Logos 6 Commands
NOTE: Use Alt+D (PC) or Option+Command+L (Mac) for quick access to the Command Bar in which these commands can be used.
Add
- Add note {Bible Reference}
- Add note {Bible Reference} in {Note Name}
Close
- Close All closes all panels and returns you to a blank desktop (it has no effect on the Home Page)
- Close Active Layout in the Layout menu removes the name from the Title bar but doesn’t close any panels.
Copy
- Copy {Bible Reference}
- Copy {Bible Reference} from {Bible Version}
See Copy Bible Verses Wiki Page
Create
(Alternate commands: show new or load new)
- Create {Document Type}
- Create Bibliography
- Create Clippings
- Create Handout
- Create Notes
- Create Passage List
- Create Prayer List
- Create Reading Plan
- Create Sentence Diagram
- Create Syntax Search
- Create Visual Filter
- Create Word Find Puzzle
- Create Word List
- Create {Template Type}
- Create Bible Word Study Template
- Create Exegetical Guide Template
- Create Passage Guide Template
- Create Sermon Starter Guide Template
- Create Topic Guide Template
Optionally can specify name: Create {Document/Template Type} named {Document Name}
Delete
- delete unlicensed resources deletes locked/invalid resource files to free up disk space e.g. after leaving Logos Now
See Delete Unlicensed Resources for details.
Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery
Opens a random resource to a random location. Optionally can specify a collection.
- Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery
- Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery in {Collection}
- FSD
- FSD in {Collection}
Go
- Go {Bible Reference}
- Go to {Bible Reference}
Index Commands
- Rebuild Index deletes and rebuilds all your resource indexes.
- Rebuild Library Index deletes and rebuilds only the library index.
- Rebuild Bible Index deletes and rebuilds only the Bible index.
- Rebuild Personal Book Index deletes and rebuilds only the Personal Book index.
- Reindex {Abbreviated Title | Resource Id} re-indexes a single resource e.g. reindex ESV; reindex LLS:1.0.710
Load
- {Layout Name}
- Load {Layout Name}
Open {Layout Name} also works.
Look Up
- Look up {Term | Reference}
- Lookup {Term | Reference}
NB. Lookup can be omitted for many References e.g. Bible, Strong’s number.
Open
- Open {Resource Name}
- Open {Resource Name | Series} to {Reference}
- Open {Resource ID | Filename} – opens a resource using its Resource ID or filename (without extension)
e.g. Open LLS:1.0.71 or Open NASB95 will open the NASB95 bible.
- Open {Guide Name}
- Open {Author}
- Open {Author} to {Reference}
- Open {Document Name}
- Open {Document Type} Named {Document Name}
- Open Factbook to {Person | Place | Thing | Event | Topic | ...}
NB. Open can be omitted in many cases.
Read Aloud
- Start Reading Aloud starts reading the active panel.
- Stop Reading Aloud stops reading.
Scan
This command will search all directories/folders under the given path and prepare licensed resources for use in Logos.
Scan {Resource Path}
- finds resources in the path or on a disk.
Scan DVD
- finds resources on a media disk in the drive (PC)
Scan Optical Media
- finds resources on a media disk in the drive (Mac)
Although a restart isn’t necessary, you may be requested to restart Logos for resources that are being used (or open).
Search
- {Search Term}
- Search [for] {Search Term}
- Bible Search [for] {Search Term}
- Morph Search [for] {Search Term}
- Clause Search [for] {Search Term}
- Media Search [for] {Search Term}
- Syntax Search
Parameter for is optional.
Set
- Set Accessibility to {Yes|No} – enables or disables UI Automation, used by screen readers to read user interface controls
- Set Automatically Download Updates to {Yes|No}
- Set Check Spelling While Typing to {Yes|No}
- Set Citation Style to {Citation Style}
- Set Copy Citations to {Yes|No}
- Set Copy Footnotes to {Yes|No}
- Set Custom Chrome to {Yes|No}|{True|False}|{On|Off}
- Set Default Font to {Font Name}
- Set Old Default Notes Text Size to {Font Size (8-24)} | Default – changes the text size of old notes
which used the default size set in Program Settings and have not been edited for size since the option was removed
- Set Default Text Size to {80%|90%|100%|110%|120%|140%|160%|200%|240%}
- Set Greek Font to {Font Name}
- Set Greek Transliteration Format to {Transliteration Name}
- Set Hebrew Font to {Font Name}
- Set Hebrew Transliteration Format to {Transliteration Name}
- Set Kindle Account to {xxxx@kindle.com email address} ===> removed in v 6.11
- Set Language to {English | Spanish | Swedish | ...} – changes the user interface language but see UILang below
- Set Play Sounds to {Yes|No}
- Set Program Scaling to {80%|90%|100%|110%|120%|140%|160%|200%}
- Set Send Feedback to {All|Anonymous|None|Default}
- Set Show Alerts to {Yes|No}
- Set Syriac Font to {Font Name}
- Set Syriac Transliteration Format to {Transliteration Name}
- Set Update Channel to {default|stable|beta} – use at your own risk! See: Explanation of Update Channels
- Set Use Gestures to {Yes|No}
- Set Use Internet to {Yes|No}
- Set Use Red Letter to {Yes|No}
Show
Library / Social
- Show Collections
- Show Favorites
- Show Highlighting
- Show History
- Show Wikipedia
- Show Ask the Author
- Show Community Notes
- Show Groups Tool
Reference / Utilities
- Show Atlas
- Show Bible Sense Lexicon
- Show Factbook
- Show Reading Lists
- Show Timeline
- Show Personal Books
- Show Program Settings
- Show Visual Copy
Passage / Lookup
- Show Copy Bible Verses
- Show Explorer
- Show Passage Analysis
- Show Compare Pericopes
- Show Compare Pericopes for {Bible Reference}
- Show Word Tree
- Show Word Tree for {Bible Reference}
- Show Morph River
- Show Morph River for {Bible Reference}
- Show Cluster Graph
- Show Cluster Graph for {Bible Reference}
- Show Version River
- Show Version River for {Bible Reference}
- Show Text Comparison
- Show Cited By
- Show Information
- Show Power Lookup
- Show Pronunciation
Show {Program Item}
- Show Help
- Show Help on {Subject}
- Show Home
- Show Library
Show {Biblical datasets}
- Show Biblical People ==> opens Biblical People Diagrams
- Show Biblical Places ==> opens Biblical Places Maps
- Show Biblical Maps ==> opens Biblical Places Maps
Sync Commands
- Sync Now forces an immediate sync and can be used to sync manually if automatic sync is disabled.
This command synchronizes user items such as notes, layouts, etc.
- Sync Repair forces Logos to re-check that it has sync’d everything when you know something is missing!
Update
- Update active layout creates a named snapshot of your active layout (keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Alt+L on Windows; Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+L on OS X)
- Update Now checks what software/resources have been updated on the server since your last update. Also used to restart Cancelled updates.
- Update Resources performs an intensive check against your licenses, the resources on your computer and resources on the server to ensure that you have everything.
User Interface Language
- UILang {lang} changes the User Interface language
You can substitute the following language abbreviations:
af = Afrikaans, pt = Portuguese, nl = Dutch, en = English,
fr = French, de = German, it = Italian, es = Spanish, sv = Swedish
This works in any language, so you don’t have to worry about the current language setting.
A restart is required to effect the change.