I Finally Figured Out How To Use Clippings!

Okay, I knew “how” to use clippings, but I couldn’t get past the fact that there is no way to sort the clippings automatically. Sorting manually is quite a pain.

I would read through several commentaries, clipping as I went, and end up with a disorganized mess of clippings.

But today, it hit me! (Thanks to the wiki, here: https://wiki.logos.com/Clippings#Using_Find_to_locate_a_tagged_clipping)

I realized that I could use tags to sort the clippings.

Here’s how: When I add a clipping, I tag it with a tag that is helpful to my research—say, the verse number or a key word in the text…or both.

Then, when I am writing and need to recall my research, I use Find (Control-F or Command-F) to search for the tags.

Writing about 1 Kings 11:1? Find my “1 Ki 11:1” tag and only the clippings with that tag will appear.

Writing about how Solomon’s “heart was not perfect”? Use Find to find my “his heart was not perfect” tag. Only the clippings with that tag will appear.

Finally, I can use clippings and enjoy it! Just thought I’d share in case someone else might find this helpful.

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Lonnie Spencer

Thanks Levi

I had been putting the information to find later in the notes section instead of the tags. This does make things much easier.

Dave Hooton

Great post, Levi. I enjoy clippings and also use tags to locate a topic or passage via Search

It identifies two clips within the clippings document.

Beloved Amodeo

I use Find (Control-F or Command-F) to search for the tags.

Great find,

I file my research by topic in Favorites alphabetically along with there respective Clippings. Your find is simple and elegant. Thanks!

Lonnie Spencer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/832327#Comment_832327

And thank you Dave for your post. Your search adds even more functionality to what Levi has drawn our attention to.

Two great candidates for M.J.'s "Tips of the Week".

This is what keeps me coming back to the forums.

Thanks again guys!

Jay Rubin

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/832327#Comment_832327

Most excellent use of search tool. Thanks for the great tip. This really opens my mind up to many search potentials I had not though about.

David A Egolf

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/832327#Comment_832327

OK Dave, I was able to duplicate your search window. I also visited the cited Wiki on tagging and watched the video.

If I have tagged resources, then I can use the library pane to browse my existing tag set. But, if I tag my clippings, then how can I list my existing tags? With my memory, I am likely to generate multiple tags for the same thing simply by changing the capitalization or adding an 's'. So I need to be able to determine my current tag set looking for a suitable preexisting category. I will also need memory hooks to figure out what I can search over.

Randy W. Sims

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/832327#Comment_832327

Great post, Levi. I enjoy clippings and also use tags to locate a topic or passage via Search

It identifies two clips within the clippings document.

Hitting a blank. Does this no longer work? Was it replaced with another search format?

NB.Mick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947713#Comment_947713

Hitting a blank. Does this no longer work? Was it replaced with another search format?

EDITED: While The Ctrl-F method still works, I can't find a way to search My Tags from the selection line as shown by Dave's screenshot. Don't remember if this was ever announced - it seems to be a loss of functionality.

However, the taggings of clippings are searched and the results shown as part of the Your Documents hits in an Everything search - to replicate the search shown above, it is possible to use mytag: in the search field for the Everything search.

This will also work for the bible references automatically stored in the Clippings: searching Everything for Mytag:Jn will give all Clippings from John

No idea what invokes the spurious hits on Soundfaith, though.

A more focused way would be to use the mytag: search in an All Text All Passages search of Your Documents:

Randy W. Sims

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947737#Comment_947737

A more focused way would be to use the mytag: search in an All Text All Passages search of Your Documents:

Thank you, Mick! I had looked through the help file last night searching for "tag" and "mytag" but didn't find anything about using them in a search. I can see where this is a more flexible improvement. But, Is this anywhere in Help?

NB.Mick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947753#Comment_947753

A more focused way would be to use the mytag: search in an All Text All Passages search of Your Documents:

Thank you, Mick! I had looked through the help file last night searching for "tag" and "mytag" but didn't find anything about using them in a search. I can see where this is a more flexible improvement. But, Is this anywhere in Help?

I don't think so. Actually I didn't remember it myself (therefore the edit) but found this in one of MJ Smith's "TIP of the day" posts (they still are Gold!) after googling the forum for the My Tag search.

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947737#Comment_947737

A more focused way would be to use the mytag: search in an All Text All Passages search of Your Documents:

Yes. v7.11 introduced "All Passages", but you will still find "My Tag" when you click All Text (you have to select Your Documents first).

And Logos Help should document mytag.

Randy W. Sims

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947820#Comment_947820

A more focused way would be to use the mytag: search in an All Text All Passages search of Your Documents:

Yes. v7.11 introduced "All Passages", but you will still find "My Tag" when you click All Text.

Under what conditions? The contents for "All Text" are incorrect here for a "Your Documents" search:

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947822#Comment_947822

Under what conditions? The contents for "All Text" are incorrect here for a "Your Documents" search:

"Your Documents" also searches Your Books, so the Bible fields come from your Personal Books as well as Your Documents. I'd say that neither of these has a user tag if "My Tag" is absent from the Field list.

NB.Mick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947826#Comment_947826

Under what conditions? The contents for "All Text" are incorrect here for a "Your Documents" search:

"Your Documents" also searches Your Books, so the Bible fields come from your Personal Books as well as Your Documents. I'd say that neither of these has a user tag if "My Tag" is absent from the Field list.

No. As you've seen in my mytag: search screenshot above, some of my clippings are tagged (actually it seems the automatic bible references are mytags, too), however I don't see a My tag Field in the list - could you share a screenshot how it looks on your machine?

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947829#Comment_947829

(actually it seems the automatic bible references are mytags, too),

They are and you can remove them if necessary.

however I don't see a My tag Field in the list

My Tag can come from Documents (via Add tag) and PB's via {{field-on:mytag}}... {{field-off:mytag}}, but the other fields come from Personal Books.

Randy W. Sims

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947839#Comment_947839

"Your Documents" also searches Your Books, so the Bible fields come from your Personal Books

Forgot about Personal Books. That makes sense. Thanks.

My Tag can come from Documents (via Add tag) and PB's via {{field-on:mytag}}... {{field-off:mytag}}, but the other fields come from Personal Books.

I tried adding tags to a number of things but it had no effect. Creating a PB with the mytag field did add "My Tag" to the menu. So "Search Fields" in "All Text" are all fields derived from the PB index.

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947843#Comment_947843

I tried adding tags to a number of things but it had no effect. Creating a PB with the mytag field did add "My Tag" to the menu. So "Search Fields" in "All Text" are all fields derived from the PB index.

I'll create a bug report - removing Mytag from the one PB was enough to remove it from the list of Fields!

Mary-Ellen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/873952#Comment_873952

If I have tagged resources, then I can use the library pane to browse my existing tag set. But, if I tag my clippings, then how can I list my existing tags? With my memory, I am likely to generate multiple tags for the same thing simply by changing the capitalization or adding an 's'. So I need to be able to determine my current tag set looking for a suitable preexisting category. I will also need memory hooks to figure out what I can search over.

Any suggestions out there about how to manage document tags?

Randy W. Sims

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947856#Comment_947856

I'll create a bug report

Thanks, Dave.

Randy W. Sims

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947872#Comment_947872

If I have tagged resources, then I can use the library pane to browse my existing tag set. But, if I tag my clippings, then how can I list my existing tags? With my memory, I am likely to generate multiple tags for the same thing simply by changing the capitalization or adding an 's'. So I need to be able to determine my current tag set looking for a suitable preexisting category. I will also need memory hooks to figure out what I can search over.

Any suggestions out there about how to manage document tags?

This should be alleviated soon when the new document system is released with browser. Like Bible Browser, your tags will be facets of your notes that you can browse.

NB.Mick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947843#Comment_947843

My Tag can come from Documents (via Add tag) and PB's via {{field-on:mytag}}... {{field-off:mytag}}, but the other fields come from Personal Books.

I tried adding tags to a number of things but it had no effect.

confirm that tagging things in documents, especially clippings like discussed in this thread, does not work (under Logos 7.12 on Windows, to be more precise).

Creating a PB with the mytag field did add "My Tag" to the menu.

... i.e. the list of searchable fields, like Dave showed above: yes, confirm. Thanks Dave!

If anyone likes to use this workaround, here's a PB you can build: 0488.Test mytag.docx

For reference, in case Faithlife answers there: Dave's bug thread is here

Randy W. Sims

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947888#Comment_947888

If anyone likes to use this workaround, here's a PB

Thanks, Mick. I did the same thing, giving it an ugly title: "0 ~~~ Enable MyTag Search Field - Workaround ~~~ 0", to make it sort at the top and stand out. And also put a note in the PB to explain the workaround in case I look at it months from now and can't remember what it is.

NB.Mick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/947892#Comment_947892

Just for reference: since Dave's bug report went unnoticed in the L7 forum, I did a formal bug writeup in the Desktop Beta forum, hoping this gets the attention of FL