As you use Logos, you will open and close many panels in the main application workspace. Layouts let you set up your preferred workspace with all the resources and tools you want to access quickly for tasks like reading a particular book or studying a specific topic.
Desktop
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Layouts Menu
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Saved Layouts
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Snapshots
The Layouts menu, which appears on the main application toolbar, houses three sections:
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Top bar: Tile Arrangement buttons and a Find box for finding snapshots
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Left pane: Quickstart Layouts and Saved Layouts
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Right pane: Chronological Snapshots of your workspace
Tile Arrangements are not saved Layouts but convenient commands that rearrange the currently open panels into one of several stock configurations. They don’t close any open panels or open any new panels like Layouts do.
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Note: Panels can still be moved by dragging the panel tab to another location. They can also be resized. When one panel is moved or resized, the other panels will adjust accordingly.
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Select the
Layouts menu.
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Choose one of the six Tile Arrangements displayed in the upper-left corner of the menu.
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Open panels are assigned to tiles (areas of the screen) based on the shape of the tile arrangement chosen. Logos groups similar panels together into tiles whenever possible.
Built-in QuickStart Layouts are designed to streamline setting up your workspace for common tasks.
By default, these QuickStart Layouts contain the following books, tools, and guides:
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Bible and Commentary: your Top Bible, your highest prioritized matching commentary (with these linked together in a link set), and the Study Assistant
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Bible Journaling: The highlighting Tool, your Top Bible, and the Notes Tool
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Bible Reading Plan: The Bible specified in your Reading Plan, your highest prioritized Study Bible (linked to the Bible), the Notes Tool, the Reading Plan document showing the current status, and the Study Assistant
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Daily Devotional: Your highest prioritized devotional resource, your Top Bible, a prayer list document, the Factbook Tool (linked to the devotional and showing the specified date), the Notes Tool, and the Study Assistant
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Greek Word Study: The Bible Word Study Guide, the Factbook Tool linked to it and showing the article for the same word as in the Guide, your Top Bible, and your highest prioritized matching lexicon
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Hebrew Word Study: The Bible Word Study Guide, the Factbook Tool linked to it and showing the article for the same word as in the Guide, your Top Bible, and your highest prioritized matching lexicon
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Lectionary: Your highest prioritized lectionary open to the current date (or the nearest date to that), your Top Bibles all linked together and open to the first lectionary reading, your highest prioritized commentary in the same link set as the Bibles, a devotional book and the Factbook Tool opened to the date matching that in the lectionary with these two in a separate link set, the Cited By Tool and the Explorer Tool in the same link set as the Bibles, and the Study Assistant
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Passage Study: The Passage Guide, the Factbook Tool, your three highest prioritized Bibles (linked together and in a link set with the Factbook Tool), your highest prioritized commentary (in the same link set), the Information Tool, and the Study Assistant
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Study Bible: The Highlighting Tool, your Top Bible, your highest prioritized Study Bible (linked to the Bible), the Notes Tool, and the Study Assistant
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Topic Study: The Factbook Tool, the Topic Guide (linked to the Factbook Tool), optionally the Sermon Starter Guide (depending on whether it has an entry to match that in the Factbook Tool), your highest prioritized Bible (opened to a relevant passage), your five highest prioritized encyclopedias (in the same link set as the Factbook Tool and Topic Guide), and the Study Assistant
You can customize a QuickStart Layout to better fit your personal workflow. To save the current snapshot as a QuickStart Layout:
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Right-click on the QuickStart Layout you’d like to customize and choose Replace with current layout. You can also click the blue triangle button on the right side of the item to view the same options.
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To later restore the QuickStart Layout to its built-in state, choose Restore default layout from this same menu.
Saved Layouts allow you to easily return to your most commonly used arrangements.
If you want to preserve the current arrangement of tiles and panels for later retrieval, save the snapshot as a SavedLayout:
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Locate the snapshot thumbnail you want to save in the right pane of the menu. The most recent ones will be listed at the top by day and time (older snapshots will eventually drop off the list).
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Click Save as named layout and assign it a name.
Your new Layout will be added to the left pane of the menu under Saved Layouts.
Note: Duplicate names are fine; the list on the left will take you to the last saved version of that name, or you can use the Find box next to Recent at the top right to find all the earlier versions of that name in your history.
If you are working in a Saved Layout and make changes to the arrangement that you'd like to save for future use, click Update Active in the current Snapshot to save the changes to your Saved Layout.
Tip: To quickly update the active Layout to the current snapshot, press Cmd + Alt + L (Mac) or Ctrl + Alt + L (Windows).
For more options, right-click a SavedLayout and choose from the following: Load, Rename, Update to current snapshot, or Delete.
When you close the application, the current snapshot will be saved under the name “Application Closed” and synced to the server for access at a later time or on another machine. Up to ten snapshots will be retained. Application Closed layouts, like other snapshots, must be renamed to be saved in the left column.
Snapshots allow you to revisit your most recent workspace arrangements and, if you want, save them for future use.
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The current configuration of tiles and panels is shown at the top right of the menu. Previous snapshots are listed below it, going back in time.
You can enable an option to dive right into your most recent study whenever you start Logos from Program Settings. In Program Settings, expand the menu next to At Startup Open to and select from the available options.
The Layout specific options include:
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Most recent layout - any: opens the last Layout you used from any device that is signed in to the same account.
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Most recent layout - local: opens the last Layout you used on the current device.
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All of your Saved Layouts appear below the horizontal line at the bottom of this list.
You can drag a Layout to the shortcut bar for easier access.
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Drag the desired Layout to the shortcut bar. For more information, see this article on the Shortcut Bar.
You can add a Layout Card to the Dashboard to provide easy access to it.
To do this, go to the Logos Dashboard, click the icon at the top right of the Get Started section, and select Layout from the dropdown menu.
Then choose the Layout you want to add and click the Add button:
Web
While the web app does not offer the same Layout customization options and ability to save workspaces as the desktop app, you can still rearrange panels in a matter of seconds. Plus, you can access Quickstart Layouts through the Get Started Wizard on your Dashboard.
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Note: The Logos web app automatically opens to the last Layout active in that web browser.
The Layouts menu appears on the main application toolbar. When selected, it displays eight different Tile Arrangement buttons. Tile Arrangements are not saved Layouts; they are convenient commands that rearrange the currently open panels into one of several stock configurations. They don’t close any open panels or open any new panels like saved Layouts do.
Choose one of the eight Tile Arrangements displayed to rearrange your currently open panels.
Panels are assigned to tiles (areas of the screen) based on the shape of the Tile Arrangement chosen. Logos groups similar panels together into tiles whenever possible.
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Note: Panels can still be moved by dragging the panel tab to another location within the TileArrangement.
While the Web App does not allow you to access all the Quick Start layouts that the Desktop App offers, you can access some of the most useful ones through the Get Started Wizard on your Dashboard. Choose to build a Personal Study or Group Bible Study, Write a Sermon, or perform an Original Language Study, or pick up where you left off next time you were in the app. These shortcuts automatically surface relevant tools like the Factbook, Study Assistant, or Notes, as well as resources like your Top Bible, commentaries, or Bible dictionaries.
Mobile
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How to Create a Layout
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How to Save a Layout
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Open a Saved Layout
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Change or Delete a Saved Layout
A Layout is a collection of open books, tools, or documents. To create a Layout:
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Tap the Tab view icon
while viewing any resource.
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Tap the Plus icon
to add another tab and select the book, tool, or document you want to open.
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Click Done when finished.
You can organize open items in a few ways.
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Split a tab
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Tap the tab management icon at the bottom of the screen to open Tab View, then tap the split screen icon
at the bottom right of the tab where you’d like the split screen to display.
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Select the resource to appear in the second panel from your library.
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Open the linking options menu and link the resources to scroll together by tapping the Link icon
at the top of a panel.
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Tap Done to apply the changes.
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To remove a split screen, press and drag the divider between the two panes to the edge of the screen or enter tab view and tab the close icon X to remove any split screen.
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Link sets: Tap the Link sets icon
to connect tabs so they scroll together. Learn more about link sets.
Creating a Layout on a tablet offers pre-set templates, which offer more complexity and flexibility. After opening the Tab view, tap the Layouts icon
and choose a template.
You can save any collection of tabs for use at a later time.
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Tap the Tab view icon
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Tap the Layout indicator
below the tile group(s).
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Tap Save as new layout under the Currently Open section.
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Give your Layout a recognizable name like “Romans Sermon Series Notes” or “Bible and Commentary.”
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Note: Layouts sync between mobile devices of the same class (so phones sync with phones while tablets sync with tablets), but not between mobile and desktop.
Open any SavedLayout to replace your currently-opened tabs with your selection.
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Tap the Tab view icon
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Tap the Layout indicator
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Tap the SavedLayout you want to open.
You can change or delete a SavedLayout in a variety of ways.
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Tap the Tab view icon
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Tap the Layout indicator
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Tap the More Actions Menu icon
to reveal options to Rename, Duplicate, or Delete.
To update an existing Layout, choose Save changes under Currently Open.