An outline of outlines

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 1, 2006 at 04:23 PM

Wojciech,

It actually took me quite a while to get used to working with UltraRecall. I initially chose it based strictly on its features, not its usability. Even today, I make very specific use of its metadata (attributes) and am sure there’s a lot of things that I could do more easily if I sat down and read the manual!

Nevertheless, UR is a very effective and well thought out program. I can only suggest that you take your time to learn it, starting from the basics; for example, you can hide all panes except for the Data Explorer and the Details and it will look as familiar as any 2-pane outliner. I personally maintain all other panes as tabs, below the Details pane, so that I only get to see them when I need them.

Re working with Brainstorm through UR, it’s more or less the same as with any external application file; I create the file in the external application and save it in my project Windows folder; I then import it into UR (with Store File Contents in UR checked) or simply drag-n-drop it to the Data Explorer tree while holding Ctrl.

When I want to work with the file again I usually open the linked document, not the internal copy, and then press Ctrl+F5 to sync. There will be additional syncing capabilities in the next version of UR, coming soon. Right now syncing only works in one direction, from the external location to UR.

alx