Microsoft Word Outlines
Started by Gary Carson
on 6/19/2009
Gary Carson
6/19/2009 1:56 pm
Just wondering if the outlining capabilities of Word had changed much in Word 2007. I'm currently using 2003.
Gary Carson
6/20/2009 12:30 am
Hello,
Guess I should expand on this cryptic question a little bit.
I was asking about Word's outline feature because I've been thinking about starting to use it to brainstorm and develop articles and books. I've got Word 2003 right now and was wondering if the outline view had improved or changed in any significant way in Word 2007. If so, I guess it would be worthwhile to upgrade to 2007, but at the moment I can't see any point in spending the money.
I've been looking for a good integrated outliner/word processor for a long time, but never thought about just using Word itself. For the past several years I've been using NoteMap, which works pretty well for my purposes. I'll print the outlines out and use them for reference while I'm writing the piece. I've tried exporting NoteMap outlines directly into Word, but even though the export process works OK, the results are pretty messy and it takes a while to clean up all the various headings and bullets and so on in the Word document. Also, my outlines usually include a lot of research notes and stuff that I don't want showing up in the document.
I've also tried using two-pane outliners like Whizfolders and OneNote to develop my stuff, but their interfaces are too cluttered for me to use a writing tool and I don't really like using them as word processors. Personally, I like using a full-blown, full-screen word processor with no distractions. I'm currently using OneNote 2007 as an archive for all of the research notes and other information I want to keep long-term, but I never really use it as an outliner. For that, I like basic one-pane outliners like NoteMap (or the Word outliner).
Anyway, has anyone used Word's outline view before? Any difference between the 2003 and 2007 outline views?
WHile I'm at it, I've got another question for any writers out there who use outliners in their daily work:
I like the idea of an integrated outliner/word processor where you can create an outline which also contains the body text of whatever you're working on. Being able to work in an outline and then switch directly to "manuscript view" is like a holy grail for me, but so far I haven't really found anything that works any better than Word (haven't tried WordPerfect or the other word processors). THe problem is that I don't want everything in the outline to appear in the document. Ideally, I'd like to be able to specify what parts of the outline go into the manuscript itself (for instance, chapter and scene headings with brief descriptions of what's supposed to happen MINUS all the research notes and other stuff).
I guess what I'm getting at here is an integrated outliner/word processor where you can specify that only certain levels in the outline will be transferred to the word processor when you switch to normal or print view. That way, you could create a massive outline with all sorts of stuff, but when you switched to the word processor, you'd only get, say, the chapter headings and body text.
Does such a thing even exist? I think I know the answer, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
THanks in advance...
Guess I should expand on this cryptic question a little bit.
I was asking about Word's outline feature because I've been thinking about starting to use it to brainstorm and develop articles and books. I've got Word 2003 right now and was wondering if the outline view had improved or changed in any significant way in Word 2007. If so, I guess it would be worthwhile to upgrade to 2007, but at the moment I can't see any point in spending the money.
I've been looking for a good integrated outliner/word processor for a long time, but never thought about just using Word itself. For the past several years I've been using NoteMap, which works pretty well for my purposes. I'll print the outlines out and use them for reference while I'm writing the piece. I've tried exporting NoteMap outlines directly into Word, but even though the export process works OK, the results are pretty messy and it takes a while to clean up all the various headings and bullets and so on in the Word document. Also, my outlines usually include a lot of research notes and stuff that I don't want showing up in the document.
I've also tried using two-pane outliners like Whizfolders and OneNote to develop my stuff, but their interfaces are too cluttered for me to use a writing tool and I don't really like using them as word processors. Personally, I like using a full-blown, full-screen word processor with no distractions. I'm currently using OneNote 2007 as an archive for all of the research notes and other information I want to keep long-term, but I never really use it as an outliner. For that, I like basic one-pane outliners like NoteMap (or the Word outliner).
Anyway, has anyone used Word's outline view before? Any difference between the 2003 and 2007 outline views?
WHile I'm at it, I've got another question for any writers out there who use outliners in their daily work:
I like the idea of an integrated outliner/word processor where you can create an outline which also contains the body text of whatever you're working on. Being able to work in an outline and then switch directly to "manuscript view" is like a holy grail for me, but so far I haven't really found anything that works any better than Word (haven't tried WordPerfect or the other word processors). THe problem is that I don't want everything in the outline to appear in the document. Ideally, I'd like to be able to specify what parts of the outline go into the manuscript itself (for instance, chapter and scene headings with brief descriptions of what's supposed to happen MINUS all the research notes and other stuff).
I guess what I'm getting at here is an integrated outliner/word processor where you can specify that only certain levels in the outline will be transferred to the word processor when you switch to normal or print view. That way, you could create a massive outline with all sorts of stuff, but when you switched to the word processor, you'd only get, say, the chapter headings and body text.
Does such a thing even exist? I think I know the answer, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
THanks in advance...
Hugh
6/20/2009 11:52 am
Gary
You're probably aware of this from previous threads, and anyway it may be no help if you're limited to Windows - but Scrivener on the Mac will probably do 75 to 85 per cent or more of what you want. As an outliner it lacks features that specialist applications have, and you'd probably want to export its output to a word processor for final polishing - but in Scrivener you can segregate your research from your writing as you want, add notes in meta-data panes, write in full-screen and select which parts or levels of your structure you want to include in the final product.
Additional advantages over Word are its saving and back-up routines. I started searching for alternatives to Word when I began to experience instability in its handling of long-form writing, and lost work. It didn't seem to be designed for books. That was several years ago; the problems may have been corrected in the latest versions, but it would still be a concern for me if I had to use Word to try to write long articles or books now.
H
You're probably aware of this from previous threads, and anyway it may be no help if you're limited to Windows - but Scrivener on the Mac will probably do 75 to 85 per cent or more of what you want. As an outliner it lacks features that specialist applications have, and you'd probably want to export its output to a word processor for final polishing - but in Scrivener you can segregate your research from your writing as you want, add notes in meta-data panes, write in full-screen and select which parts or levels of your structure you want to include in the final product.
Additional advantages over Word are its saving and back-up routines. I started searching for alternatives to Word when I began to experience instability in its handling of long-form writing, and lost work. It didn't seem to be designed for books. That was several years ago; the problems may have been corrected in the latest versions, but it would still be a concern for me if I had to use Word to try to write long articles or books now.
H
moritz
6/20/2009 5:33 pm
There are several features in Word 2007/2010 that I am using that apply to outlines and conditional text:
1. search and replace (works in Word 2000 or better)
why is that relevant? well, you can search by style and/or attribute and e.g. replace with nothing.
Example: duplicate current document, then remove all yellow text -- takes one click and can be stored as a macro on the quick access toolbar.
Assumption that you use formatting or markup to designate categories of content to keep or dispose.
Bonus tip: consider linked styles, i.e. pick an attribute that will be used to search and replace and incorporate that into a high-level, "category" style. Derive other styles in the same category from that to ensure consistent "tagging".
2. style sets (new in Word 2007)
with one click, you can replace all styles at once (even with live preview).
This is tremendously valuable when you (ab)use style in "authoring mode" to highlight categories and status of text elements.
BTW using OmniOutliner on the Mac, I am also heavily using different colors to allow for easier navigation of the outline and add visual cues beyond indentation and font sizes.
3. draft mode (Word 2000 or better, to be found in the "advanced settings" dialog)
this is a nice alternative to outline and print preview mode. In the spirit of a simplistic (creative) writing environment, you can use this without actually affecting the formatting of the underlying text.
My favorite tweaks:
- use a different font (e.g. Arial 14 if you're old enough to appreciate slightly larger fonts)
- wrap text at window border (allows you to optimize your field of vision)
- set style area pane width to 1" -- what this does is to display the name of the paragraph style to the left
4. "boxed in" paragraphs, frames applied via paragraph style (Word 2000 or better)
this allows you to use margin notes that can be discarded (technique 1) and/or with one click reformatted as regular paragraphs (technique 2).
The trick is to apply frames through paragraph styles (drawing them from hand is much too cumbersome if you have hundreds of margin notes)
How to: create a new style, select Format - Frame, chose fixed width (e.g. 2") change horizontal position relative to page (try default: 0").
Almost certainly you will also want to tweak you other styles (e.g. if margin notes are 2" and horizontal position is 0.2" it might make sense to change page margins to 2.5" to give your text some room to breathe).
5. sometimes useful: turn on line numbering (to be found under page setup). Great navigation aid if you're jumping between places while editing longer documents. One click in Word 2007/2010
6. capture "to dos" and tasks, either by inserting tasks (I have put that command in my quick access bar in Word 2007) or by using "track changes" and working with different reviewer names (effectively another variation of conditional text if you bulk accept/reject changes by reviewer -- frequently I keep that stuff around as long as the document is actively being worked on. This allows me to pick up on alternative pieces if I ever get stuck in the mainstream "trunk" of my document and have to go for plan B.).
I hope that some of these ideas are useful for you. I love to work in Word because it has a great grammar checker, allows me to capture ideas (draft and final) using SmartArt graphics (Word 2007 or better) and let's me build different views to support different activities during the stages of the authoring process. + versioning support, SharePoint support, ... and decent compatibility with the Mac version (although I prefer the authoring experience in Word 2007 over 2008).
Moritz
1. search and replace (works in Word 2000 or better)
why is that relevant? well, you can search by style and/or attribute and e.g. replace with nothing.
Example: duplicate current document, then remove all yellow text -- takes one click and can be stored as a macro on the quick access toolbar.
Assumption that you use formatting or markup to designate categories of content to keep or dispose.
Bonus tip: consider linked styles, i.e. pick an attribute that will be used to search and replace and incorporate that into a high-level, "category" style. Derive other styles in the same category from that to ensure consistent "tagging".
2. style sets (new in Word 2007)
with one click, you can replace all styles at once (even with live preview).
This is tremendously valuable when you (ab)use style in "authoring mode" to highlight categories and status of text elements.
BTW using OmniOutliner on the Mac, I am also heavily using different colors to allow for easier navigation of the outline and add visual cues beyond indentation and font sizes.
3. draft mode (Word 2000 or better, to be found in the "advanced settings" dialog)
this is a nice alternative to outline and print preview mode. In the spirit of a simplistic (creative) writing environment, you can use this without actually affecting the formatting of the underlying text.
My favorite tweaks:
- use a different font (e.g. Arial 14 if you're old enough to appreciate slightly larger fonts)
- wrap text at window border (allows you to optimize your field of vision)
- set style area pane width to 1" -- what this does is to display the name of the paragraph style to the left
4. "boxed in" paragraphs, frames applied via paragraph style (Word 2000 or better)
this allows you to use margin notes that can be discarded (technique 1) and/or with one click reformatted as regular paragraphs (technique 2).
The trick is to apply frames through paragraph styles (drawing them from hand is much too cumbersome if you have hundreds of margin notes)
How to: create a new style, select Format - Frame, chose fixed width (e.g. 2") change horizontal position relative to page (try default: 0").
Almost certainly you will also want to tweak you other styles (e.g. if margin notes are 2" and horizontal position is 0.2" it might make sense to change page margins to 2.5" to give your text some room to breathe).
5. sometimes useful: turn on line numbering (to be found under page setup). Great navigation aid if you're jumping between places while editing longer documents. One click in Word 2007/2010
6. capture "to dos" and tasks, either by inserting tasks (I have put that command in my quick access bar in Word 2007) or by using "track changes" and working with different reviewer names (effectively another variation of conditional text if you bulk accept/reject changes by reviewer -- frequently I keep that stuff around as long as the document is actively being worked on. This allows me to pick up on alternative pieces if I ever get stuck in the mainstream "trunk" of my document and have to go for plan B.).
I hope that some of these ideas are useful for you. I love to work in Word because it has a great grammar checker, allows me to capture ideas (draft and final) using SmartArt graphics (Word 2007 or better) and let's me build different views to support different activities during the stages of the authoring process. + versioning support, SharePoint support, ... and decent compatibility with the Mac version (although I prefer the authoring experience in Word 2007 over 2008).
Moritz
Gary Carson
6/21/2009 1:40 pm
Moritz,
Fantastic ideas. Among other things, it never occurred to me that I could simply tag the entries in the outline I didn't want to save and get rid of them with Find and Replace. I'll check out these other tools as well. Never looked at Draft Mode before. Thanks for all the help.
Fantastic ideas. Among other things, it never occurred to me that I could simply tag the entries in the outline I didn't want to save and get rid of them with Find and Replace. I'll check out these other tools as well. Never looked at Draft Mode before. Thanks for all the help.
Gary Carson
6/21/2009 2:13 pm
Moritz, is "Draft Mode" the same thing as "Normal Mode" in pre-2007 versions of Word?
Stephen R. Diamond
6/21/2009 5:35 pm
The only changes to the outlining function as such between 2003 and 2007 are cosmetic.
In answer to another question, both draft mode and normal mode exist in both the 2003 and 2007 versions.
Gary Carson wrote:
In answer to another question, both draft mode and normal mode exist in both the 2003 and 2007 versions.
Gary Carson wrote:
Just wondering if the outlining capabilities of Word had changed much in Word 2007.
I'm currently using 2003.
moritz
6/21/2009 7:17 pm
agree that core outlining remains unchanged.
Specifically missing from Word (and available in some power outliners/editors):
- support for columnar metadata (e.g. "status" column to filter for all "draft" paragraphs, or "last changed" column to filter for "changed/not changed in last 20 days")
- hoist
- selective editing (e.g. show only paragraphs containing the word "outliner")
- per paragraph versioning
- built-in OPML support
Interestingly, there is support for unidirectional cloning in Word 2000 or better (copy / paste as link).
So I would grade Word a B+ based on its merits as an outliner (I would not discount the "adjacent" functionality like style sets, that really supports much of the same purpose: working with different structural views of a document).
One outliner that tried to "do it all right" in a best of breed effort was TAO for Mac OS X (www.d-lit.com). However, that one gets a C- on usability and there are huge doubts in my mind about its future. Maxthink on Windows also ticks the box on many core features but appears to have some performance/stability issues and also is not the prettiest tool I've ever seen.
Moritz
Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
Specifically missing from Word (and available in some power outliners/editors):
- support for columnar metadata (e.g. "status" column to filter for all "draft" paragraphs, or "last changed" column to filter for "changed/not changed in last 20 days")
- hoist
- selective editing (e.g. show only paragraphs containing the word "outliner")
- per paragraph versioning
- built-in OPML support
Interestingly, there is support for unidirectional cloning in Word 2000 or better (copy / paste as link).
So I would grade Word a B+ based on its merits as an outliner (I would not discount the "adjacent" functionality like style sets, that really supports much of the same purpose: working with different structural views of a document).
One outliner that tried to "do it all right" in a best of breed effort was TAO for Mac OS X (www.d-lit.com). However, that one gets a C- on usability and there are huge doubts in my mind about its future. Maxthink on Windows also ticks the box on many core features but appears to have some performance/stability issues and also is not the prettiest tool I've ever seen.
Moritz
Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
The only changes to the outlining function as such between 2003 and 2007 are
cosmetic.
In answer to another question, both draft mode and normal mode exist in
both the 2003 and 2007 versions.
Gary Carson wrote:
>Just wondering if the
outlining capabilities of Word had changed much in Word 2007.
>I'm currently using
2003.
Gary Carson
6/22/2009 1:39 pm
"In answer to another question, both draft mode and normal mode exist in both the 2003 and 2007 versions."
Draft mode IS normal mode, isn't it? I can't find anything called draft mode in 2003.
Draft mode IS normal mode, isn't it? I can't find anything called draft mode in 2003.
moritz
6/22/2009 3:53 pm
yes normal view (2003) = draft view (2007)
I guess calling a view "normal" didn't make much sense and somebody figured that out after a couple of decades ;-)
Moritz
Gary Carson wrote:
I guess calling a view "normal" didn't make much sense and somebody figured that out after a couple of decades ;-)
Moritz
Gary Carson wrote:
"In answer to another question, both draft mode and normal mode exist in both the 2003
and 2007 versions."
Draft mode IS normal mode, isn't it? I can't find anything
called draft mode in 2003.
psfran
1/20/2010 12:19 am
I am keen to use outline mode to keep my thesis structure on track but when I print (say at level 3) I get a whole lot of body text overprinting on it. I see from a web search that this is a known issue when using quick print, but it happens when I use the print dialogue too. Has anyone come across this?
By the way, if I can get this to work my plan is to modify Heading 4 to something like 12 Times Ital for key comments, such as intro and summary paras. I will then set the outline to level 4 and print my headings and key comments in a few easy to navigate pages. Hopefully that will help me maintain the flow of the argument better.
Cheers,
Peter
By the way, if I can get this to work my plan is to modify Heading 4 to something like 12 Times Ital for key comments, such as intro and summary paras. I will then set the outline to level 4 and print my headings and key comments in a few easy to navigate pages. Hopefully that will help me maintain the flow of the argument better.
Cheers,
Peter
Lucas
1/20/2010 2:26 pm
For the record, since moritz listed some of the major outlining features that Word lacks, there is also the limit of nine outline levels. As I wrote in October:
Unlike dedicated outliners, Microsoft Word allows for only nine outline levels. This is probably sufficient, in most cases, for outlining the major sections of a document (which is probably the purpose for which the tool is designed), but when it comes to complex brainstorming and the like, the nine level limit will start to cramp your style.
Unlike dedicated outliners, Microsoft Word allows for only nine outline levels. This is probably sufficient, in most cases, for outlining the major sections of a document (which is probably the purpose for which the tool is designed), but when it comes to complex brainstorming and the like, the nine level limit will start to cramp your style.
Stephen R. Diamond
1/21/2010 1:33 am
Lucas wrote:
For the record, since moritz listed some of the major outlining features that Word
lacks, there is also the limit of nine outline levels. As I wrote in October:
Unlike
dedicated outliners, Microsoft Word allows for only nine outline levels. This is
probably sufficient, in most cases, for outlining the major sections of a document
(which is probably the purpose for which the tool is designed), but when it comes to
complex brainstorming and the like, the nine level limit will start to cramp your
style.
The same 9-level limit applies to a prominent dedicated outliner, NoteMap. imho, this is the design flaw that killed NoteMap, the crucial way to distinguish its capabilities from MS Word's that CaseSoft failed to exploit.
moritz
1/21/2010 2:52 am
Funny thing is I bet they limited it to 9 levels to be able to retain export compatibility with Word.
I don't think there's a good workaround if you need more than 9 levels.
Do you frequently find yourself in such a situation and could you describe a typical scenario?
Thanks!
Moritz
Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
I don't think there's a good workaround if you need more than 9 levels.
Do you frequently find yourself in such a situation and could you describe a typical scenario?
Thanks!
Moritz
Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
The same 9-level limit applies to a
prominent dedicated outliner, NoteMap. imho, this is the design flaw that killed
NoteMap, the crucial way to distinguish its capabilities from MS Word's that
CaseSoft failed to exploit.
Edwin Yip
1/21/2010 10:44 am
Hi Gary,
In the upcoming Word 2010 the outlining will be enhanced a lot: better looking, drag and drop the headings in the navigation pane to restructure the document, and so on.
You also want to look the Word addin I'm working on called Writing Outliner, it's primary goal is adding powerful outlining feature to Microsoft Word?, I am pretty sure that pretty much of the needs you described will be met by this Word addin, including the above mentioned new features in Word 2010.
Look at the first screenshot on the homeapge, "Writing Outliner Word addin" adds an outliner on the left side into Word seamlessly, you can easily outline there (like using Excel, press ENTER to add a new sibling document (heading), and press INS to add a child document (heading)), you can also put all your notes and research files there in the outliner without messing with your drafts.
Web site: http://writingoutliner.com/
Edwin Yip
In the upcoming Word 2010 the outlining will be enhanced a lot: better looking, drag and drop the headings in the navigation pane to restructure the document, and so on.
You also want to look the Word addin I'm working on called Writing Outliner, it's primary goal is adding powerful outlining feature to Microsoft Word?, I am pretty sure that pretty much of the needs you described will be met by this Word addin, including the above mentioned new features in Word 2010.
Look at the first screenshot on the homeapge, "Writing Outliner Word addin" adds an outliner on the left side into Word seamlessly, you can easily outline there (like using Excel, press ENTER to add a new sibling document (heading), and press INS to add a child document (heading)), you can also put all your notes and research files there in the outliner without messing with your drafts.
Web site: http://writingoutliner.com/
Edwin Yip
Lucas
1/21/2010 2:41 pm
@Edwin: You wrote:
Could you elaborate on the "and so on" part? I briefly tried out the current beta of Word 2010, but I didn't notice any new outlining features beyond what you mention here.
As for the limit of 9 levels, here is what someone who appears to represent Microsoft wrote in response to a request to remove the limit in Word 2010.
"As to the ability to nest list beyond the current nine level limit, we're always interested in understanding more about this scenario. In general, the examples seen have actually had fewer than nine nested levels but more than nine interwoven types of lists (for example, a bulleted and a numbered list at the same indent being two types of lists at the same level). If you can share more about what you're trying to accomplish that will help us greatly when we look at extending or current design."
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2009/11/18/word-2010-beta-is-available.aspx
@moritz: In response to your question about scenarios requiring more than nine levels, here's the sort of thing that frequently happens to me as a graduate student in anthropology: I have a paper to write, and having already done most of the needed research as well as having written a bunch of notes, I open up Microsoft Word to do some initial writing. (I especially like Word for the comments feature, which I use to record my own thoughts about what I've written, to record alternate words/phrases, etc.) Before long, I find that I need to clarify my theoretical argument, so I switch into Outline View to do some brainstorming. My goal at this point isn't to map out the sections of my paper, but rather to sort out the threads of my argument. (Usually I will eventually find that I have to abandon many of the threads and stick to a narrower focus.) In this process, I could quickly end up using a dozen outline levels (if you want actual examples of the contents of an outline, I could provide that, but I can't imagine it would be especially relevant). But let's say I limit my brainstorming to just nine outline levels. Then, the next day, I change my perspective and do some new brainstorming. So I collapse yesterday's outline completely and indent it one level under a new heading "Yesterday's Brainstorming." Later, I want to check something from the original brainstorming session, so I double click on "Yesterday's Brainstorming." But now I find that there is no distinction between levels 8 and 9 of my original outline, because when I indented the whole outline under a new heading, the original level 9 remained at level 9, whereas the original level 8 advanced to level 9. Thus, the structure of my outline becomes corrupted.
Well, hope that wasn't too confusing!
In the upcoming Word 2010 the outlining will be enhanced a lot: better
looking, drag and drop the headings in the navigation pane to restructure the
document, and so on.
Could you elaborate on the "and so on" part? I briefly tried out the current beta of Word 2010, but I didn't notice any new outlining features beyond what you mention here.
As for the limit of 9 levels, here is what someone who appears to represent Microsoft wrote in response to a request to remove the limit in Word 2010.
"As to the ability to nest list beyond the current nine level limit, we're always interested in understanding more about this scenario. In general, the examples seen have actually had fewer than nine nested levels but more than nine interwoven types of lists (for example, a bulleted and a numbered list at the same indent being two types of lists at the same level). If you can share more about what you're trying to accomplish that will help us greatly when we look at extending or current design."
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2009/11/18/word-2010-beta-is-available.aspx
@moritz: In response to your question about scenarios requiring more than nine levels, here's the sort of thing that frequently happens to me as a graduate student in anthropology: I have a paper to write, and having already done most of the needed research as well as having written a bunch of notes, I open up Microsoft Word to do some initial writing. (I especially like Word for the comments feature, which I use to record my own thoughts about what I've written, to record alternate words/phrases, etc.) Before long, I find that I need to clarify my theoretical argument, so I switch into Outline View to do some brainstorming. My goal at this point isn't to map out the sections of my paper, but rather to sort out the threads of my argument. (Usually I will eventually find that I have to abandon many of the threads and stick to a narrower focus.) In this process, I could quickly end up using a dozen outline levels (if you want actual examples of the contents of an outline, I could provide that, but I can't imagine it would be especially relevant). But let's say I limit my brainstorming to just nine outline levels. Then, the next day, I change my perspective and do some new brainstorming. So I collapse yesterday's outline completely and indent it one level under a new heading "Yesterday's Brainstorming." Later, I want to check something from the original brainstorming session, so I double click on "Yesterday's Brainstorming." But now I find that there is no distinction between levels 8 and 9 of my original outline, because when I indented the whole outline under a new heading, the original level 9 remained at level 9, whereas the original level 8 advanced to level 9. Thus, the structure of my outline becomes corrupted.
Well, hope that wasn't too confusing!
Edwin Yip
1/22/2010 4:59 am
@Lucas,
Honestly I haven't check Word 2010 out yet, but you can check this MSDN blog for details, I think he told a little more beyond what I said, maybe not all are significant:
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2009/08/03/the-navigation-pane.aspx
Honestly I haven't check Word 2010 out yet, but you can check this MSDN blog for details, I think he told a little more beyond what I said, maybe not all are significant:
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2009/08/03/the-navigation-pane.aspx
Cassius
2/24/2010 2:20 am
What versions of Word and Windows will "Writing Outliner" be compatible with?
Edwin Yip
2/24/2010 11:52 am
Hi Cassius,
Writing Outliner is compatible with Microsoft Word version 2000/xp/2002/2003/2007 and 2010 on all windows system, except that it's not tested on 64-bit systems, but at the end it should be no problem with 64bit systems.
--
Edwin Yip
Writing Outliner for Word- Turn MS Word into a full-featured outliner software
http://WritingOutliner.com
Cassius wrote:
Writing Outliner is compatible with Microsoft Word version 2000/xp/2002/2003/2007 and 2010 on all windows system, except that it's not tested on 64-bit systems, but at the end it should be no problem with 64bit systems.
--
Edwin Yip
Writing Outliner for Word- Turn MS Word into a full-featured outliner software
http://WritingOutliner.com
Cassius wrote:
What versions of Word and Windows will "Writing Outliner" be compatible with?