4.1 Beta 8

Logos 4.1 Beta 8 (v4.10.4.3924) was released on August 17, 2010.

Note: Some of the bug fixes listed below may have been included in Beta 7.

New Features

  • Gestures implemented for Logos 4. Click on right mouse button and drag in the directions indicated below to initiate various functions.
    • left = Go Back
    • right = Go Forward
    • up = Previous Article
    • down = Next Article
    • down, right = Close Tab (See Known Issues.)
    • down, up = New Tab
    • “C” shape = Toggle Contents Pane on or off
    • “star” shape = Add to Favorites (try this: up right, down right, up left, right, down left)
    • up/right diagonal = Full Screen Mode
    • down/left diagonal = Escape Full Screen Mode
    • down/right, down/left (right angle bracket or ‘greater than’) = Start Read Aloud (See Known Issues.)
    • square (down, right, up, left) = Stop Read Aloud
  • Print/Export
    • Graph Bible Search Results print/export implemented. (See known issue below.)
    • Highlighting panel can be printed or exported to XPS Document.
    • When printing a Reading Plan that is in Calendar view, the calendars are printed.
  • Sentence Diagram
    • Implemented Settings/Preferences.
      • The following settings are saved globally:
        • Insert passage type
        • Show page guides
        • Always show shape handles
        • Default text/line styles
      • The following settings are saved per document:
        • Page size
        • Page orientation
        • Use informal lines
        • Text display mode
        • RTL shape insertion
    • Inserted passages from Hebrew text break on word number.
    • Text Alignment options (Left, Center, Right) are available on ‘Text’ drop-down.

Bug Fixes

  • Favorites
  • Home Page
  • Notes
  • Passage List
  • Print/Export
    • Biblical Places images will appear on the same page as the title.
    • Fixed clipping of most images in preview and RTF export.
    • Improved appearance of BWS Translation section export to RTF with ‘Print as exported’ selected.
    • Improved layout of resource list in Tags or Cloud view from Passage Guide Topics section when exported to Text format.
    • Increased size of icon next to person description in Biblical People export.
    • Media resource image is exported at correct size.
    • Preview now hides, rather than zooming away, before new preview appears due to page size or orientation change.
    • Resource preview, printout, and XPS Document export includes a resource citation at the bottom of each page. (http://community.logos.com/forums/t/19760.aspx)
    • Clause Visualizers, with a period in their titles, will be exported with an underline in place of the period in the filename.
    • Collapsed guide sections are omitted from export with ‘Print as exported’ checked.
    • Exported guide headers look more like the actual view in the guide.
    • Improved appearance of the Passage Guide Topics image in Tags view when exported.
    • Improved export of certain Guide sections, such as Handout (notes only), Biblical People/Places/Things, Media Resources, Music, Topics, and Definition.
    • Removed scrollbar from Text Comparison WYSIWYG printing. (See known issues.)
  • Search
  • Sentence Diagram
    • Added a new highlight color to shapes and text that are both selected and being hovered.
    • Fixed crash (ArgumentOutOfRangeException) when right-click is performed while dragging text in a text flow diagram to a new position. (http://community.logos.com/forums/t/21310.aspx)
    • Font sizes are listed as points rather than percentages.
    • Improved RTL button style.
    • RTL wrapping columns are now importing correctly.

Known Issues

  • The application will crash at startup in non-English locales.
  • Bible Word Study
    • The ‘Hebrew Words’ ring graph does not display the English glosses.
  • Gestures
    • Close Tab gesture (down, right) does not work in a floating panel. (New)
    • Starting Read Aloud using gesture does not open Audio Bar on main toolbar. (New)
  • Print/Export
    • Filenames with periods will not be saved properly. Workaround: remove period before saving. (No longer applies to export of Clause Visualizer resources.)
    • Graph Bible Search Results images can be clipped. (New)
    • It is possible for text to be split between pages in Text Comparison WYSIWYG printing. (New)
  • Reading Plan
    • The M’Cheyne plan locks to January 1 of the selected year. A workaround is to use the ‘Adjust plan from here’ option, although the date in settings will remain ‘Jan 1’.
  • Sentence Diagramming
    • Alternate text insertion has been temporarily disabled in Beta 8. (New)
    • Wrapping columns do not always scroll outside of the document properly.


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