I hope this isn't too far off-topic. I was telling someone about OmniOutliner, but unfortunately he does not have a Mac. I know virtually nothing about Windows software outside of Microsoft. Anyone know a good outliner?
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I hope this isn't too far off-topic. I was telling someone about OmniOutliner, but unfortunately he does not have a Mac. I know virtually nothing about Windows software outside of Microsoft. Anyone know a good outliner?
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Member
2007-11-17, 09:30 AM
This may sound odd, but in Windows I used Excel for an outliner. Much nicer than Word. Excel allows outlining both vertically and horizontally, split screens in both axis, multiple columns like OmniOutliner, notes for each cell (although I found the app gets confused after about two thousand rows and note handling gets irratic). There is a limit to the amount of text you can put in a cell but unless you're writing a novel it isn't normally a problem.
YMMV of course, I used Excel primarily as a two dimensional database (albeit still text) with outlining as a way to try to get a handle on the sheer volume of data. A side of effect of this is that I never printed the whole thing out.
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Might also want to check out OneNote from MS, it's more similar to OO then Excel would be. But, it all depends what you want to do.
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Member
2007-11-24, 02:37 AM
I have a different question: if I'm going to share OmniOutliner documents with someone on Windows, what's my path of least resistance? He's a programmer, so he could edit the XML directly, but that seems like cruel and unusual punishment. Any suggestions?
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Member
2007-11-24, 08:54 AM
isn't "ever-note " closer to OO than one note ?
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I make no claim of in-depth knowledge of Windows outliners :) OneNote has been suggested to me multiple times as a Windows solution. But, perhaps EverNote works just as well! Thanks for the suggestion.
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Member
2007-12-11, 07:17 PM
OneNote isn't even close. Try notemap by casesoft (simple and good) or Inspiration for windows (not bad, but really an Apple application).
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Member
2008-02-14, 12:37 PM
Ecco Pro is still far and away the best. Despite the fact that it's been unsupported for 11 years. It's available for a free download.
http://supportweb.netmanage.com/ts_v...orted/ecco.asp
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