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Posted by zeoli
2004-10-07 07:34:18

We talk about a lot of different outliners/info managers on this list. Seems like most of us are working with several options to get “the perfect” solution. I am wondering, though, which programs truly rise to the top, so I am proposing that we each answer this question: if you could only have one outliner/info manager, which one would you choose. To get things going, here is my answer:

I would choose Zoot. Yes, it has some severe limitations, primarily its lack of RTF formatting of any kind in the notes. However, its brilliant data manipulation, its ease of collecting and finding textual information, and its ability to add multiple mega-data items to each note makes Zoot a very powerful and very versatile program. While I currently don’t use this feature much, Zoot does provide linking to external files, so RTF can be handled by linking to Word documents when necessary. Also, the developer is extremely available and responsive to customer suggestions, which is not always the case.

What is your choice?

Steve Z.

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