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Ive tried to figure out the workflow but everything i've tried is so complicated.

I want to write a simple paper. No footnotes, special attributes, etc.

I want to outline it first. Major headings that become section titles. Then topic sentences that become lead sentences for each paragraph. Then supporting ideas that become the supporting sentences in the paragraph. Basic junior high composition.

OO does a dreat job creating the document in outline form. Now I need to get it a final document in .doc or .docx format. Whatever I try ends up with something in Word on my MBP or Pages on my iPad or MBP with either a bunch of hyphens in front of every line, or dots, or just all run together texts with no formatting. The amount of effort required to clean it all up and into a basic usable format is awful.

OO seems to make the whole process of writing more effort rather than less. I've read post after post about people who love OO and use it for all kinds of things, even book or manuscript development. I don't understand how they do it. I can't figure out how to use it to make me more productive in writing a simple two page paper.

OO creates beautiful outlines. But what don't I understand in getting from the outline to a finished document?