Outliner for redacting?

Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 22, 2011 at 01:31 PM

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 words, without losing the essential argument. So it would be nice if I could
1. import original Word or RTF;
2. turn it into an outline based on the topic sentences (main idea) in each paragraph;
3. rearrange that outline by merging items, dragging and dropping etc.;
4. delete text easily;
5. restructure the style (hierarchy of headings);
6. export as Word or RTF with revised style.

I took as quick look at Sense Editor which seems to be promising but it wasn’t the most intuitive, so there might be a learning curve issue. Does anyone have any experience doing this with Sense or any other editor (easier learning curve the better)? Many thanks in advance.