Best Logos Tip?

Hello all, first post in this forum, at least that I can remember...

I'm wondering what your best tip is for Logos? I've used it for years, but I've learned that seemingly everyone has figured out a little shortcut, or awesome and helpful tool built into the system that they like to share.

So, what is your best Logos tip?

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Doc B

So, what is your best Logos tip?

Don't buy it in the first place.

Steve Maling

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995492#Comment_995492

Matt, to balance Doc B's reply I'll add that I've been with Logos since about 2003 and have never had any serious problems with it. Sure, I've had a steep learning curve, because I'm not tech savvy. But the program has worked well for me. My studies have been deepened, a now lengthy retirement has been blessed, my faith has been deepened, I hope my love has been strengthened. As to your request for a "best tip", I'd say "Link Sets" for Greek/Hebrew lexica followed closely by "Multliple Resources". Shalom, shalom, Steve

Pam Larson

Work on setting up a layout that works best for you, and save it as a named layout.

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995509#Comment_995509

I love the ability to put a Bible Word Study Guide into a linkset with my ESV and simply click on any English word to instantly have the BWS run the report on the underlying OL word.

Ken Hicks

Get an SSD.

Small Heath

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995517#Comment_995517

Subscribe to all the emails, forums and blogs, then keep the subscriptions that are helpful to you. Especially this general forum. Practice, practice, practice and experiment.

Bruce Dunning

Hello all, first post in this forum, at least that I can remember...

Welcome to the forums Matt. I hope you will continue to participate often.

I'm wondering what your best tip is for Logos?

I really appreciate leaving the Information tool open in a window as I study or read. Below is an example of my daily reading as I work my way through the NT this year. By hovering over the Greek word I can quickly see lots of information about that word.

David A Egolf

I'm wondering what your best tip is for Logos? I've used it for years, but I've learned that seemingly everyone has figured out a little shortcut, or awesome and helpful tool built into the system that they like to share.

So, what is your best Logos tip?

Organize your research around "Favorites"! Create a folder for each topic. You can save almost anything there: open resources, layouts, search results, passage guides, notes files, word studies.

When I start a subject for teaching, I first create a new folder for the class. I then browse my library for pertinent information. I use a sub-folder for resources for further investigation. When I find I have gone down a rabbit warren with multiple tabs open. Then if I have to interrupt, I create a layout and drag it to the favorites folder for later study.

I realize you asked for one tip, but the second tip is to "get control of your notes"! There are lots of threads in this forum with ideas on how to organize note files. There have been many people who arrive at this forum after finding that their notes have all been accumulated in a single highlighting pallette which has grown so large that it slows everything down.

Getting in the habit of creating one notes file per resource is a good default.

Dave Hooton

Have a named layout(s) with your favourite/most used resources, at least one guide, two Search panels in separate tiles, and a narrow tile on the right for Tools like Highlighting, Information, Favorites. No more than 20 panels in total. Advantages:

When you search, you can often select from Open Resources
You can compare two sets of search results side-by-side
You can put bibles and commentaries in a link set(s).
More flexible than Home Page layouts.
Can accommodate your study method

Lonnie Spencer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995580#Comment_995580

Have a named layout(s) with your favourite/most used resources, at least one guide, two Search panels in separate tiles, and a narrow tile on the right for Tools like Highlighting, Information, Favorites. No more than 20 panels in total. Advantages:

When you search, you can often select from Open Resources

You can compare two sets of search results side-by-side

You can put bibles and commentaries in a link set(s).

More flexible than Home Page layouts.

Can accommodate your study method

That looks really interesting Dave. Would you mind posting a screen shot of your layout?

Thanks.

Jan Krohn

Send resources from the desktop application to mobile in bulk instead of downloading them individually directly on mobile.

Michel Pauw

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995635#Comment_995635

1. Take a few days of to spend time with Logos

2. Prioritize your Bibles, Commentaries, Grammars and Dictionaries rather sooner than later.

RyanB

When you are reading a passage in a commentary, just hit the right arrow key to immediately jump to the same passage in your next commentary instead of having to go via the library. (This feature is enhanced if you've already prioritized your favorite commentaries).

Richard Wardman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995914#Comment_995914

When you are reading a passage in a commentary, just hit the right arrow key to immediately jump to the same passage in your next commentary instead of having to go via the library. (This feature is enhanced if you've already prioritized your favorite commentaries).

Didn't know this! +1

RyanB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995928#Comment_995928

When you are reading a passage in a commentary, just hit the right arrow key to immediately jump to the same passage in your next commentary instead of having to go via the library. (This feature is enhanced if you've already prioritized your favorite commentaries).

Didn't know this! +1

Glad I could help! It also works for Bibles too.

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995914#Comment_995914

When you are reading a passage in a commentary, just hit the right arrow key to immediately jump to the same passage in your next commentary instead of having to go via the library. (This feature is enhanced if you've already prioritized your favorite commentaries).

To further enhance it, create collections and select "Show in parallel resources."

Then, with a Bible or commentary open (that's included in at least one collection), select the parallel resources menu (#1 in the screenshot), then select the column you wish to use (indicated by a checkmark...#2 in the screenshot). Now instead of the arrow keys cycling through ALL parallel resources, they'll only cycle through that collection. Please note: If your current resource is included in more than one collection, you may have more than one page of available columns (#3 in the screenshot).

Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995932#Comment_995932

You can do a great deal from the context menu within resources. Familiarise yourself with the sort of things you can find there and you are more likely to remember to use it frequently to enrich your research and make it easier.

Joe Griffin

I would say make use of the Logos Pro system video training and initially make sure to check Logos Training video in settings (gear symbol) . The single best tip is to use Logos daily.

David A Egolf

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995914#Comment_995914

When you are reading a passage in a commentary, just hit the right arrow key to immediately jump to the same passage in your next commentary instead of having to go via the library. (This feature is enhanced if you've already prioritized your favorite commentaries).

I was showing this to my son on Monday. We noticed that if our Bible is linked to the Commentary pane, and if a commentary did not comment on that section of scripture, our Bible would be pulled off to the closest reference in the commentary. Thus, we would have to reposition the Bible by typing the passage.

Both of us had a recollection that the Bible frame could be "locked" to the reference to keep this from happening, but we didn't see any way to keep the Bible from "wandering off". Does anyone know how to keep the passage firmly in place in the Bible while scrolling through a myriad of commentaries?

David A Egolf

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995580#Comment_995580

Have a named layout(s) with your favourite/most used resources, at least one guide, two Search panels in separate tiles, and a narrow tile on the right for Tools like Highlighting, Information, Favorites. No more than 20 panels in total. Advantages:

When you search, you can often select from Open Resources

You can compare two sets of search results side-by-side

You can put bibles and commentaries in a link set(s).

More flexible than Home Page layouts.

Can accommodate your study method

I would add that it is nice to have a Bible NOT in a link set, but flagged to "send links here". That way, when chasing down rabbit trails, the working link sets are not disturbed.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/996962#Comment_996962

I was showing this to my son on Monday. We noticed that if our Bible is linked to the Commentary pane, and if a commentary did not comment on that section of scripture, our Bible would be pulled off to the closest reference in the commentary. Thus, we would have to reposition the Bible by typing the passage.

Both of us had a recollection that the Bible frame could be "locked" to the reference to keep this from happening, but we didn't see any way to keep the Bible from "wandering off". Does anyone know how to keep the passage firmly in place in the Bible while scrolling through a myriad of commentaries?

Multiview panel.

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/996965#Comment_996965

I was showing this to my son on Monday. We noticed that if our Bible is linked to the Commentary pane, and if a commentary did not comment on that section of scripture, our Bible would be pulled off to the closest reference in the commentary. Thus, we would have to reposition the Bible by typing the passage.

Both of us had a recollection that the Bible frame could be "locked" to the reference to keep this from happening, but we didn't see any way to keep the Bible from "wandering off". Does anyone know how to keep the passage firmly in place in the Bible while scrolling through a myriad of commentaries?

Multiview panel.

MV won't solve this dilemma because you can't cycle through parallel resources in the MV resource. There have long been requests for a master/slave distinction in linksets, but I've seen no promise of this. My approach to this problems is to NOT have the commentary in a linkset. Instead, I have a passage guide (with the commentary collections I'm interested in) in a linkset with my Bible. Clicking on a commentary link in the guide for a commentary that is already open will of course simply update the location. This allows me to instantly open a commentary to the right location, but as I read and scroll, there's no danger of moving the Bible reference since the commentary is not in a linkset.

Does that make sense?

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/997001#Comment_997001

David, I should clarify that Multi-View does work for scrolling in a given resource(s) without affecting the parent resource's location. It just won't work for cycling between multiple commentaries.

DAL

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/997002#Comment_997002

Subscribe to MP seminars Camp Logos videos for a couple of months to master your favorite functions 👍😁👌 You’re $14.95 x 2 or even x 3 will be well spent!

DAL

P A

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995914#Comment_995914

Ryan can you give us a screen of this?

I don't quite get where the arrows are.

Thanks

P A

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/997081#Comment_997081

I don't quite get where the arrows are.

Ryan was speaking of the left/right arrows on your keyboard.

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/997056#Comment_997056

You’re $14.95 x 2 or even x 3 will be well spent!

I agree. Here's the link for those who wish to act: https://mpseminarsonline.com/product/membership/

P A

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/997109#Comment_997109

Reuben

Thanks

P A[Y]

RyanB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/997257#Comment_997257

Another tip is in the command box at the top (next to "Tools") type in the phrase

Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery

This will open up your library to a random place. You may end up in the middle of a Latin Bible or in the middle of a fascinating article on Biblical Archaeology or anything else. Not necessarily useful for a research project, but it's a good way to discover hidden gems in your library you may not have known about.

You can even drag the phrase from the command box drop down menu and place it on your shortcut bar if you like the feature.

Lew Worthington

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/998836#Comment_998836

Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery

This will open up your library to a random place...

Yes, that's a fun one. And the variation of this I really love is:

fsd in journals

But you can also do bizarre things like

fsd in lexicons

[:P]

Nerds like me have strange versions of fun.

Fred Littlefield

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995492#Comment_995492

So, what is your best Logos tip?

Don't buy it in the first place.

Logos is the best in the business. What other Bible Study program is better? I own almost all of them and find that Logos is the best. Even Accordance can't do all the things that Logos can do and they certainly don't have all the resources that Logos has. They're also less intuitive than Logos is, with the exception of some simple Bible p[rograms that can't do what Logos can do. The only problem that I have with Logos is that it can be slow to load resources and startup, but that is something I can live with since it isn't a constant thing. I think the reason that Logos is slow is the massive amount of code that is running to accomplish all the things that we want it to do. If they rebuilt it from scratch I think that it would run lighter and faster but that is a big job that would take a couple of years to complete.

Fred Littlefield

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/995577#Comment_995577

"get control of your notes"! There are lots of threads in this forum with ideas on how to organize note files. There have been many people who arrive at this forum after finding that their notes have all been accumulated in a single highlighting pallette which has grown so large that it slows everything down.

Getting in the habit of creating one notes file per resource is a good default.

I agree, Dave. Notes are one of the most valuable things about Logos. I have worked on that since I started using Logos. My strategy for notes can be found in this thread:

https://community.logos.com/forums/p/160958/961048.aspx#961048

I'm sure there are more ways to do it but I haven't found one that I like better. I'm always open to new Ideas though.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/996965#Comment_996965

[Y] I have asked for a "locked" reference many times and I hope this picks up steam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wyn Laidig

If you can, go to a Morris Proctor Camp Logos seminar. That is the best way to really jump start your Logos experience. I found it well worth the time and investment. If you can't go in person, I think you can buy the video of the it

William McFarland

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1011764#Comment_1011764

If you can't go in person, I think you can buy the video of the it

You can also subscribe to his online seminars https://mpseminarsonline.com and they are a great help. It used to be about $15/month but I think he might have just raised the price to $20/month. Still worth it and you can stop whenever you like.

Bill

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

I'm wondering what your best tip is for Logos?

Welcome [:D]

My favorite feature is visual filter highlighting so can "see" range of original language verbal expression. Thankful for visual filters that were created using Logos 4 still being usable in Logos 8. Logos wiki has => Examples of visual filters

More recently added precept visual filters (so can "see" repeating topics) => more inductive symbols

Thankful for option to not show uninspired Chapter and Verse numbers.

Keep Smiling [:)]

Hamilton Ramos

If you are into application:

See Dave Moser tip...

http s://blog.logos.com/2014/06/how-do-you-use-logos-dave-moser/

Also the search tips for different cases by KS4J in the forums are great.

Hope this helps.