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See also
 The power of Favorites
 Layouts useful to Users
 Definition of window parts


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NOTE: some users might be more familiar with the term “workspace” but “layout” is used in this version of the software.
 

Layout Management (how to create or customize your Layout)

Please watch Mark Barnes video Layouts
Also watch Tabs and Layouts Management.
These short videos are well worth your time:

  • they will show you how to create or customize different panels on the screen.
  • they will also give you special tips on moving multiple tabs at once and more.

  

How do I get a layout to show when I open Logos?

Note: From Logos 5.0b the Customize option discussed here has been moved to Tools > Program Settings

  • If Logos opens to your Home Page you will need to disable this so that the Layout window appears.


    1. On your Home Page look at the bottom left of the window and find the Customize button.
      Click on it and a pop-up menu below appears.



    2. Find the Show home page at startup and click to uncheck it.
    3. Now you can click the Home button on the top left of your window to take you to the Layout window.
      (what you see on your Layout view is what will appear when you open Logos the next time)
      (by the way, you can click on the Home button again and it will take you back to the Home Page. When clicking this button it will toggle which page you are viewing)



    4. If your Layout window is empty, you may want to set it up the way that you want it.
      1. Opening a resource
      2. Moving Tabs
      3. Closing a Tab
      4. How can I get two books to track together?
      5. Saving your layout
    5. When you close Logos, it will remember how your Layout screen was showing.
      Then when you open Logos the next time it will restore how it was showing from your previous session.


I don’t see the default layout

You are probably referring to the layout generated when you entered a scripture reference on the Home page and were taken to its default layout. See this wiki page Opening the Standard Layout for directions.



How do you save your current Layout?

Please watch the short video Layouts

  1. In the toolbar on the far right click Layouts

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  2. In the drop down menu, under the first layout image on the right, click the text next to the pencil icon.

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  3. When the textbox opens under the image icon, type in a name for the current Layout.

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  4. The next time you click Layouts on the left side under Named Layouts you should see your named layout.
  • When entering a name of a previously saved named layout, be careful to type the name exactly as the previously named layout as the names are case sensitive. [there is a new feature coming out with version 4.0b which will allow you to update a named layout without having to re-enter the name (see How can you update a Layout?)]

  

How do you delete a named Layout?

  1. Click Layouts in the toolbar.
  2. Right click on the Layout name that you want to delete.

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  3. Click on Delete.

  

How can you update a Layout?

  • Make sure that you know what the name of your current Layout. (if not it would be best to open the named Layout before proceeding)
  • Make changes to the Layout
  • Then follow these steps:
    1. Click on Layouts in the upper right side of the main toolbar.
    2. Right click on the named Layout (on the left side of the drop down menu) which you want to update.
    3. Click on Update to current snapshot in the pop-up menu.
    4. This is the new layout icon which represents what was updated to your named Layout.





How can you create a shortcut to open a Layout?

  1. Click Layouts in the toolbar.
  2. Click on the Layout name (on the left side of the layout menu selection) [make sure NOT to release the mouse button!]
  3. Drag the Layout name to the Shortcut bar (dragging means hold the mouse left button down while moving the mouse).

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  4. Now to open the layout using the new shortcut, simply click on the icon in the Shortcut bar.

  

Opening your resources (books)

  • There are several ways to open your resources

Opening resources from your Home Page

  • In the Go box, type in a Bible reference and press Enter (or click on the Go button). This will take you to your Layout with the Passage Guide, 5 top Bibles, and Commentary open. [See the video Home Page Passage Box and Bibles and Commentaries]




Opening resources from your Library

  • If you are on the Home Page, click the house icon in the upper left area of Logos to switch to the Layout view.
  • Follow these steps
    1. Click on the Library icon at the top of your Logos window. (for more info on your Library)
    2. In the Find box, type the initials or name of the resource/book that you want to open (e.g. NKJV for the New King James Version). [this step is optional]
    3. When it shows up in your library below, click on the Title of the book. This will then open the book into a window or a new Tab in a window in your Layout area.




Opening resources from the Command box

  • If you are on the Home Page, click the house icon in the upper left area of Logos to switch to the Layout view.
  • The Command box is found at the top center of the Layout window (see image below). See Commands for more info
  • Follow these steps
    1. In the Command box, type the initials or name of the resource/book that you want to open. (e.g. NKJV for the New King James Version).
    2. Then a drop down menu will appear, click on the Open the New King James Version in this drop down menu. It will open the NKJV in a window or in a new Tab in a current window.




Opening similar resources

  • Logos recognizes the type of resource that is currently being viewed in a window.
  • To open a similar resource follow these steps
    1. First open a resource (e.g. one that can have a similar resource: Bible, Dictionary, Commentary, etc).
    2. Click on the + sign to the right of the tab in the window (Ctrl+T is a shortcut). This will open a New Tab for selecting a similar resource.



    3. You will see icons of books on the left and a list of books on the right.



      Select either the icon or the name of a book. Logos will Open that book in this New Tab.



Opening a 2nd copy or moving to a Floating window

  • Follow the steps below
    1. Right click on the Tab of a resource.
    2. To open a 2nd copy of this resource in a new Tab, click here.
    3. To move this resource to a Floating window, click here.




  • This is probably very obvious. But you may not have known that you can also open a resource in a new tab from various links.
  • This example only shows using a link from Explorer. But there are similarities found for links in other tools or links within resources.
  • Example below
    1. Right click on the link.
    2. In this particular case, when the pop-up menu appears, on the right side click on Link. (this changes options on the left side of this pop-up menu)
    3. In this example we already have the Bible Knowledge Commentary open. So clicking here would reposition it to where the link was pointing.
    4. If you click here, it will open a 2nd copy of the BKC in a new tab and position it to the link location. The advantage here is that the original BKC‘s position is not disturbed and we can view the linked position in the new tab.




 

Is there a keyboard shortcut to Open Layouts?

  • You can Open/Close Layouts from your keyboard with Alt + A.



Moving Tabs

  • Since showing how to move Tabs requires dynamically moving Tabs, it is not efficient to show this with static images.
    Please watch Logos video Library Management.
  • Note: To move a whole tile with multiple tabs at once, hold down the SHIFT key before clicking on a tab and continue to hold it down while dragging.






Closing a Tab

  • There are several ways to close a Tab (when you have more than one resource open in a window they appear as Tabs at the top of that window).

Using the X

  1. Select the resource’s Tab so that it is visible. (e.g. click on the resource’s tab)
  2. Click on the X on the right side of this Tab’s window.




Using the Right Click

  1. Right click on the resource’s Tab.
  2. When the drop down menu appears, click on Close this tab.




Using the keyboard

  1. Select the resource’s Tab so that it is visible and the active window.
  2. From the keyboard, press the key combination Ctrl + W.





Closing all windows in your Layout

  • To close all windows in your Layout

When your Layout is already open

  1. In the Command box, type close all.
  2. When you see the drop down menu, you can click on Close all under Tools.
  3. Or for convenience you can create a Shortcut by dragging the Close all to the Shortcut bar and dropping it there. Now if you click on this Shortcut, it will close all your windows in your Layout. In the future you will not have to type this command, just click the shortcut.




When starting Logos from the desktop

  • On PC, from your desktop, right click on the Logos icon .

  • On PC, Hold down the Ctrl key and click on Open (or if you are using Windows7 and have a pinned Logos icon, hold the Ctrl key down when you click on the icon). [Very important, do not release the Ctrl key until you see the sign-in screen or the Logos Bible Software appear in your taskbar.]



  • On Mac, launch Logos then quickly pressing and holding command key causes sign-in dialog box to appear (release command key) – with option for blank layout.
  • Once that you see the sign-in screen below:
    1. Click to check the box for Use blank layout.
    2. Click the Sign In button. Logos will open to a blank layout.



  • This will also start Logging (checking the Use blank layout is not necessary to start logging, but may be useful on restarting Logos after a crash). The log files created by Logos are useful when reporting crashes to the Forum. [see Diagnostic Logging]



How can I move all the tabs in a panel to a new location?

  • If you hold the shift key down and click on a tab in a panel and start dragging the tab, all the tabs in that panel will move and you can drop them in a new location on your layout.

  Notice in the image below that 3 resources are moving as they are being dragged. These were all the resource in that panel.





Quick way to duplicate an open resource

  • Hold the Ctrl key down and click and drag the resource that you want to duplicate.
    Mac_Note: use the Cmd key.


Quick way to duplicate a panel with its tab

  • Hold the Ctrl and shift keys down and click on one of the tabs in the panel that you want to duplicate and drag it to a new location. Logos will duplicate that panel when you drop it in the new location.
  • Also see this post for more info


How can I get two books to track together?

  

Can I import my layouts from Logos3 ?

No. Bob Pritchett explains in this post http://community.logos.com/forums/t/3435.aspx



Resizing Tool panels

  • When you open tools from the Tool menu (e.g. Highlighting, Information, etc), Logos opens them to a fixed size panel on your layout. Notice that you cannot grab the edge to make them narrower.
  • The easiest way (from Mitch on the forum) is from the Tool menu, is to grab and drag it to a position. It will be sizeable after you drop it on your layout.



    1. Click on Tools in the top menu.
    2. Click on the tool that you want to place on the layout. Do not release the mouse button.



    3. Drag the tool to where you want it placed on your layout and drop it (release the mouse button).



    4. Now you can grab the side of the panel to resize it.




Mac vs PC Layouts menu differences

Mac and PC User Interface Differences page has Layouts section

Last modified February 20 by Dave Hooton

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