Explorer
Updated for Logos 8+
Page Contents
- The Explorer tool acts like a mini-Passage Guide which will Follow the active resource or you can have it follow a linked resource. Unlike the Passage Guide, it can dynamically show you useful information without having to type a passage and search.
- Click on Tools in the top menu.
- Click on Explorer in the drop down menu.
- When you select a word or series of words in a resource and click the right mouse button, a pop-up Context menu appears.
- Now if you select Reference you should see Explorer on the other side of the menu (you may have to scroll down). When you click it the reference will appear in Explorer.
Explorer Categories
- Biblical Events
- Shows Events related to the passage
- Clicking a link will open a Factbook entry.
- Biblical People, Places and Things
- Searches for People / Places / Things pertaining to the passage shown in the reference box.
- Clicking a link will open a Factbook entry.
- Media
- Searches for Media pertaining to the passage shown in the reference box.
- Clicking a link will open an appropriate media resource.
- My Content
- Searches your documents and saved Guides (Notes, Clippings, Passage Lists, etc) pertaining to the passage shown in the reference box.
- Clicking a link will open the document/guide (you may have to use Find to locate the entry in the document).
- Cross References
- Searches for Cross References pertaining to the passage shown in the reference box.
(These come from cross-reference resources in your Library, such as the TSK or NTSK). - Clicking a link will open your preferred bible.
- Commentaries
- Searches your Commentaries & Bible Note type pertaining to the passage shown in the reference box.
- Clicking a link will open the commentary.
Linking Explorer
Linking Explorer works the same as most tools in Logos.
- Follow allows Explorer to follow which ever resource that you click.
- A,B,C,D,E,F allows Explorer to follow the resource in the corresponding Link set.
- None means that Explorer will only follow what you type into its Reference box.