Logos 5: What’s New in Logos 5

Today’s post is from Morris Proctor, certified and authorized trainer for Logos Bible Software. Morris, who has trained thousands of Logos users at his two-day Camp Logos seminars, provides many training materials.

I’m very privileged to be the authorized trainer for Logos Bible Software. As such, you may think:

Morris has to be an enthusiastic cheerleader for whatever new feature Logos develops. Being excited about the software automatically comes with the training territory.

While I do eagerly try to apply most, if not all, of the Logos tools in my personal study, I must admit that my first reaction to Logos 5 was subdued. I liked the updated look with new icons, and I saw the new datasets, but I honestly asked myself if I would ever implement Logos 5’s new features in my study and sermon preparation. Was Logos 5 much ado about nothing?

Several months have passed since the initial release, and I now stand humbly corrected. The new Logos 5 features and datasets are incredible and practical!  There’s so much more to Logos 5 than just the new appearance.

I’ve used:

• The Root word to help my understanding of restore in Galatians 6:1
• The Bible Sense Lexicon to provide insights into beginning in Colossians 1:18
• The Referent dataset to track down references to Barnabas
• Biblical Events to discover verses (all throughout the Bible) that mention the Israelites crossing the Red Sea
• The spreadsheet view of documents to organize my Logos files
• Community Tags to be encouraged by Camp Logos 2 alumni applying the tagging system

So here’s my twofold encouragement:

1. If you haven’t upgraded to Logos 5, please do so. You will not regret it.

After upgrading, go to Tools | Bible Facts and build a report for a person, like David. The REFERRED TO AS section in the sidebar will more than justify your investment!

2. If you’ve already upgraded to Logos 5, please place an order for the What’s New training DVD, which is now on Pre-Pub, but will ship very soon.

This three-hour training disk focuses on the differences between Logos 4 and 5. In dozens of videos, placed in a hyperlinked menu and enhanced with highlighted screencasts, I personally walk you through Logos 5 features including:

• Bible Sense Lexicon
• Timeline
• Bible Facts
• Sermon Starter Guide
• Topic Guide
• Bibliography
• Spreadsheet view of documents and guides
• And much more

After investing three hours with this training guide, you’ll not only know but also use the new Logos 5 features.

See a sample video here.

If you prefer reading rather than watching, then please check out the What’s New Training Manual.