Reading Plan (Basics)

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* [[What is a Reading Plan? >> # What is a Reading Plan?]]

* [[Overview >> # Overview]]

* [[Selecting the portion of the book to read >> # Selecting the portion of the book to read]]

* [[ Setting up a Reading Plan >> #  Setting up a Reading Plan]]

* [[Starting a Reading Plan from the menu >> # Starting a Reading Plan from the menu]]

* [[Selecting your book >> # Selecting your book]]

* [[Selecting when to finish reading your book >> # Selecting when to finish reading your book]]

* [[Selecting how often to read your book >> # Selecting how often to read your book]]

* [[Other Selections >> # Other Selections]]

* [[Selecting when to start reading your book >> # Selecting when to start reading your book]]

* [[Reviewing the Plan >> # Reviewing the Plan]]

 

* [[Settingup a ReadingPlan>> # Settingup a ReadingPlan]]

* [[Readingspecificpartsof a Bible>> # Readingspecificpartsof a Bible]]

* [[Starting a new Reading Plan >> # Starting a new Reading Plan]]

* [[Reading specific parts of a non-Bible >> # Reading specific parts of a non-Bible]] \\

* [[Selecting your book >> # Selecting your book]]

* [[Selecting the portion of the book to read >> # Selecting the portion of the book to read]]

 * [[Reading the entire book >> # •  Reading the entire book]]

 * [[Reading specific parts of a Bible >> # •  Reading specific parts of a Bible]]

 * [[Reading specific parts of a non-Bible >> # •  Reading specific parts of a non-Bible]] \\

* [[Selecting when to read your book >> # Selecting when to read your book]]

 * [[Selecting how often to read your book >> # •  Selecting how often to read your book]]

 * [[Selecting when to start reading your book >> # •  Selecting when to start reading your book]]

 * [[Selecting when to finish reading your book >> # •  Selecting when to finish reading your book]]

* [[Finish creating your Reading Plan >> # Finish creating your Reading Plan]]

 

* [[Opening up a Reading Plan to read >> # Opening up a Reading Plan to read]]

* [[From the Home Page >> # From the Home Page]]

* [[From Documents menu >> # From Documents menu]]

* [[Using the Reading Plan in your book >> # Using the Reading Plan in your book]]

* [[A Single section Reading Plan >> #• A Single section Reading Plan]]

* [[A Single section Reading Plan >> # A Single section Reading Plan]]

* [[A Multi-section Reading Plan >> #• A Multi-section Reading Plan]]

* [[A Multi-section Reading Plan >> # A Multi-section Reading Plan]]

 

* [[If you get behind >> # If you get behind]]

* [[Catch up to here >> # Catch up to here]]

* [[Marking a day as Unread >> #• Marking a day as Unread]]

* [[Marking a day as Unread >> # Marking a day as Unread]]

* [[Adjust plan from here >> # Adjust plan from here]]

* [[Editing a Reading Plan >> # Editing a Reading Plan]]

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!! What is a Reading Plan?

!!!! Overview

 A /Reading Plan/ is a tool of Logos which allows you to setup the reading of a Bible or book in a specified time period, and aids you in tracking your progress. You can setup as many reading plans as you like. This wiki page will provide the basic information in setting up a reading plan and using the reading plan. For specific custom reading plans see this wiki page: [[Reading Plans]].

 In a /Reading Plan/ you can read a whole book or a part of a book. For a Bible, you can select any of its books/chapters to read each day e.g. you can set a plan to read through the New Testament, or you could set a plan to read through Psalms and the New Testament. \\ You can choose which days of the week to read the book e.g. you could read through the Bible daily and have another Plan to read another book on Monday, Wednesday, & Friday.

  In a /Reading Plan/ you can read a whole book or a part of a book, and you can choose which days of the week to read the book e.g. daily, every weekday, or on set days; which means you could have another Plan for the remaining days of the week.

 Whilst there is a great deal of flexibility in setting up your reading plan(s), you still might find some limitations e.g. Logos will try to divide your reading equallyacross the time frame that you specify,butitmay not be the way that you wanted to read the book.

 Whilst there is a great deal of flexibility in setting up your reading plan(s), you still might find some limitations e.g.thewaythatLogos will try to divide your reading across the time frame that you specify may not be the way that you wanted to read the book.

 

!!!! Selecting the portion of the book to read

 Logos provides a method for breaking up what you read in a book or Bible. If you are setting up a plan for a Bible, then you can break it down by Bible book/chapter/verse, and you can also specify that it will be /read/ by chapter or pericope, or accept the /default/, where Logos tries to divide your reading into equal parts over the time period that you specify e.g. by selecting parts of chapters/pericopes.

 When breaking a non-Bible into parts obviously you cannot do this like a Bible. But if Logos has your book /indexed/ by page number, you can specify which pages that you want to read. So if you want to read a multi-chapter section of a Systematic Theology book, you could specify which page number to start with and which page number to stop with. But Logos will default to reading by chapter if you generate the reading plan from the resource (SEE BELOW).

 

!!!! Setting up a Reading Plan

 Logos provides a Reading Plan editor. You will use this when first setting up your reading plan, and you can make further changes until you commence /reading/. Some plans cannot be changed after that (SEE BELOW), but Logos will /restart/ other reading plans. So it is best to setup your plan and edit it before you actually start your reading.

 

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!! Settingupa Reading Plan

!! Starting a Reading Planfromthemenu

 Logos provides a Reading Plan editor. You will normally use this when first setting up your reading plan. You can edit your Reading Plan, but if you do so after you have started your reading plan Logos will restart your reading plan. So it is best to setup your plan and edit it before you actually start your reading. There are 5 sub-sections under this wiki heading which will step you through using the Reading Plan editor to setup a reading plan. Also you might want to view the [[Examples >> #  (…)

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!!! _Starting a new Reading Plan_

#. Open the main *Documents* menu.

#. Click on the *New* button

 * select *Reading Plan*.

 * select *Generate a Reading Plan* \\ \\ [[{{$ http://wiki.logos.com/media/ReadinPlanBasics1b.png?maxwidth=600 }} >> http://wiki.logos.com/media/ReadinPlanBasics1b.png]] \\ \\

 * select *Generate a Reading Plan*

#. Logos opens the Reading Plan editor in a floatingwindow.

#. Logos opens the Reading Plan editor in a tab.

 

It will be initially started for your [[Preferred Bible >> Choose preferred Bible]]. The name of the Reading Plan will automatically be changed as you setup different areas in the reading plan editor, so there is no need to rename it at this time.

 

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!!! _Selecting your book_

!!! Selecting your book

 The first thing that you will need to do in the Reading Plan editor is select which book that you want to read.Ifyouwanttoreadmorethanonebookyouwillneedtocreateotherreadingplan(s).

 The first thing that you will need to do in the Reading Plan editor is select which book that you want to read.

 

#. In the editor toolbar to the right of *Read* click on the title. \\ \\ [[{{$ http://wiki.logos.com/media/ReadinPlanBasics1c.png?maxwidth=600 }} >> http://wiki.logos.com/media/ReadinPlanBasics1c.png]] \\ \\

#. Click on the /title/ in the toolbar: \\ \\ {{$@img-fluid amber:11164231:46247439?maxwidth=500}} \\ \\

#. From the drop down, which is similar to the Library tool, select thebookthatyouwanttoread:

#.Youcanusethe/Find/boxin the drop down, which is similar to the Library tool, toselect yourresource:

* You can change the Library view from the default /Tile/ view to /Details/ or /Cover/.

 * start typing the title of the book e.g. *holman quicksource*; or

* You can use a [[Filter >> https://wiki.logos.com/Library__#Search_Fields_that_you_can_use_in_the_Find_box]] to have Logos filter the books in the drop down list.

 * You can type a /filter/ like *title:quick*.

* You can start typing the name of the book in the /Find/ box. \\ \\ [[{{$ http://wiki.logos.com/media/ReadinPlanBasics1d.png?maxwidth=600 }} >> http://wiki.logos.com/media/ReadinPlanBasics1d.png]] \\ \\

 * Note that you can change the /Library/ view from the default /Tile/ view to /Details/ or /Cover/.

#. After you have selected your book, it will appear in the editor. Notice that Logos has changed the name of your Reading Plan. There is no need to change the name at this time. If you want to rename the Reading Plan, do it after finishing the edit.

#. After you have selected your book, it will appear in the editor: \\ \\ {{$@img-fluid amber:11164259:46247605?maxwidth=500}}

 * Note that Logos has changed the name of your Reading Plan, but there is no need to change the name at this time.

 

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!!! _Selecting the portion of the book to read_

!!! Selecting when to finish reading your book

 Logos provides a method for breaking up what you read in a book or Bible. If you are setting up a plan for a Bible, then you can break it down by Bible books e.g. Genesis, Matthew, etc. (including chapters and verses). For Bibles you can also specify how it will be /read/ e.g. /default/, by /chapter/, or by /pericope/.

 Start by selecting the date when you want to finish reading your book. \\ Note that *Today* is the default /start/ date and that can be changed afterward, if necessary.   \\ \\

 If you wanted to read Genesis through Deuteronomy, then Matthew through John, and you setup it up to be read daily over a 3 month period, Logos will specify what is to be read each day. On the last day of the 3rd month you would read the last of John. During that time you may have read multiple chapters/pericopes in a day, or even read part of a chapter in a day. Logos tries to divide your reading into equal parts over the time period that you specified.

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 When breaking a non-Bible into parts obviously you cannot do this like a Bible. But if Logos has your book /indexed/ by page number, you can specify which pages that you want to read  (see [[I cannot set page numbers in the Reading Plan >> # I cannot set page numbers for my book in the Reading Plan ]] to help you determine how your book is Indexed). For example say that you want to read a multi-chapter section of a Systematic Theology book. You could specify which page number to start with and  (…)

#. In the editor to the right of *finishing* click on the date (default is *in one year*).

!!!! •  Reading the entire book

#. Click here to read you book in 1 year.

 This is the default for books (even Bibles). You will notice *All Passages* in the editor toolbar. If the range selection is missing, then you book is probably not /indexed/ and Logos will assume that you want to read the whole book.

#. Click here to read you book in 6 months.

 

#. Click in here and type the number of weeks that you want to finish reading your book.

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#. Click in here and enter the number of reading sessions that you want to read your book in.

#. If you have changed this and want to restore it to the entire book, click on the book range to the right of the title.

#. *Bibles only*. Click in here and enter the number of verses per day that you want to read (Logos will compute the number of sessions for you).

#. In the drop down range menu, click on *All Passages*.

#. Click on the date to set a date when you want to finish reading \\ Logos will show you a calendar, select the Month, year & day.

 

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!!!! •  Reading specific parts of a Bible

!!! Selecting how often to read your book

 

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#. In the editor, click on the range (/All Passages/ if you haven't changed it).

#. At the top of the range menu is *All Passages*. When selected you will read through the whole Bible. Under this you may see other named ranges that you already setup previously with this Bible or another Bible.

#. Logos has some common ranges available for Bibles under *Common Divisions*.

#. Popular *Predefined* plan(s).

#. You can enter your own range here:

#. Enter books which you want to read in the order that you want to read them \\ e.g. *Gen-Deut, Psalms, Proverbs, Matt-John* will have you read Genesis through Deuteronomy, then Psalms and then Proverbs. \\ Finally, you will read Matthew through John.

#. If you want to read multiple sections each day you must use the pipe character {{* '|' }} \\ e.g. *Gen-Deut {{~ | }} Psalms* will have you reading some of the Pentateuch and some of the Psalms each day.

#. When typing in a range, Logos will show a red rectangle around the range box if it does not understand or accept what you are entering. \\ \\

#. When you enter a custom range, you can name that range and then press the *Save* button. It will appear in the top portion as mentioned at step # 2. \\ *Tip*: when you have named a range you cannot easily edit it. But if you hold your mouse over the named range (under step #2) and right click on it, you can copy the range info and then paste it into the range box. Then it can be edited, but you will need to re-enter the name and click on Save.

 

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!!!! •  Reading specific parts of a non-Bible

 If your non-Bible book is /indexed/ by Page number then you can specify which pages to read. You may also be able to specify non-bible /references/ \\ \\

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#. In the editor, click on the range (/All Passages/ if you haven't changed it).

#. You will need to enter a range value here:

 * Enter the starting & ending page numbers to read, \\ e.g. *149-225* or  *pp 149 - pp 225* or *pg 149 - pg 225*

 * If your book is broken into volumes you may need to enter the volume before the page number, \\ e.g. *v 1, pg 195 - 254* or *v 1, pg 189-345* or *v 1, pg 195 - v 2, pg 117* (your book will need to be [[/indexed/ >> # I cannot set page numbers for my book in the Reading Plan]] by /Volume/ as well as Page number)

 * If you want to read multiple sections of your book each day, then use the pipe character (*'|'*) between your sections. \\ e.g.  *147-400 {{~  |  }} 468-539* \\ \\ [[{{$ http://wiki.logos.com/media/ReadinPlanBasics1i.png?maxwidth=600 }} >> http://wiki.logos.com/media/ReadinPlanBasics1i.png]] \\ \\

#. To locate page numbers in your book, open your book in a panel or window.

#. Show the Table of Contents for your book e.g. *Ctrl+Shift+ C* (Mac users: *Shift+Cmd+C*).

#. Locate the chapter where you want to start reading and click on it. Logos will position your book to that location. Also notice the page number is shown in the reference box. \\ Next click on the chapter where you want to stop reading, and scroll to the point where you want to stop. Notice the page number of that location. Now you know the starting page and the ending page to enter in step #2.

#. You can name the range that you entered as Logos will remember named ranges for a specific book.

 

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!!! _Selecting when to read your book_

 Now you will need to select the time frame for the Plan. When setting the time frame Logos will determine how many pages or sections to read each day. If it does not fit your needs, you can come back to this section and make changes. \\ \\

 

!!!! •  Selecting how often to read your book

 First you will need to decide how often during the week to read in your book. Logos offers 3 options as shown below. Select the one that you prefer. \\ \\

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#. To read Monday through Friday click here.

#. To select one or more days during the week, click to check the day(s) that you want to read.

 

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!!! Other Selections

 For Bibles, decide whether you want to read by /Default/, /Chapter/ or /Pericope/.

 Then decide whether you will read "By Myself" or with a Faithlife Group listed in the drop down.

 

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!!!!• Selecting when to start reading your book

!!! Selecting when to start reading your book

 Now you will need to select the date when you want to start reading of your book. \\ \\

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#. Then click on the month's day that you want to start.

 

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 Now that you have entered enough information for Logos to compute your Reading Plan, press the *Done* button (the Plan will now be shown with an *Edit* button).

!!!! •  Selecting when to finish reading your book

 Now you will need to select the date when you want to finish reading your book. \\ \\

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#. In the editor to the right of *finishing* click on the date (default is *in one year*).

#. Click here to read you book in 1 year.

#. Click here to read you book in 6 months.

#. Click in here and type the number of weeks that you want to finish reading your book.

#. Click in here and enter the number of reading sessions that you want to read your book in.

#. *Bibles only*. Click in here and enter the number of verses per day that you want to read (Logos will compute the number of sessions for you).

#. Click on the date to set a date when you want to finish reading \\ Logos will show you a calendar, select the Month, year & day.

 

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!!! _Finish creating your Reading Plan_

!! Reviewing the Plan

 For Bibles, decide whether you want to read by /Default/, /Chapter/ or /Pericope/.

 You should review your Reading Plan to see if it suits your needs. Notice that you can view the Plan in /Overview/, /Calendar/ or /List/ view.

 Then decide whether you will read "By Myself" or with a Faithlife Group listed in the drop down.

 *Important*: making changes after you start reading your book will result in losing the markings for what you have already read. So you should determine now if you need to make changes to the [[time frame >> # Selecting when to read your book]] \\ \\

 

 Now that you have entered enough information for Logos to compute your Reading Plan, press the *Start* button. Logos only shows this button the first time you prepare your Reading Plan. Afterward, the Plan will be shown with an *Edit* button. \\ Notice that you can view the Plan in /Overview/, /Calendar/ or /List/ view.

 

 You should review your Reading Plan to see if it suits your needs. \\ *Important*: making changes after you start reading your book will result in losing the markings for what you have already read. So you should determine now if you need to make changes to the [[time frame >> # Selecting when to read your book]] \\ \\

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#. Notice that Logos has renamed your Reading Plan. You can rename your plan here, but if you make changes Logos will automatically rename your plan again.

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* If you hover your mouse over the row for the next day's reading a box will appear. You can click the box to mark that day's reading as *Done*.

#. Notice that after you have marked any of your day's as read, that the editor's toolbar is not enabled. Logos does this to help you avoid accidentally losing the areas in your book that you have marked as read. If you want to make changes after you start reading, then you can click on the *Edit* link(all marked readings will be eliminated). \\ Remember if you change your plan's time frame, that your daily reading lengths may change which can present a problem when trying to mark sections as re (…)

 

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!! Reading specific parts of a Bible

 

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#. In the editor, click on the range (/All Passages/ if you haven't changed it).

#. At the top of the range menu is *All Passages*. When selected you will read through the whole Bible. Under this you may see other named ranges that you already setup previously with this Bible or another Bible.

#. Logos has some common ranges available for Bibles under *Common Divisions*.

#. Popular *Predefined* plan(s).

#. You can enter your own range here:

#. Enter books which you want to read in the order that you want to read them \\ e.g. *Gen-Deut, Psalms, Proverbs, Matt-John* will have you read Genesis through Deuteronomy, then Psalms and then Proverbs. \\ Finally, you will read Matthew through John.

#. If you want to read multiple sections each day you must use the pipe character {{* '|' }} \\ e.g. *Gen-Deut {{~ | }} Psalms* will have you reading some of the Pentateuch and some of the Psalms each day.

#. When typing in a range, Logos will show a red rectangle around the range box if it does not understand or accept what you are entering. \\ \\

#. When you enter a custom range, you can name that range and then press the *Save* button. It will appear in the top portion as mentioned at step # 2. \\ *Tip*: when you have named a range you cannot easily edit it. But if you hold your mouse over the named range (under step #2) and right click on it, you can copy the range info and then paste it into the range box. Then it can be edited, but you will need to re-enter the name and click on Save.

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!! Reading specific parts of a non-Bible

 If your non-Bible book is /indexed/ by Page number then you can specify which pages to read. You may also be able to specify non-bible /references/ \\ \\

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#. In the editor, click on the range (/All Passages/ if you haven't changed it).

#. You will need to enter a range value here:

 * Enter the starting & ending page numbers to read, \\ e.g. *149-225* or  *pp 149 - pp 225* or *pg 149 - pg 225*

 * If your book is broken into volumes you may need to enter the volume before the page number, \\ e.g. *v 1, pg 195 - 254* or *v 1, pg 189-345* or *v 1, pg 195 - v 2, pg 117* (your book will need to be [[/indexed/ >> # I cannot set page numbers for my book in the Reading Plan]] by /Volume/ as well as Page number)

 * If you want to read multiple sections of your book each day, then use the pipe character (*'|'*) between your sections. \\ e.g.  *147-400 {{~  |  }} 468-539* \\ \\ [[{{$ http://wiki.logos.com/media/ReadinPlanBasics1i.png?maxwidth=600 }} >> http://wiki.logos.com/media/ReadinPlanBasics1i.png]] \\ \\

#. To locate page numbers in your book, open your book in a panel or window.

#. Show the Table of Contents for your book e.g. *Ctrl+Shift+ C* (Mac users: *Shift+Cmd+C*).

#. Locate the chapter where you want to start reading and click on it. Logos will position your book to that location. Also notice the page number is shown in the reference box. \\ Next click on the chapter where you want to stop reading, and scroll to the point where you want to stop. Notice the page number of that location. Now you know the starting page and the ending page to enter in step #2.

#. You can name the range that you entered as Logos will remember named ranges for a specific book.

 

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 If you have not used a Reading Plan then this section will help you learn about the Reading Plan markers in your book. When reading below if you do not see your markers, then see [[I don't see my Reading Plan marker in my book >> # I don't see my Reading Plan marker in my book]].

 

!!!!• A Single section Reading Plan

!!!! A Single section Reading Plan

 When you have a single section to read each day in your book.

 

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#. Almost immediately you will see that Logos marks the next days reading location (providing that the next day is right after where you read). \\ \\

 

!!!!• A Multi-section Reading Plan

!!!! A Multi-section Reading Plan

 When you have multiple sections to read each day in your book

 

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!!!!• Marking a day as Unread

!!!! Marking a day as Unread

 At some point you accidentally mark a days reading as read (Done). You can correct that day in your Reading Plan in the editor.