Dr Andus
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JBfrom
>But I'm happy to clarify -
>The reason I'm excited about Xah's page is that it cuts through
>all the technical voodoo for the programmers and gives you the info necessary to use it
>as a w...
JBfrom wrote:
>#5 - (Best for last) - Emacs made easy for regular people.
>discovered this incredibly clear and simple site that explains how to use Emacs and
>Org-Mode: http://xahlee.org/emacs/emac...
Outliner for redacting?
9/26/2011
In the end I decided to go with Scrivener for Windows. While I liked the idea of marking topic sentences as headers in Word 2010's outliner, Scrivener offered a number of additional interesting featur...
I have now more or less transitioned from Datebk6 on Palm to Pocket Informant and Toodledo on the iPad/iPod. One feature I miss though is the ability in Datebk to tick off appointments as "done." Are ...
Why do you CRIMP?
9/24/2011
Here is another possible reason for CRIMPing: retail therapy...
This especially works on the iPad. All too easy to buy and install stuff (especially as there is no such thing as trialling an app. One...
Outliner/PIM roll call: Fall 2011
9/24/2011
OK, here is a snapshot of my ever-changing set-up:
iPod/iPad:
- Notebooks for iPad for capturing notes and slotting them into a hierarchy (synced with Dropbox);
- iThoughtsHD for breaking down tasks ...
about outlining ...
9/24/2011
dan7000 wrote:
>The Navigation pane (what I called
>the "left pane") has 3 tabs. The first one shows all headings in your document in an
>outline-style view. You can click them to go to an item, c...
about outlining ...
9/23/2011
dan7000 wrote:
>I really like the Word 2010 outliner. In the left pane is an
>outline of items - no in-line text. In the right pane is your document where you can
>view, edit, or collapse items, su...
Outliner for redacting?
9/23/2011
DaXiong wrote:
>I've done something in the past similar, what I
>did was use the styles in Word to structure the text, and indicate topic
>sentences/thesis sentences. With this in place, I could use...
Outliner for redacting?
9/22/2011
Thank you, Alexander. To be honest, seeing both documents at the same time is not all that important to me. I don't care much for the old document. What I want is to reduce it and make it a better new...
Outliner for redacting?
9/22/2011
Cassius wrote:
>WOULDN'T IT BE EASIER JUST TO DO ALL OF IT IN WORD? (My son, a senior video
>game producer, has written both a technical book and a novel, and he finds it
>ultimately most efficient...
Inspiration
9/22/2011
Cassius wrote:
>Dr Andus wrote:
>>cassius says:
>1. I'm not sure what you mean by
>in-line note. Do you mean multiple paragraphs in one outline item?
No, sorry. I mean the ability to add text dire...
Outliner for redacting?
9/22/2011
Many thanks for the prompt replies. Great suggestions. Unfortunately I don't have a Mac, so I can only explore the PC suggestions. As I'm really pressed for time, I will probably try the most intuitiv...
Outliner for redacting?
9/22/2011
Does anyone know which outliner would be the most suitable for redacting a text (making a text shorter)? I'd like the ability to import a large text, let's say 20,000 words, and reduce it to 10,000 wo...
Inspiration
9/22/2011
Cassius,
How is your experience with Inspiration? I trialled it several years ago but as far as I can remember I thought it was quite clunky... Can you do some serious outlining with it, or is just f...
From mindmaps to outlines on the iPad
9/21/2011
P.S. I think my main point is that it was a real pleasure to accomplish a daunting task with it, something I've been putting away because I didn't know quite how to begin to tackle it (as it's a massi...
From mindmaps to outlines on the iPad
9/21/2011
I think I may have just found the Holy Grail (OK, a part of it). Just bought iThoughtsHD, a mindmapping app on the iPad, so that I can plan out a major project (by doing a "work breakdown structure", ...
historical timeline modelling
9/18/2011
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Dr Andus,
>
>I'm not sure where your quest got you, but I'm posting here for reference an
>(apparently) new Windows entrant, Outline4D
>http://www.screenplay.com/p-77-ou...
about outlining ...
9/18/2011
Many thanks for the great suggestions, keep them coming!
I'm ashamed to admit that in my hour of need last night I ended up using MS Word 2010's built-in outliner (after owning it for about a year an...
about outlining ...
9/17/2011
Dr Andus wrote:
> Here is a picture of a CarbonFin
>outline with the Notes view
>enabled:
Sorry, here is a bigger image:
http://carbonfin.com/iPad-script-edit.png
about outlining ...
9/17/2011
So, what are all the single-pane outliners then that allow inline viewing (but ideally editing as well) of notes (which is what I assume is meant by meta-text in this thread)? [for the PC]
I've only ...
Outline within outliner?
9/16/2011
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Dr Andus, I wonder whether you or anyone else uses Bonsai solely on the desktop.
Yes. I only use it as a desktop software on the PC, exclusively as an outliner (although I do h...
Outline within outliner?
9/16/2011
BTW, my favourite is Natara Bonsai. You can watch the screencast "Bonsai Desktop: Making Child and Parent items" over here:
http://www.natara.com/bonsai/ScreenShots.cfm
While the screenshots themselv...
Outline within outliner?
9/16/2011
If I understand you correctly you are looking for a single pane outliner? Just type "single pane" into the search box on the left and it will show you some past discussions with suggestions both for t...
Thanks Ken, that's encouraging. I'll check out their forum and blog then.