Morris Proctor's Tips & Tricks

In the previous two blogs I talked with you about the Information Window (IW). This IW actually comes in two styles: floating or "normal". The good news is you get to pick which style you prefer.

To make your selection:

• Choose Tools | Options | General
• Select Interface

For the Floating IW: check the box Use Floating Information Window. The big advantage of the Floating IW is that you can move it to a secondary monitor if you are using multiple monitors. In other words Libronix can be displayed on one monitor while the IW is on another thereby not taking up space on the primary screen.

For the "normal" IW: uncheck the box Use Floating Information Window. By "normal" I mean the IW will have the typical Windows buttons in the upper right hand corner so you can Minimize, Maximize and Close the Window.

Both types of windows can be resized and repositioned on the screen as well as saved in a Libronix workspace.

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In the last blog I explained how to display the Information Window (IW) when in a Bible. As you move the mouse pointer from word to word, the information in the window changes. At some point you'll come to some information you need to work with. For example, you may want to copy / paste information to a Note File or Word document. Perhaps you'll want to see definitions for the hyperlinked morphological data in the IW.

You'll discover, though, as you move the mouse inside the IW the information changes to correspond to the current poison of the mouse pointer. In other words you need to "freeze" the IW so you can get your mouse to it.

Here's all you have to do:

Hold down the Ctrl key on the keyboard until your mouse pointer is safely inside the IW. The Ctrl key "freezes" the IW so you can work with it. Once you move your mouse outside the IW it "unfreezes" again.

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If you have attended Camp Logos within the past couple of years you know I have a great friend and right hand man with me named Art Boose. Art exemplifies a biblical model of servanthood. He is also an avid Logos user and an indispensable help to me at the seminars. For the next few blogs I want to talk with you about one of his favorite Libronix features: the Information Window (IW). The IW lives up to its name because it displays any information associated with the word on which the mouse is hovering. It is especially helpful when working in Bibles with Hebrew and Greek information.

To display the IW:

• Right click on a word in the Reverse Interlinear, KJV, NASB (95 Update), or a Hebrew or Greek Bible
• Select Display Information

The IW appears. You can now resize and position it as you desire. As you move the mouse from word to word the information changes corresponding to the word under the mouse pointer.

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This is a continuation of blogs devoted to the Sermon File Addin (SFA). I'm often asked if we can edit documents once they have been compiled into the two SFA books. The answer is yes. For example, let's say you notice a typo in one of your SFA books. Here's how to fix it:

• When you see a typo, scroll to the beginning of the article in the book. In other words if you're reading a sermon in your book go to the beginning of that sermon.
  
• At the beginning of the article you'll notice a section called Document. Click the title of the document to open that file.
  
• Once the file opens, in the Text area in the lower left hand corner of the screen, just manually edit the document correcting the typo.
  
• Click Compile and your changes will be included in your SFA books.

Please remember, every time you click Compile, the SFA rereads and recompiles all your Sermon File documents into the two SFA books.

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This is a continuation of blogs devoted to the Sermon File Addin (SFA). As mentioned previously the SFA allows you to incorporate any text (not just "official" sermons and illustrations) into your Libronix e-library so you can easily retrieve the information when you need it. The primary means of accessing your information is through the SFA index.

For example, create a new or open an existing Sermon File document from either File | New or File | Open. In the open document's window notice in the details section four areas:

Passages

The biblical passages you enter are added to the Scripture Index for your two SFA books. These are not the passages that are mentioned in the text itself. They will automatically be hyperlinked. These passages answer the question: What passages are dealt with in a significant way in the content of this material? You can enter as many passages as you like just make sure each is separated with a semi-colon.

Topics

The words you enter here answer the question: What subject(s) are covered in the content I'm adding to the book? Is this story about heaven? Is this sermon about faith? Is this quote about hope? Enter as many topics as you like just make sure each is separated with a semi-colon.

Tags

This Tags field is basically another Topics field that has been added for our convenience. Use it as you desire entering words just as you did in the Topics field. You may want to use it for sermons, illustrations, etc. that are for last 30 Minutes or 60 Minutes or are suitable for Women's Bible Study or Men's Retreat.

Date

Since the SFA is personal filing system you can keep up with when and where you used the content. Just click the Calendar button and select a date. To enter the Location just type it in the box.

When you click Compile all of the information in the fields will be entered in the appropriate index: one for you're your sermon book and one for your illustration book.

To access the index:

• Open one of your SFA books.
• Click the Contents Pane icon on its toolbar.
• In the Contents Pane on the left of the window scroll down to the very bottom.
• Click the plus sign next to Index to reveal the various sections of the index. You'll notice that the contents of the index correspond to the sections on the Sermon File document window.
• Click an entry in the Index to move your book to that location.

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