Word template outliner?

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 10, 2007 at 10:27 PM

Kropotkin wrote:
>There used to be a outlining tool for Microsoft Word that was a Word template. >As I recall, it was somewhat expensive, and I never really looked at it.

You are probably refering to Bernard DeKoven’s so-called Technography Template. It’s probably still available directly from the author (as I recall I paid via a PayPal account he sent me). Last time I checked the price remained the original $100.

The template doesn’t offer really any additional functionality but it is well designed for brainstorming and organising; Technography was a way to facilitate group interaction with a computer and this was this template’s aim. It was developed in the 90s and I personally find it quite outdated nowadays. Unfortunately there is no trial version.

I would suggest that you invest in an outliner such as Brainstorm that can run from a USB flash disk. Brainstorm in particular provides a special Word macro for easily transforming its text-only outlines into nice looking documents that maintain the hierarchical organisation (up to 9 levels, as is Word’s limitation). You should have no trouble installing the macro in your office,

alx