Introduction and rant

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Outliners.com Message ID: 1149

Posted by kenyonck.outliners
2001-08-22 00:31:17

Hi,

I just joined this community and not finding other posts am adding a part of the rant that led to my getting a referral here:

(rant)I wrote complex macros that exceeded a thousand lines and got WP to do anything I wanted (well anything that a computer and printer can do). Then I took on a job in a Mac environment and had to use Word. I fought it all the way, even to the extent of installing WP on my Mac. Then I discovered a program called “More” on the Mac that did outlines that still exceed anything available in either Word or WP. One of the key features was something called a clone which was a way of saying a part of an outline that appeared in multiple places simultaneously. Changes to any clone would be reflected in all clones. Then the outlines could be very easily turned into presentations that would make PowerPoint users green with envy. This was in 1993 and I still can’t do in Word, Word Perfect, and/or PowerPoint what I could do with More.
(end of rant)

I just purchased an outliner called NoteMap which may be OK. As I get more familiar with it, I may put up some information.

Anyway, thank you to the creators of this community.

Charles Kenyon
Word FAQ and Word Intermediate Users’ Guide

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