ConnectedText now is an Outliner with Footnote Function

Posted by Manfred
Oct 2, 2007 at 02:15 PM

The new Beta of ConnectedText has introduced two new functions:

1. an outliner that is quite capable and can import and export opml files

2. A new footnote function that does automatic footnotes (which, if I am informed correctly, will in the next version allow the export of automatic footnotes).

This new version seems to provide some of the essential functionality that people asked for in the thread on Outliners with Word Processing capability.

As some of you may know, I have talked about ConnectedText and Wiki functionality before in this forum, praising this program. While I would not want to call myself an “evangelist” for this program, I definitely think it is among the very best for managing research and early drafts. And I am amazed at how the program is developing.

Because I do not want to make the move to Vista, I have bought a MacBook and fooled around with all kinds of Mac Outliners. Let me assurer you that they are WAY ahead of anything that can be found in Windows. In fact, it is ConnectedText that keeps me staying with Windows (and now I have one more reason).

In any case, I think this product is something that some of you “crimpers” might want to take a look at.
Manfred

P.S. I would like to thank those who participated in the discussion of Word Processing and Footnotes. I am now using AppleWorks 5.0 as my Word Processor of Choice (not 6.0, which has some nasty incompatilities with Windows). The main difference to the Microsoft Works word processor (who is also not as bloated as Word) is that it does Outlines and Endnotes as well as footnotes.