Using Microsoft Word as a full-featured outliner software? It's real!

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Posted by Edwin Yip
Mar 7, 2010 at 05:13 PM

Hi folks,

I have been learning a lot of things about how you folks using outliner software in this forum, thank you!

I’m developing Writing Outliner Word addin, the initial idea was to turn Word into a all-in-one software, but I soon realized it can also turn Word into a powerful outliner software. Why?

1. Each node of the left outline pane is linked to a single Word document, you select a node and the linked word document is loaded and ready for editing.
2. For each outline node you can further add notes, tags and icons.
3. It supports advanced full text search (much like Google ;) into all documents in the project.
4. Tabbed-editing word documents, that means editing multiple documents at the same time.

I have just blogged about it, a lot of new Screenshots, and you might be interested in viewing these new Screenshots and hopefully you can give me some advises from an outliner software’s perspective!

http://writingoutliner.com/writing-software/blog/turning-word-into-an-outliner-software-more-new-screenshots/

Thank you!

Edwin Yip
http://WritingOutliner.com

Posted by Sebastien Berthet
Mar 7, 2010 at 06:51 PM

That looks very good Edwin!
Keep on with the good work…
S?bastien

Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Mar 8, 2010 at 06:13 AM

Edwin

You are implementing I idea I had several years ago. But because I can’t program I thought to wait until a developer has the same idea. Then late in 2009 I came across your web page and I thought “yes, he did it!”. You are on the right track and I keep fingers crossed your all your efforts.

Dominik

Posted by Edwin Yip
Mar 8, 2010 at 11:16 AM

Thank you Sbastien :)

Sebastien Berthet wrote:
>That looks very good Edwin!
>Keep on with the good work…
>S?bastien

Posted by Edwin Yip
Mar 8, 2010 at 11:17 AM

Hi Dominik,

I wish I have known you several years ago ;)

Dominik Holenstein wrote:
>Edwin
> >You are implementing I idea I had several years ago. But because I can’t
>program I thought to wait until a developer has the same idea. Then late in 2009 I came
>across your web page and I thought “yes, he did it!”. You are on the right track and I keep
>fingers crossed your all your efforts.
> >Dominik
> >

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