Right Click = Nothing

Scott Jacobsen
Scott Jacobsen Member Posts: 209 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

I am attempting to use a chart in a presentation, but when I right click I see only a blank box, with no options other than "show information." 

It seems I was able to right click graphics before and have them sent to PowerPoint.

Is this a bug in L7? I tried it so far in two resources, but am limited by time to try others.

Thanks

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  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 33,290

    Scott Jacobsen said:

    Is this a bug in L7? I tried it so far in two resources, but am limited by time to try others.

    Please give references (resources / place in resource) so we can try and reproduce.

    As you can see it is working in some resources

  • Scott Jacobsen
    Scott Jacobsen Member Posts: 209 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/850313#Comment_850313

    So far (and I just don't have time to explore further) I tried it in these two

    Geisler, Norman L., and William E. Nix. A General Introduction to the Bible. Rev. and expanded. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986.

    LLS:38.0.1
    2013-07-08T16:44:15Z
    GENINTRO.logos4

    Smith, Marsha A. Ellis, June Swann, Trent C. Butler, Christopher L. Church, and David S. Dockery. Holman Book of Biblical Charts, Maps, and Reconstructions. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1993.

    LLS:HLMNCHRTSMAPS
    2014-10-16T00:16:53Z
    HLMNCHRTSMAPS.logos4

    I can try other resources later.

    Thanks

  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 33,290
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/850315#Comment_850315

    Scott Jacobsen said:

    Geisler, Norman L., and William E. Nix. A General Introduction to the Bible. Rev. and expanded. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986.

    Thanks - so I think this is an example of the sort of thing you are seeing

    I think the issue here is that this particular table isn't formatted as an "exportable object" so we are getting these results.

    So I think it's a constraint of the resource as opposed to a bug in Logos 7

  • Todd Phillips
    Todd Phillips Member Posts: 6,736 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/850315#Comment_850315

    Scott Jacobsen said:

    Geisler, Norman L., and William E. Nix. A General Introduction to the Bible. Rev. and expanded. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986.

    Smith, Marsha A. Ellis, June Swann, Trent C. Butler, Christopher L. Church, and David S. Dockery. Holman Book of Biblical Charts, Maps, and Reconstructions. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1993.

    I get the empty menu in those resources when clicking on empty space.

    I examined the charts in those books, and they are not images that can be copied--rather they are tables of text.  You can select the text in the charts if you drag over it.

    If you copy it, it will be copied in rich text format, which may maintain the layout if you paste it into a word processor.  I tried with a few charts, and it looked like it would take some additional editing to make it look right after pasting.  The simpler charts worked better.  You can also use "Print/Export"  from the resource window menu.  In the Holman book, it lets you easily pick the chart you want in the section list at the left on the Print/Export window.

    It is funny how some resources automatically select the current section when right-clicking in empty space, and other resources, like these, don't do an automatic selection but just show the empty menu.

    MacBook Pro (2019), ThinkPad E540

  • Scott Jacobsen
    Scott Jacobsen Member Posts: 209 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/850329#Comment_850329

    Thanks to both of you--I figured a work around, exporting it then printing as a pdf file. I just didn't want to have to reformat a lot. This would be a nice, new feature (L8?) to add, where tables can be copied easily.

    If the table is small, I use MS snip tool. That also works.

    Scott

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