Morris Proctor's Tips & Tricks

SermonCentral.com is a website containing thousands of sermons and illustrations contributed by people from around the world. The Libronix automated report called the Passage Guide automatically searches this site for sermons about your specific passage.

On the Home Page enter a passage in the Study Passage box and click Go. When the Passage Guide opens look for the section named SermonCentral.com containing links to specific sermons on the site.

If SermonCentral.com does not appear on the Passage Guide complete these steps:

Click the Properties icon on the Passage Guide toolbar. Make sure in the Web Resources section that SermonCentral.com is checked.

If this section does not appear in Properties, then please update the Libronix software by choosing Tools | Libronix Update.

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In Libronix you can technically set 9 Bookmarks. You can, however save unlimited Favorites. Favorites are nothing more than unlimited bookmarks that you can set and organize.

To save the location of the active window as a Favorite, choose Favorites | Add to Favorites.

To open the Favorite choose Favorites | your specific Favorite from the list.

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Perhaps you already know you can bookmark any location in a resource by opening the book to the desired location and then choosing Favorites | Bookmarks | Set | 1-9.

Did you know however, that you can also bookmark reports? Open a report like the Passage Guide or Exegetical Guide. Now set the bookmark for this report just like you do for a book. For example, bookmark the Passage Guide to Bookmark 1.

Here’s the fun part. Now any time you need to open the Passage Guide just press Crtl + 1 which is the keystroke shortcut for Bookmark 1!!

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A very handy feature in Libronix is a little known toolbar called the Quick Navigate Bar. It is identified as a Go box on the toolbar. If you don’t have this box it can be downloaded for free (from www.mpseminars.com) as a part of the Power Tools Addin.

With the Go box installed you can use it to quickly open any Bible. All you do is type a Bible abbreviation in the box and press the Enter key. For example, type ESV, KJV, NASB95, etc. Now press the Enter key and the Bible opens.

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If you own the Daily Study Bible Series commentary by William Barclay you know what an outstanding job he does with history and culture. Normally we use his commentary alongside a passage we’re studying. For example, if we’re researching John 10 we open his commentary on John.

We can, however, also use his commentaries topically. For example, let’s say we’re studying the subject of the Jewish feasts. Barclay has a lot to say about feasts all throughout his works. Here’s how to locate those occurrences.

First, from the Tools menu choose Define Collections and group all of Barclay’s commentaries into a collection. Now open the Topic Browser form the Go menu. Set the in box to your new Barclay collection. Type feast in the Find box. Click Search. Click feasts from the Topics list and you’ll now see all the articles that discuss this subject.

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In the back of many print books is a subject or topic index. You know how it works. Lookup a subject like heaven and all the page numbers where the subject discussed is listed. In Libronix, you have the equivalent and more of this subject index. It’s called the Topic Browser. It can be found on the Go menu or the toolbar or opened with the keystroke Ctrl + T.

When it opens set the In box to the books you wish to search. Type in the Find box a word. This is the subject you would normally lookup in a subject index. Click Search. All of the topics containing your word are listed. Now click a specific topic. All of the places discussing your specific topic are listed! Click an article to jump to that location.

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The Verse List is a user created document that simply contains a list of verses. You can create as many of these lists as you like and open them whenever you need them.

To add verses from an open Word document to a Verse List first open the desired Word document.  Click the Add icon on a Verse List. Click, From Active Word Document.

Libronix will now read the Word document and automatically add to the list any verses it finds.

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At the top of your Logos Bible Software home page is a link called My Page at Logos.com. When you click it you’ll be taken to a site containing links to valuable information from training, to your personal account information, to how to get your friends on board. Make sure to check out the site and visit often.

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The Verse List is a user created document that simply contains a list of verses. You can create as many of these lists as you like and open them whenever you need them.

You can manually add verses to the list one at a time or several at once. Click the Add icon on the Verse List toolbar and select Verse(s).

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