Logos 41.0 Beta 1
Version: 41.0.342
Release Date: March 13th, 2025
New Features & Improvements for Subscribers
Insights
- Insights is now available in:
- Bible Apparatus.
- Bible Study resources.
- Insight results better follow the current user position in bibles with more than one milestone.
Search
- First-time subscribers who run a Smart Bible search will see a toast message with useful information.
- Added the ability to Save as Passge List in Smart Bible search.
- When no Smart Bible search results, we will now provide a notification to switch to an All Search.
- Added a suggestion to switch to Smart search after running a Fuzzy search.
Other Improvements for All Users
Accessibility
- Assistive technology no longer requires accessibility features to be explicitly turned on.
Auth Portal
- The Logos application now utilizes the standard Logos Auth Portal. Logging in will open a browser window to perform the sign-in.
- The sign-in screen has been redesigned to launch the Auth Portal.
- When opening the app with an account that has already been signed in, no additional login is required.
Resources
- Updated Free Resource preview panel.
Program Settings
- Added a link to the right of Enabling Logging in the Program Settings to open the folder where your log files can be found.
- Added a new setting to prefer local results (instead of online) for Factbook and Insights. Requires a recent feature set (L9 or above).”
Factbook
- Factbook now includes results from Cloud Books and the Print Library Catalog.
- Cloud books will appear in all sections.
- Print Books will appear in the Dictionaries, Journals, and Sermons sections (for users who have added books to their Print Library Catalog).
- All online Factbook results require Prefer Local Data set to No. (default).
Search
- Suggest Smart Bible Search from Precise search for subscribers and non-subscribers when:
- The search returns no results.
- The query had more than 3 words.
- Smart Bible search for free users now shows a blue pill pip for “try for free”
- While results are loading after running a search we will now show a loading spinner while the content for a newly added version is loading.
- For users without a license the Try for Free picker will now say “subscribe” instead when users are out of free uses.
Sermons
- Shift + Enter can now be used to create a soft line break on Windows.
- Click reliability is improved when navigating the document with the outline sidebar.
- Keyboard navigation is improved after a slide is deleted.
Bug Fixes
Application
- Link color between resources and other areas of the application will now match correctly.
Dynamic Tool Bar
- The application will no longer crash when using Parallel Text while being offline.
Factbook
- Fixed missing text in Factbook’s Key Article section.
- Fixed resource Title handling of some section results.
- Greek text in the Factbook tool will now use the correct font style.
Resource
- While having the resource Die Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments (Arndt-Allioli-Bibel) the application will no longer crash at startup while the resource is unlocked and discovered.
- If the text selection within a resource only includes corresponding notes, the Remove Highlight button should no longer be present.
Search
- Add Version picker will correctly display results for Fuzzy searches.
- The summarization button will now be aligned with the search result title.
Sermons
- Extra space is eliminated in Slides view when adding multiple slides.
- Updated sermon notebook styles.
- The formatting is preserved when pasting a generated outline into a sermon.
- Sync errors will no longer occur after undoing the creation of an empty passage block.
macOS Bug Fixes
Dynamic Tool Bar
- Updated the Command shortcut character to the appropriate size.
Panels
- Copying text from a resource or any external application will now allow you to paste via Context Menu in numerous panels.
Windows Bug Fixes
Copy Bible Verse tool
- Microsoft Word no longer needs to be open prior to Logos to paste into Word.
Resources
- Resource zoom will now respect Content Scaling upon changing.