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Posted by jimspoon
Jan 20, 2013 at 07:16 PM
Instead of using “inline notes” to attach notes to an outline item, why not just put the same notes in subitems for that item? This is why I don’t miss the absence of “inline notes” so much.
One advantage of using “inline notes”, I suppose, is the ability to have consistent formatting for all inline notes. Whereas, if subitems are used in lieu of inline notes, different levels of subitems may have different automatic formats applied to them.
On the other hand - if inline notes are used - I would want to have the ability to split and join the inline notes, and easy conversion of inline notes to regular outline items and vice versa.
jim
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 20, 2013 at 07:31 PM
jimspoon wrote:
Instead of using “inline notes” to attach notes to an outline item, why
>not just put the same notes in subitems for that item? This is why I
>don’t miss the absence of “inline notes” so much.
>
>One advantage of using “inline notes”, I suppose, is the ability to have
>consistent formatting for all inline notes. Whereas, if subitems are
>used in lieu of inline notes, different levels of subitems may have
>different automatic formats applied to them.
>
>On the other hand - if inline notes are used - I would want to have the
>ability to split and join the inline notes, and easy conversion of
>inline notes to regular outline items and vice versa.
Inline notes are important to me for two reasons. First, they can contain large quotes and comments that may not display properly in sub-items (or may not even be pasted in due to restricted no. of characters allowed, such as in Bonsai).
Second, for transitioning from outlining to writing. With inline notes you can actually start writing your draft in the outliner, whereby the outline items turn into headings and subheadings. This is why Outline 4D for example can be used as a writing tool, not only as an outlining tool.
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 21, 2013 at 12:37 AM
jimspoon wrote:
>On the other hand - if inline notes are used - I would want to have the
>ability to split and join the inline notes, and easy conversion of
>inline notes to regular outline items and vice versa.
This is fairly easy to do in Outline 4D:
Split Event (Shift+Enter)
Merge Events (Alt+Shift+Backspace)
Posted by jimspoon
Jan 21, 2013 at 01:38 AM
Dr Andus wrote:
jimspoon wrote:
>>On the other hand - if inline notes are used - I would want to have the
>>ability to split and join the inline notes, and easy conversion of
>>inline notes to regular outline items and vice versa.
>
>This is fairly easy to do in Outline 4D:
>Split Event (Shift+Enter)
>Merge Events (Alt+Shift+Backspace)
How about converting outline items
<->inline notes?
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 21, 2013 at 10:23 AM
jimspoon wrote:
>Dr Andus wrote:
>jimspoon wrote:
>>>On the other hand - if inline notes are used - I would want to have
>the
>>>ability to split and join the inline notes, and easy conversion of
>>>inline notes to regular outline items and vice versa.
>>
>>This is fairly easy to do in Outline 4D:
>>Split Event (Shift+Enter)
>>Merge Events (Alt+Shift+Backspace)
>
>How about converting outline items
inline notes?
Essentially that’s what “Merge Events” does in Outline 4D.