Highlight Scriptures

When I sign in and select scripture verses no popup toolbar appears in order for me to highlight those verses. I can't find anyway to highlight my scriptures.

When I go into an Ensign magazine and select text the popup toolbar shows up. Why isn't it working that same way with scriptures? I can't highlight any scriptures for some strange reason.

I'm running Firefox 4.0. I tried running Firefox with no addons and still no luck yet it works with the Ensign magazine.

I've tried IE 9.0 and the same problem. Is it my browsers or something else?

Any ideas?

I think I stumbled on the solution to my problem. When I select text I start ever so slightly TO THE LEFT of the verse number (it seems a hairline before the number) and then drag, it selects everything but does not highlight the text in yellow. However, when I start my selection right on TOP of the number or even to the right of it and drag, it highlights everything in yellow. Apparently if you start the selections slightly outside (even a hairline) to the left of the verse number, it will not highlight anything. It will be selected but not highlighted. The selection is very, very sensitive.

The cursor needs to change to an i-beam before it highlights correctly.

We have discovered a couple of bugs with the highlighting of scriptures. We hope to have all of these will be resolved in the next few weeks.

Thanks
Mindie - Lds.org Dev Lead

Have all of the issues been fixed with highlighting? I am having trouble highlighting the BofM Gospel Doctrine Teacher's manual. It will only highlight in paragraphs that are not numbered or bulleted.

...also having problems highlighting. I sign in to bookmark pages, wait for the I beam, and start to drag the mouse. In the bottom left corner "Done" appears before I start dragging, but once I drag the mouse, it changes to "Error on page". It doesn't seem to matter which verses, which chapter or which book of the scriptures.

This did work for me the first couple of days I started marking scriptures, but now it is not.

Any ideas?

MichaelFish, I can't reproduce the problem, it seems to be working fine on my end. I tried Chrome and Firefox.

Dsesplin, we are aware of this issue of bullet and numbered lists not highlighting. It is on our list of things to address in coming weeks.

Andrew Hair
lds.org

You're right...I tried it and now it works. Go figure.

I've not been to get the highlight feature to work on my iPad. Ivan see the highlights I created on my PC but I'm not able to add new highlights.

Looks like I solved my own problem: I need to use the Gospel Library app for iPad instead of my Internet browser and then I'm able to properly place highlights and notes in my notebook.

Highlight option working in the scriptures and some of the NT teacher's manual but still not appearing when trying to highlight any part of a section that is bulleted.

ShNBl84 wrote:Highlight option working in the scriptures and some of the NT teacher's manual but still not appearing when trying to highlight any part of a section that is bulleted.

Things like bulleted text and indented quotes are a different problem. Here are some threads with additional information about the situation:

• Highlight lesson content in bullet points
• Highlight and tag issues
• Unable to highlight all content - chapter headings, bulleted lists, etc.

There are more threads than what is above, but those should give you a good overview of the problem and a technical explanation as well.

The current version of Study Notebook does not allow one to highlight any sort of special formatting, including special fonts, some italics, long quotations, or bullets. Here is one way to work around the bug:

1. Highlight the bullets.
2. Hit CTRL and C at the same time.
3. Highlight the sentence *before* the bullets and when the little box comes up....
4. Click on the 'Note' part.
5. Then, hit CTRL and V. The bullets that you felt were important will be saved in your journal, even if they are not highlighted on your page.

Notes also does not work with every page on LDs.org - only scriptures, manuals and magazine articles. You can use a similar procedure to save important information on these other types of pages:


1. Highlight the information.
2. Hit CTRL and C at the same time.
3. Create a new journal entry.
4. Click on the note part.
5. Then, hit CTRL and V. The information that you wanted to highlight will be saved in your journal, even if it is not highlighted on your page.

I am not able to highlight bulleted and numbered passages, which is most of the gospel doctrine lesson manual, making it impossible to use the features to prepare my lesson

Bulleted items are unable to have markings. It has to do with how the information is stored on the backend. There is currently no ETA of when the problem will be fixed as it is a low priority. Feel free to send feedback located on the bottom of the page to request the feature. If enough people request it, it may receive a higher priority, but no guarantees.

I am one of the people who answer the feedback at LDS.org. The request has already been sent hundreds of times. There is a work around:

1. Highlight and copy the bulleted list.
2. Highlight the sentence immediately before the bullets.
3. Paste the bulleted list into the black pop-up box.

It won't be highlighted on your page, but you will still have it close at hand and will show up in the right place when you print.

2016 and still can't highlight anything - scriptures, ensign, manuals. It only gives the option to copy, share or bookmark.

mtmay wrote:2016 and still can't highlight anything - scriptures, ensign, manuals. It only gives the option to copy, share or bookmark.

Are you logged in? You can't highlight if you're not logged in.

mfrederich wrote:I cannot seem to get bullet points or numbered items from conference addresses to highlight for my study journal. Any ideas?

What version of Gospel Library are you using? Which talk are you trying to highlight?

Make sure you are signed in. when i think i'm signed in, it doesn't work. look at the top right and click my account, if it says "sign in", you are not signed in and cannot highlight.

Also make sure you're running the latest version of Gospel Library. The inability to highlight bullet points, titles, etc. was fixed with the new content format in Gospel Library 4.

I'm having trouble with highlighting the handbooks. Is that permitted? It would be very nice to have a record of the points I study as part of my responsibilities and notes for the inspirations that also come.

I'm logged in and highlighting is working with the scriptures in both the 'old' and 'new' experience.

On a Mac with High Sierra (10.13), Safari Version 11.0 (13604.1.38.1.6)

jhammond wrote:I'm having trouble with highlighting the handbooks. Is that permitted? It would be very nice to have a record of the points I study as part of my responsibilities and notes for the inspirations that also come.

I'm logged in and highlighting is working with the scriptures in both the 'old' and 'new' experience.

On a Mac with High Sierra (10.13), Safari Version 11.0 (13604.1.38.1.6)

Yes, you should be able to highlight in Handbook 1 or Handbook 2. Is there a particular chapter/paragraph you're trying to highlight that's not working?

Unfortunately I can't highlight anywhere that I can tell. One example is Handbook 1 under 'Duties of the Bishop' 2.1. When I highlight text I see no popup.

jhammond wrote:Unfortunately I can't highlight anywhere that I can tell. One example is Handbook 1 under 'Duties of the Bishop' 2.1. When I highlight text I see no popup.

When I went to check if I could highlight there, in the Leaders section of the library on lds.org, I don't see Handbook 1, although my calling gives me access to it. I have no problem accessing Handbook 1 through LCR.

However, I am able to open Handbook 1 in Gospel Library for Android and I am able to highlight there, including in section 2.1.

I can see both handbooks on my mac laptop but can't highlight in either book.

I also have an Android mobile device and can access and highlight the handbooks there. A good workaround for now (thanks!). The original question remains.

When highlighting on LDS.org, are you using the old experience, or the new experience (Gospel Library Online)?
The old experience has had inconsistencies with highlighting for a long time. The new experience is much more reliable. Gospel Library Online hasn't implemented role-based content yet, though, so you'll only be able to see Handbook 2 there, not Handbook 1.

Thanks for the tip on old vs new experience.

I would like to try highlighting Handbook 2 even under the new experience as you suggest. BUT, I can't seem to access the option to choose an experience ('new experience toggle') when viewing the handbooks under LCR. But I can see the choice when I navigate to the scriptures.

jhammond wrote:Thanks for the tip on old vs new experience.

I would like to try highlighting Handbook 2 even under the new experience as you suggest. BUT, I can't seem to access the option to choose an experience ('new experience toggle') when viewing the handbooks under LCR. But I can see the choice when I navigate to the scriptures.

It sounds like you are expecting the Gospel Library study tools to be available in LCR. When you view the handbooks in LCR, it currently isn't the same as viewing in the library.

Go to the Leaders section of the web based Gospel Library, and open Handbook 2; there, you should see the toggle for new experience.