Dr Andus
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Document Management Systems
1/28/2013
MadaboutDana wrote:
>Copernic Desktop Search is the best of the lot - first, because of its
>flexibility, second, because of its preview and highlighting, third,
>because of its speed.
Copernic Home...
The ultimate outliner
1/28/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
>The only thing preventing me from using CT for step 3 as well is that CT
>only allows one view/edit window displayed at a time. So if you're
>looking at a note in step 2, you can't si...
The ultimate outliner
1/28/2013
I've managed to narrow down my requirements for my ideal set-up and workflow for academic writing (which must be similar to other non-fiction and perhaps even fiction writing) to the following:
1) a ...
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
Dr Andus wrote:
>>Unfortunately that's still an issue with CT as well, so one can't just
>>sync between an XP and Win 7 system directly, one needs to use some
>>workarounds...
Document Management Systems
1/27/2013
Slartibartfarst wrote:
>If your experience is of the Windows OS' logical hierarchical filing
>system (e.g., consisting of nested folders on a disk drive), then you
>could argue that "Windows Explorer,...
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Quite right you are, though I assume that things get a bit less elegant
>as you add spaces; I think then the %20 will come crawling in.
Yes, that's true. Though even in t...
The ultimate outliner
1/25/2013
pjbw wrote:
>Some single pane outliners have columns. Dual pane outliners have a
>notes pane. But Bonsai seems to be unique in having a Notes pane AND
>columns.
I never thought about that... I guess...
Amode - new version in preparation
1/25/2013
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Sorry for the rant; maybe I am just doing it because I secretly want
>Mindsystems to visit this forum, be flabbergasted by the brilliance of
>my insights and hire me as a ...
Amode - new version in preparation
1/24/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
LM7 wrote:
>See:
>>http://ponder.mindsystems.com/mindsystems-amode-is-undergoing-a-major-redevelopment-in-2013/#.UP_ppR0qbxg
>
>Thanks for that, that is great news! I do hope they will...
The ultimate outliner
1/24/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
>The above chart could have been more representative by having an arrow
>between ConnectedText in Step 4 and Freeplane in Step 5, as the CT
>project outline would be exported as a .mm ...
zootxt://C:/Users/YourName/Documents/Zoot%20Databases/Projects/Work/Work.zdb&IdRef=1&IdFldr=29&IdItem=412981375237631&=Test
evernote:///view/23595/s1/1a8a1335-69b1-4ce9-bedb-f496489908df/1a8a1335-69b1...
The ultimate outliner
1/24/2013
Franz Grieser wrote:
>If anyone's interested, I summarised the above process flow into a
>>chart:
http://drandus.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/academic_writing_process1.png
>
>Thanks. That makes it clea...
The ultimate outliner
1/24/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
In terms of academic process flow, what I've been finding challenging is
>to a) to be able to annotate a reading, b) have the annotations
>organised thematically into a a hierarchy (ou...
Retrospective outlining
1/23/2013
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Just caught wind of this essay/article about reverse outlining. Thought
>it might be of interest:
>
>http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/outlining-in-reverse/?smid=tw-...
Amode - new version in preparation
1/23/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
> I do hope they will retain the
>project management capabilities (tree+Gantt+calendar integration), as
>that is pretty much the only thing I use it for and I haven't found
>another PM...
Best PIM for project management?
1/23/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
OK, I was wrong. You can still find the file and the tutorial files, if
>you dig around. However, there doesn't seem to be any front-end page,
>so it doesn't seem to be marketed in an...
Amode - new version in preparation
1/23/2013
LM7 wrote:
See:
>http://ponder.mindsystems.com/mindsystems-amode-is-undergoing-a-major-redevelopment-in-2013/#.UP_ppR0qbxg
Thanks for that, that is great news! I do hope they will retain the project ...
jimspoon wrote:
I'm curious to know what the links to ConnectedText, OneNote, and
>Surfuator items look like.
CT:
ct://Project1/Home
Surfulater (also has an option to format it as HTML):
sulkb://k...
jimspoon wrote:
>I'm thinking of an alternative to Scrivener for Window's "Split with
>>selection as title (Ctrl+Shift+K).
>
>So, you highlight some text, and Scrivener splits the text just before
>th...
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
I would use Brainstorm; it's lightweight, very swift and is the best
>tool I know for rearranging text.
Alexander, thanks for the suggestion, that didn't occur to me. I've...
An additional purpose would be for managing and storing fragments of text that get taken out of a draft I'm writing in O4D.
Is there a small footprint dual-pane outliner (preferably free) that can start up quickly or run in the background and has some functions for breaking up (and rearranging) large text quickly?
I'm thi...
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>In UR, you can also create a Windows desktop shortcut to the item
>through the same menu.
You can also create a desktop shortcut to a topic in CT, by dragging the title o...
You can also do it in Surfulater and ConnectedText.
inline notes
1/21/2013
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I hate to be a broken record, but for the best example of what I mean by
>"mini-document," I'd refer you to how GrandView worked. Text associated
>with a topic could be edited in...