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  • Jeffrey Gardner
    3 months ago

    Can I specify a Bible version for a Sermon document that is different from my preferred Bible without changing my preferred Bible? I want to pull verses from a different Bible just for this sermon, but I do not want to change the default Bible throughout Logos.

    1. Manuel Gossen 3 months ago

      Hello Jeffrey Gardner, When you have a bible passage imported into your sermon, you (at least on PC) can click on the translation that is written next to the reference at the top. A dropdown will appear for you to change the translation to any other translation from your library.

  • Ben Curfman
    5 months ago

    I currently use Sermon Builder and Preaching Mode each Sunday. Here are a few things that cause me a lot of frustration and extra work. I’m sharing these for the developers to consider as they plan updates. 1. I set scripture references to “one verse per slide” to develop my slides, but I change it to “block paragraph” before I preach so my notes are more condensed. I am able to select this option on my iPad, but it only responds when it is changed on desktop. This requires me to go to a different computer at a different location just for this feature each week. 2. I am unable to use workflows in iOS/iPad and only on desktop. This means I cannot use the workflow feature regularly if I am traveling or need to work outside my office. 3. I want to create my own slide styles with my own graphics, but there are always issues with doing so. If there is documentation on how to do this currently, I have not been able to find it. 4. I use the timer feature when I preach. It would be great to have more timestamp alerts of some kind that I can put into my notes. For instance, instead of flashing a 5 minute warning only, maybe there would be some indicator of 15 minute segments through the sermon to help keep me on track.

    1. Dave Hill
      6 months ago

      I posted an issue in the Proclaim Group discussing the need for a search function in the Sermon Builder Export to Proclaim option. When exporting to proclaim, only the 4 latest presentations can be seen which is not enough for us.
      Faithlife Proclaim - Faithlife
      Logos Sermon Export to Proclaim Bug. There is a bug (or programming oversight) that when exporting a sermon from Logos to Proclaim that you can only see the 4 latest created presentations. What happens for us is that after Sunday morning I duplicate the service for the next week and change the Date in the Title. This is the presentation for the Pastor to export his sermon slides to. However, on Wednesdays our children's director creates Proclaim presentations for multiple aged children's classes for Wednesday and Sunday. Since the Logos Export function only displays 4 presentations the pastor is not able to select the Sunday Morning Presentation for his slides. The solution is that he texts me that he cannot find the presentation and I have to update the presentation by editing the title, and then this causes that presentation to come to the top of the list and be seen. It would be nice if the LOGOS EXPORT function had a search option to search for the Presentation by name to export sermon notes to (or a much longer display of recent Proclaim Presentations).
      faithlife.com

      1. Zach Boldt
        7 months ago

        Is there a way to crosslink sermon documents in the basic Bible view, similar to how Notes show up with an identifiable marker?

        1. Phil Gons (Logos) 7 months ago

          Zach Boldt, not yet, but we've discussed it for years. You can add your vote to this idea to show your interest: https://feedback.logos.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/add-document-visual-filters

      2. robert@ccsanangelo.org
        8 months ago

        First post here as far as I can remember. Blessed at how far along this has come. I wanted to present this - I use the formatting of Copy bible verses to format the way I like my text copied. When I format it, and paste into the message it ignores my formattig and does it how it likes. usually based on one of 3 options. One verse, Block paragraph, fully formatted. But none of those recognize my custom formatting. However I can paste as normal text (hit space, then paste) then highlight, then blockquote. I went from two steps (copy/paste) to 4 steps. Would it not be more fitting that fully formatted would be whatever I copied it as? Thanks and sorry if I did this wrong.

        2. robert@ccsanangelo.org 7 months ago

          wont let me share screen video gimme sec to upload to youtube

        3. robert@ccsanangelo.org 7 months ago

          It should be available in few min https://youtu.be/PsZq7B-7gfs
          - YouTube
          Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
          youtu.be

        4. Phil Gons (Logos) 7 months ago

          Really helpful. Thanks for taking the time to share this, robert@ccsanangelo.org. We'll definitely spend some time thinking about how to make this a better and more consistent experience.

      3. Patrick Dewhurst
        8 months ago

        I have the Logos 10 Full Feature Upgrade, but I am still not seeing the option to import sermons. It's not near the export button, and it isn't in the three dot drop down menu either.

        1. Patrick Dewhurst 8 months ago

          I answered my own question- import is only available from the Sermon Manager and not from the sermon builder. This should be changed so that from either toolbar sermons can be imported. If you create sermon placeholders to plan out your year and see it at a glance, you very well might have a sermon you have preached elsewhere, and want to utilize it in logos. It would be such a simple thing to click on the sermon you have already created, and just import an old sermon instead of having to delete it, go back to sermon manager and then import. This way you don't need to redo all of the details you've already input such as tags, topics, dates, series, etc.

        2. David Cosand (Logos) 8 months ago

          hi Patrick Dewhurst, thanks for the feedback! it sounds like you would expect the import to replace any and all content in the opened sermon document with the content from your imported sermon, but would you expect it to retain any tagging or sermon metadata you already added to the 'sermon info' panel in advance?

        3. Patrick Dewhurst 7 months ago

          Yes. You already have this function in another area. When you use a template, Logos asks if you want to use the template for the body, or for body and info together. This same pop up could be integrated when importing. That way you would have the option to keep all tagging and metadata, or import fresh.

      4. Steven W. Schenewerk
        9 months ago

        I can't get the handout function to work in the sermon document

        1. Tim Murray 9 months ago

          Not at all?

        2. Steven W. Schenewerk 8 months ago

          not at all grrr

      5. Ames Broen
        10 months ago

        I don't see Sermon Assistant on the tab next to Popular Quotes

        1. Robert Bennett
          10 months ago

          Can I save may sermon templates or do I have to retype them each time?

          1. David Cosand (Logos) 10 months ago — Edited

            Hi Robert Bennett, you can choose to save your Sermon Document as a template by selecting Template in the Sermon Info right side panel. When you select Template, it will auto-save the current Sermon for you as a template and can be used for any new sermon document going forward. When you create a new sermon document, you can click 'choose a template' at the bottom of the page and select from your saved templates to use as a starting point.

        2. Ames Broen
          10 months ago

          I am in sermon builder. I have a tab opened to the sermon document and one to popular quotes. When I try to click on the quote and transfer it to the sermon document nothing happens. What do I do?

          2. Ames Broen 10 months ago

            Hi, David. I have the sermon document and quotes tab own, but still can't click and move. Is there a training video I could look at?

          3. David Cosand (Logos) 10 months ago

            Ames Broen I've recorded a quick video showing how to drag and drop a popular quote into a sermon document on Windows 11. https://amber-embed.faithlife.com/shares/KjAh1uIy2uJInD08
            Drag And Drop Popular Quotes Windows 11 Feb 28 2024
            Check out Drag And Drop Popular Quotes Windows 11 Feb 28 2024.
            amber-embed.faithlife.com

          4. ROMAN SMEJKAL 9 months ago

            I have exactly the same issue It worked previously but since about a month ago and can no longer drag quotes into the sermon