Celtx -- Anyone aware of this program?

Posted by Dr Andus
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:18 PM

One unusual feature of StoryView/Outline 4D is that you can indent or move around outline items irrespective of their place in the hierarchy and independently from their parents or their children. E.g. you can have a level 1 parent with a level 4 child next or you can just move the level 1 parent, and none of its children will move with it. (You can get around this behaviour by selecting several items and then they can be moved or indented as a group).

I don’t quite know what all the benefits of this feature are yet but it seems to break the basic definition of what an outline or outliner is (i.e. having dependent parents and children). I suppose it allows you to structure an outline without having to think through all the necessary hierarchical relationships, which is probably better for brainstorming, concept development and creativity.