turn the scroll wheel while drawing a line to make the color of the line darker or lighter.
Also, you remain in drawing mode even if you alt+tab to different resources. This is a very cool feature! Note: to exit drawing mode, you must alt+tab back to logos 4.0 and then press escape. The screen will still appear to be in the other program, but pressing escape will then return you to 4.0. If you do not alt+tab back first, pressing escape will not do anything.
When I do that it changes colors completely...red, green, yellow, blue...
Robert Pavich
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No I wasn't but I just did and nothing happened...
Robert Pavich
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I realize that this is a Logos feature but there are freeware utilities that do this; Sketch it! being one of them.
Robert Pavich
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Also, you remain in drawing mode even if you alt+tab to different resources. This is a very cool feature! Note: to exit drawing mode, you must alt+tab back to logos 4.0 and then press escape. The screen will still appear to be in the other program, but pressing escape will then return you to 4.0. If you do not alt+tab back first, pressing escape will not do anything.
Good catch!
I just discovered that the reference box (Navigation box) is much more helpful than in 3.0!
In 3.0, if you were reading Romans 8 in the NIV and wanted to jump to Romans 10, you would have to type "Romans 10" into the box. In 4.0, you simply have to type "10." Or if you want to specify a verse, "10:3" etc. It assumes you are in the same place unless you specify otherwise. This is a great feature for quickly jumping around.
EDIT -- Actually, if you're in Romans 8 and you type in "10", it will take you to 8:10. It's even more precise. To switch chapters you do need to type 10:1 or 10.1.
For some reason if you are in chapter 1 of a book and you type "2" (or any other number) into the ref box, it will take you to chapter 2 (or whatever chapter number you chose). But if you are in any other chapter, the number typed into the reference box will take you to the verse of that chapter.
For some reason if you are in chapter 1 of a book and you type "2" (or any other number) into the ref box, it will take you to chapter 2 (or whatever chapter number you chose). But if you are in any other chapter, the number typed into the reference box will take you to the verse of that chapter.
When I'm in chapter 1 of Romans, Genesis, 1 Peter, etc. and type "2" or another number, it goes to the verse: Romans 1:2, Genesis 1:2, 1 Peter 1:2. As soon as I type the number in the reference box the drop-down says Go to: Romans 1:2. I wonder what we're doing differently?
Melissa
Melissa,
Well, I don't know how this all works, but here's what I'm finding. If I Ctrl+G to Gen 1 --- Acts 1 and then Ctrl+G and type "2", it will take me to Gen 1:2 -- Acts 1:2.
Starting in Romans - 2 Peter, if I Ctrl+G to Rom 1 then Ctrl+G 2, I go to Rom 2 --- 2 Pet 2
I didn't check every book, but Revelation works like the first set. Ctrl+G Rev 1 Ctrl+G 2 --> Rev 1:2.
Further, if I scroll around in the book first, and then manually scroll back to Rom 1, then pressing Ctrl+G, 2 takes me to Rom 1:2.
Ok. I think I have found the reason for all this! If you open a Bible (or at least the NIV) and type Ctrl+G, Rom 1, the reference box displays "Romans 1" without a colon and verse number. From this spot, Ctrl+G followed by any number will take you to the chapter. However, not all books work lilke this. For some reason if you type Ctrl+G, Gen 1, the reference box displays "Genesis 1:1-31" not "Genesis 1". Once the colon and verse numbers are displayed, pressing Ctrl+G, then entering a number, will take you to the verse. So it all has to do with how the passage is displayed in the reference box, whether it is displayed with or without the colon and verse numbers.
I hope that makes sense. It's kind of difficult to type about 
That's what drove me nuts with V3....the PG displays whole pericopes instead of the chosen passage
Robert Pavich
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Rename your resources to change the default selected from the command line. for instance I renamed the BHS 4.2 shortname to BHS, BHS 4.0 to 2BHS and BHS WIVU to 1BHS. To do so from the library select the item you want to edit and click next to the little pencil next to the current short name.
very nice, but what your telling me is that my changing the short name did nothing, right :-) Is the new shortname what shows up in the tabs when there are a lot of them opened in a pane?
This is slick...
You can create a custom PG (or EG or BWS etc) and drop it's icon onto the short cut area and then one click opens your custom PG like Logos V3 homepage...
nice.
Robert Pavich
For help go to the Wiki: http://wiki.logos.com/Table_of_Contents__
Another nice feature!
When you drag windows around in a layout; they turn blue according to their size and position...when you get the right size and placement, you just "let go"
Very nice.
Robert Pavich
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whoops...here is a screen shot
Robert Pavich
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This may have been mentioned elsewhere (this forum is getting quite cumbersome!), but I love the little horizontal lines in the scroll bar that show the location of search results in that resource.
Combined with the simplified table of contents / location-in-the-resource views, this will be EXTREMELY helpful for me as I use the Theological Journals. Yea!
I need an option to permanently remove them from my computer! They become useless when appearing as a solid block or being too close together.
Dave
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Dave, I partially agree that they lose a little bit of usefulness when clumped together - but actually for me this is what is helpful because it helps separate random mentions of what I searched for vs. an entire article on what I searched for. I.e., when I see a block of hits altogether, that lets me know I'm on to something pertinent.
Clicking the "I" for information when in a resource.
If you have a resource open, click the circled "I" on the right side and it instantly gives you all of the info about that resource including it's searchable fields!
nice
Robert Pavich
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That was the thing I missed very much in v3. Of course you do not need it in most frequent resources but with "breaking new ground" it is very useful. Also ratings might be very useful in picking up the books for reading and coming back to them. I know you remember your books, my memory however is just... weaker [:$]
Bohuslav