Folks, I'd like to see an Outliner in Google Docs that has the best of the features found in the best outliners out there. I've pasted a reference to some of the better, there are many more I'm sure. No significant piece of work gets accomplished without an Outline, I'm sure all of your Doctoral and Masters degreed employees would agree with that. Thanks, K. W. Landry
45 Best Free Outliner Updated 19th June, 2007 I'm not a great fan of outliners - my brain doesn't work that way. Some folks however, swear by them and if that includes you, then you should check out Keynote, a freeware program that has a dedicated band of followers. Its major design attribute is its ease of use. Words like "natural" and "seamless" come close to the mark but really don't capture the essence of what is really a great design. What do you do with it? Well to quote the web site "KeyNote is used by screenwriters to draft screenplays, by medical doctors to keep patient databases, by developers to store source code snippets - and to everyone it serves as a place to put all the random pieces of information that have no particular structure of relationship to other data, and do not fit easily in task-specific applications such as word-processors, databases or spreadsheets." Unfortunately the program is no longer being developed but is totally usable in its current form.
If you find that a turn-off you might like to consider NeoMem [2] as an alternative. It's not really a dedicated outliner rather more of a general purpose note taking program that can be used as an outliner. It's a kind of hybrid of a database and word processor that's designed to allow you to organize, store, hyperlink and search information. That bland description totally under-sells the product. It's one of those programs that you really need to use in order to understand the potential. It works with all Windows versions so try it.
Another possibility is FreeMind [3]. It's an Open Source program "mind mapping" program written in Java that can serve as an outliner as well. Functionally it's closer to Keynote than NeoMem. It's slower than Keynote but is more powerful for mapping complex relationships.
Somewhat different again is ZuluPad [4]. It's not really an outliner but rather a cross between a note-taking program and a wiki. Its strong card is the ease with which you can create a set of linked and cross linked documents. At its current stage of development it is lacking in features but this is more than compensated by its high level of usability.
> Folks, > I'd like to see an Outliner in Google Docs that has the best of the > features found in the best outliners out there.
There are two web-based, on-line outliners that I know of, and a heap of on-line mind mapping and concept mapping applications: Outliners___________________________ sproutliner.com Basic on-line outliner that lets you share outlines thinkfold.com Collaborative on-line outlining application
Information mapping_________________ bubbl.us Collaborative mind mapping (radiant format not enforced) bubble-mind.com Collaborative mind mapping comapping.com Collaborative (but for people who like free mind mapping rigid) left-to-right mind mapping glinkr.net Concept mapping and mind mapping (shared but not collaborative) kayuda.com Collaborative concept mapping and mind mapping mapul.com Collaborative mind mapping with an organic flavour mind42.com Collaborative mind mapping mindmeister.com Collaborative mind mapping mindomo.com Collaborative mind mapping touchgraph.com URL mind maps for network visualisation wikimindmap.org Make mind maps from WikiMedia articles webofweb.net Collaborative mind mapping www.writemaps.com Web-site hierarchical maps
Generic diagramming__________________ cumulatelabs.com/cumulatedraw/ Collaborative diagramming - can draw mind maps and concept maps flowchart.com Collaborative diagramming - can draw mind maps and concept maps gliffy.com Collaborative diagramming - can draw mind maps and concept maps imaginationcubed.com Collaborative diagramming - can (just about) draw mind maps and concept maps thinkature.com Collaborative on-line whiteboard service - can draw mind maps and concept maps
I would also love to see an outliner. Typically in Office, I work in outline mode and then work towards a full document. The Word outline mode and then fill in a document later. I also like to just produce a raw outline sometimes for when working on projects and related subtasks.
Back when I first got started with computing, I used a tool called PC Outline and I've not found something like that since. Word's outline mode has gotten progressively worse over the years as many users don't know it exists..
> Folks, > I'd like to see an Outliner in Google Docs that has the best of the > features found in the best outliners out there. I've pasted a > reference to some of the better, there are many more I'm sure. No > significant piece of work gets accomplished without anOutline, I'm > sure all of your Doctoral and Masters degreed employees would agree > with that. > Thanks, > K. W. Landry
<<Word's outline mode has gotten progressively worse over the years as many users don't know it exists.. >> I suspect that is true of many of Word's features :-) My personal favourite remains Word2. I know, old dogs and new tricks.....
> I would also love to see an outliner. Typically in Office, I work in > outline mode and then work towards a full document. The Word outline > mode and then fill in a document later. I also like to just produce a > raw outline sometimes for when working on projects and related > subtasks.
> Back when I first got started with computing, I used a tool called PC > Outline and I've not found something like that since. Word's outline > mode has gotten progressively worse over the years as many users don't > know it exists..
> On Jun 21, 11:51 am, "[email address]" wrote:
> > Folks, > > I'd like to see an Outliner in Google Docs that has the best of the > > features found in the best outliners out there. I've pasted a > > reference to some of the better, there are many more I'm sure. No > > significant piece of work gets accomplished without anOutline, I'm > > sure all of your Doctoral and Masters degreed employees would agree > > with that. > > Thanks, > > K. W. Landry
I would love to see an outline tool as well, so I don't have to sign into another web app to get the benefits (collaboration, text editing) Google Docs already has. Google Docs or Notepad just doesn't cut it for outlining.
Just an fyi. If you save as a .odc and use GooglePacks free Star office you can use outline mode and then upload file and it will retain outline structure.
BUTT, It will completely hack up a TOC (table of contents).
> I would love to see anoutlinetool as well, so I don't have to sign > into another web app to get the benefits (collaboration, text editing) > Google Docs already has. Google Docs or Notepad just doesn't cut it > for outlining.
