4.0980 Responses: Outlining Programs (3/61)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Tue, 5 Feb 91 14:56:41 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0980. Tuesday, 5 Feb 1991.
(1) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 91 13:12 EDT (18 lines)
From: <MARSH@LEMOYNE>
Subject: RE: 4.0973 Qs: ... Outlining...
(2) Date: Mon, 4 Feb 91 01:00:15 EST (18 lines)
From: david j reimer f <dreimer4@mach1.wlu.ca>
Subject: Outline program
(3) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 91 9:28:47 EST (25 lines)
From: RANDALL N - ENGLISH <nrandall@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Outlining...
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 91 13:12 EDT
From: <MARSH@LEMOYNE>
Subject: RE: 4.0973 Qs: ... Outlining...
On outlining: I use PC-Outline, which comes bundled with WORDSTAR, but
which can be purchased from Brown Bag software. New version was
promised about a year ago but I don't know if it's out. I find it is
really easy to use. Most of the commands are the same as WORDSTAR and
there is an export/import pull-down menu that targets WORDSTAR
compatability specifically. All menus are pull-down and documentation
is thorough. Of special interest to me is the capability to support 7
windows at once. I outline, then put my outline in a window, then open
another window and use the word-processing capability. I compose in that
window while scrolling my outline at the top half of the screen.
Windows are moveable and able to be sized as you please.
Leonard Marsh
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Date: Mon, 4 Feb 91 01:00:15 EST
From: david j reimer f <dreimer4@mach1.wlu.ca>
Subject: Outline program
For Timothy Reuter:
There is a brace of programs in the SIMTEL20 archives which may meet your
needs. (An "outline" program compatible with WordPerf....). There is "PC
Outline v. 3.30", described as a "good outline program" (= PCO330.ARC in
the TXTUTL subdirectory). Its partner is PCOWP20.ARC which converts PC
Outline files to WordPerfect 5.x. These are shareware; I have not used
them, nor have I seen them. I happened to spot them in the SIMTEL
filelist....
Hope this helps.
David Reimer, Wilfrid Laurier University
dreimer4@mach1.wlu.ca
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 91 9:28:47 EST
From: RANDALL N - ENGLISH <nrandall@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Outlining...
To Timothy Reuter: I've worked with ThinkTank, Grandview, and the
outliners in WordPerfect 5.1 and Word 5.0. The best is clearly
Grandview, but make sure you get version 2.0 for maximum compatibility
with word processing software (ThinkTank is really old Grandview).
There are other outliners out there, including a decent cheap one that
comes with Better Working Eight in One, and a bunch that are part of
personal information packages like Arriba. Grandview is also a mini
project manager, so it's a good package all around. The Word outliner
is far superior to that in WordPerfect, mainly because it is NOT a
separate program. In Word 5.0 or Word for Windows, you simply switch
from the outline view to the document view (page view in the Windows
version) and keep on truckin'. If you have Word, try its outliner
before bothering with a separate outlining package. Word- Perfect's is
also fine to work with, but it's a separate function and is limited in
its ability to promote and demote headings and sections.
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Neil Randall
nrandall@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca