Toolbar & Navigation

The default position for the main Toolbar is along the left side of the Verbum window and provides access to virtually all Verbum features.

Note: Screenshots in this article will use the wide toolbar. To select the narrow toolbar click the arrow at the bottom left of the screenshot (1).

If you prefer to have the Toolbar along the top of the Logos window, click the Toolbar More Actions Menu on the bottom left, select Program Settings, and change the Application Toolbar Location to Top. 

Note: Available in all subscriptions and in the former Starter Feature Set and above.

Command Box

The Command Box, at the top of the toolbar, allows you to enter a command directly. This is especially helpful if you know what you want to do but don’t want to find it in the menus. 

Note: If you are using the narrow toolbar, click the Verbum icon to the left of the Command Box shown in the screenshot below. This will open the Command box.

Home, Library, Search, Bible, Study Assistant, Factbook

These are the first five icons beneath the Verbum icon.

• The Dashboard displays daily devotions, news, entries from your prayer lists, reading lists, and more. Learn more about the Dashboard. 
• The Library lists all of the resources in your library. Learn more about using the Library.
• Clicking Search opens the search panel, which helps you find words and phrases in your resources. This panel shows several different kinds of searches (the kinds depend on your Verbum package). It also features search templates to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. Learn more about performing a Search.
   
   
• The Bible opens your preferred Bible. Learn more about setting your preferred Bible.
• The Study Assistant allows you to ask questions of your library (or the wider catalog) using everyday language. Learn more about using the Study Assistant. (This does require you to have a subscription)
• The Factbook launches the Factbook where you can enter a person, place, thing, event, verse, or topic to gather detailed information with links to other areas in Verbum where you can learn more. Learn more about using the Factbook.

Documents, Guides/Workflows, Tools

The next three icons are Documents , Guides/Workflows , and Tools . When opened, each of these menus can be resized by dragging it to the size you want from the bottom right corner of the menu.

Documents 

The Documents menu houses all of your Verbum documents and contains links to documents others have shared publicly or with a group you are a member of. You can browse or search the available documents, share them with your Faithlife groups, or create new documents from this menu.

• Type the name of a document into the search box to filter the list down to documents that match.
• Clicking the column headings will sort your documents by that heading.
• Click the navigation menu icon to filter your displayed documents by type, or to filter public documents by type, author (individual who shared the document), and date modified.

Managing Documents

• If you have deleted a document and want to recover it, click to open the navigation menu. In the bottom left of the navigation pane, click Trash. This will direct you to documents.logos.com where you can manage and recover your documents.
• To share a document, click Share. If you are browsing public or group documents, this becomes an option to Add to your docs.

Guides/Workflows

The Guides/Workflows menu features three sections: a search box at the top to quickly find and open a particular guide/workflow type, a section below that featuring the six core guides and some common workflows (you can customize this section by dragging your favorite guides and workflows here, or right-clicking any item and unchecking Pin to Top to remove it), and a final section with collapsible headings for all of the available guide and workflow types.

Learn more about using Guides and Workflows.

Tools 

The Tools menu is visually similar to the Guides/Workflows menu and features similar sections: a search box at the top to quickly open a particular tool, a section below that featuring frequently accessed tools (you can customize this section in the same way as the Guides/Workflows menu), and a final section with collapsible headings for all the available tools grouped by function.

Shortcut Bar

The Shortcut Bar is a place to drag your favorite resources and other commands for one-button access. See the article discussing the Shortcut Bar for more information.

Help Center, Layouts, Close All, Synchronization, Verbum Store, Profile Menu, and Toolbar Menu

Note: The ordering of the icons at the bottom of the toolbar varies depending on whether using the wide or narrow toolbar. The order used in this article is that seen with the wide toolbar.

Help Center

The Help Center is the starting place for getting help and guidance on the use of Verbum software.

Layouts

Layouts rearrange existing workspace into an orderly arrangement or save a “snapshot” of windows and panels for later. See the article on Layouts for additional information.

Close All

Close All closes every open panel in Verbum.

More Actions Menu

Open the More Actions Menu to access:

• Verbum Help - another way of accessing the Help Center
• Browse all documentation - opens the Library filtered to all books of type Manual
• Online support center - opens the Verbum Support Center in a browser
• Draw on screen — Click here to markup your screen. 
• Program Scaling — Click here to easily change Program Scaling without opening Program Settings. Click the . . . button to open Program Settings.
• Application Theme — Choose between System, Light, and Dark themes. The former matches the operating system setting, whereas the latter two force the application into light or dark mode respectively.
• Program Settings — Opens the program settings menu.
• History — Opens the History tool. Pressing Ctrl+Y (Windows) or Cmd+Y (Mac) also opens the History tool.
• Favorites — Opens the Favorites tool.
• Download Verbum — Click here to navigate to the installation page for Verbum.
• Use Verbum online — Click here to navigate to a browser-based version of Verbum.
• About Verbum  — Displays the About Verbum window containing the software version, license information, and more. On macOS, this item is also in the Verbum menu.

Profile Menu

The Profile Menu:

• Shows the account you are currently logged into and what subscription tier, if any, you are subscribed to
• Shows the email address of the account you are logged into
• Provides a link to open Your Account in a web browser
• Provides the option to restart Verbum as another user who has previously signed in. This section also features a Clear users button that signs out of every account except your current one.
• Provides the New user option, which signs out of your current account and opens a window to login to a different account.
• Provides the Sign out option, which restarts Verbum and opens the sign-in window.

If you have a subscription, the Profile icon indicates this using a coloured ring and star icon.

Verbum Store

Click the Verbum store icon to open a panel with resources you can purchase. To hide the store icon, open Program Settings and toggle Show Store Button to No.

Synchronization

Verbum allows you to access your documents and settings on more than one computer. For this feature to work, the computers must be signed in under the same Faithlife / Verbum account.

• Synchronization is enabled by default if Use Internet is enabled in Program Settings.
• Click the sync arrows  or type sync now in the Command box to manually prompt the program to synchronize.
• If synchronization fails, the Synchronize icon will display a warning notification. Potential causes include: disconnection from internet; recently awakened computer acquiring IP address; Logos team performing maintenance on the sync server. Learn more about troubleshooting problems in the sync process. 

Notifications

The Notification icon takes the form of a blue circle with a white number inside. You can click it to see what the notifications relate to and clear individual notifications when you no longer want to see them.

If you are an Verbum subscriber, giving you access to AI credits, this icon also serves as an indicator to show how much of your monthly credit allowance you have used. 

So the icon can appear in three different ways:

• : Indicates that there are three notifications pending
• : Indicates that there are three notifications pending and how many of your allocated AI credits you have used for the month
• : Indicates how many of your allocated AI credits you have used for the month

You can control whether or not these notifications occur using the Show the Notification Bar toggle in Program Settings.