Extended Tips for Highlighting and Visual Filters

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This page provides tips and examples for use when working with Visual Filters and Highlighting Palettes.

It shows how to adapt Logos to enhance a variety of Bible study techniques and methodologies (assuming you are familiar with Logos).

It shows how to adapt Logos to enhance a variety of Bible study techniques and methodologies \\(assuming you are familiar with Logos).

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* [[Examples of highlighting palettes >> # Examples of highlighting palettes]]

 

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!! Widen highlighting panel

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!! Identify criteria

 

You can build the criteria for a visual filter from a resource by selecting some text, right clicking and \\ selecting "Search this resource". The Search pane then shows the criteria which can be used for your visual filter.

You can build the criteria for a visual filter by using the Context menu in a resource.

 

Step 1: Select and right click

Step 1: Selectsometextand right click

 

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Step 2: Select the Search term e.g. lemma, person, event

 

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Step 3: Select an appropriate "Search" e.g. Bible, Basic

The Search pane then shows the criteria which can be used for your visual filter.

 

Step 2: Copy and paste

Step 4: Select "Save as Visual Filter" from the Search menu.

 

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!! Highlighting palette for visual filter markups

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*Note:* Current versions allow you to "Save as Visual Filter" from the Search menu.

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!! Highlighting palette for visual filter markups

 

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The basic highlighting palettes that are bundled with Logos do not provide the flexibility needed for visual filters. The method for providing this flexibility is to build additional highlighting palettes then select styles from the palettes in the visual filter.

 

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!! Highlighting palette supporting sentence diagram

 

At this time Logos does not support the use of a highlighting palette within a sentencediagram. However, one can build a highlighting palette to serve as a key to one's diagrams. In this case, the key is from Grant R. Osborne, /The Hermeneutical Spiral :AComprehensiveIntroductiontoBiblicalInterpretation,Rev.andexpanded/,2nded.,49(DownersGrove,Ill.:InterVarsityPress,2006).

At this time Logos does not support the use of a highlighting palette within a SentenceDiagram. However, one can build a highlighting palette to serve as a key to one's diagrams. In this case, the key is from Grant R. Osborne, [[/The Hermeneutical Spiral/>>https://www.logos.com/product/3182/the-hermeneutical-spiral]].

 

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!! Highlighting palette in lieu of chart

 

Form from /They Cried to the Lord: The Form and Theology of Biblical Prayer/ by Patrick D. Miller.

PrayerForm from /They Cried to the Lord: The Form and Theology of Biblical Prayer/ by Patrick D. Miller.

 

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Form converted into highlighting - palette and example:

PrayerForm converted into highlighting - palette and example:

 

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!! Highlighting palette for work status

 

There are multiple ways to track work in Logos. One is to use Notes to maintain a list of elements scheduled, in progress and completed. ThesecondistorunPassageGuidesandsearcheswhichincludeMyContent.Thethirdis to create a work status highlighting palette to note status. Work status palettes may either be generic (Logos units) or personal for your particular work products.

There are multiple ways to track work in Logos. One is to use Notes to maintain a list of elements scheduled, in progress and completed. Butanotherway is to create a work status highlighting palette to note status. Work status palettes may either be generic (Logos units) or personal for your particular work products.

 

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!! Examples of highlighting palettes

 

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In the discussion above we have seen three uses for highlighting palettes:

!!! Palettes for textual highlighting

* for textual highlighting

* to create styles for visual filters

* as key to sentence diagrams

 

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!!! In the following examples we will illustrate the first (and primary) use.

 

!!!! Swedish Bible study method

Method explained by Peter Blowes (http://gotherefor.com/offer.php?intid=28725).

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!!! Additionalexamplesofhighlightingpalettes as keys to sentencediagrams

!!! Palettes as keys to SentenceDiagrams

 

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!!!! Tracing the argument