Indexing
The Logos 4 Indexer makes possible far-reaching and quick searches of your entire library.
Some important information about indexing:
- It builds one index to be searched instead of searching one-by-one through each book in your library.
- It is essential to finding all that you can in every resource in your library.
- It enables searches to finish much faster than in Logos 3.
- It allows search results to show you the top hits ranked by number and relevance.
- When new books are added to your library, the index will be rebuilt to know the position of every word in that resource.
- The indexing process can take a very long time, but the upshot is fast and comprehensive searching.
Indexing Tips:
- Allow indexing to complete the first time without pausing or restarting the program. Once the index is built, you will be able to search your library.
- Hover over the small, blue Logos icon on the right side of the Windows taskbar to check the indexer status; right click to pause or resume indexing.
- Prior to leaving your computer for a while during indexing, check the power settings in Control Panel and make sure the computer will not go into Hibernation or Hybrid Sleep state while indexing.
- Once the initial index is built, when you purchase and download new books, you can work in Logos as usual as it indexes.
Q. What if I add a new book?
A. When a new book is added it will appear at the beginning of your search results. You can choose to merge these two indexes and re-index your entire library at a later time.
Q. Is there a way to pause indexing?
A. There is an option to pause the indexing process for 4 hours. This is done by right clicking on the Logos 4 icon that appears in the System Tray (right side of Windows Taskbar by time).
Q. Can I speed it up?
A. You might try temporarily turning off your anti-virus software. Indexing speed is also affected by the amount of memory available.
For more information check out the 11/04/2009 blog post The Power of Indexing, Explained.
Last Updated: 12/28/2009