External RTF editors

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Outliners.com Message ID: 2433

Posted by sub
2005-01-05 08:19:38

(this message had been posted earlier as #2429 but its content got lost due to a bad connection)

RTF editing features have been repeatedly mentioned as a preference factor when choosing an outliner/knowledge manager. I personally find the editing capabilities of the programs I use quite basic, but sufficient for my needs, as I prefer to work on text and formatting in two discrete stages. I use Word or DTP software for the latter.

Another approach is to use a dedicated editor for RTF. In theory, it should be possible for our outlining software to support the use of an external editor, the same way that Outlook Express can call Word to edit e-mail messages. In any case, for long documents at least it does make sense to export, edit/format and reimport the final version.

I’ve tried two freeware RTF editors that I can suggest; the most basic is Cwordpad ( http://www.cetussoft.com/cwordpad.htm ) while the more advanced is TextShield ( http://members.lycos.nl/textshield/ ).

alx

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