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Posted by Dr Andus
Apr 4, 2012 at 11:02 PM
>Eduardo Mauro wrote:
>>If you have any suggestion of how we can
>>improve CT regarding
>this, let me know.
>
>Hi Eduardo,
>I don’t know how easy it is to do technically but if the
>collapsed headings would stay collapsed when switching from the edit mode to the view
>mode (and thus updating/refreshing the TOC) that would do the trick. Then one could
>work on a very long document because by collapsing level one headers for instance the
>TOC text would be visible in the pane and there would be no need to scroll.
Another feature that could support the use of the Table of Contents pane (TOC) for real-time outlining would be if the TOC had word wrap. At the moment if the headings get a bit long, one needs to scroll across, if the TOC pane is not wide enough (which is a function of how many other panes are open and how big one’s monitor is). With a word wrap option it would be easier to get a better view of the outline.
Posted by Eduardo Mauro
Apr 5, 2012 at 12:53 AM
Dr Andus,
We are working to improve the TOC view. I suggest posting your suggestions in our forum so other users can comment them as well.
Best regards,
Eduardo Mauro
Posted by Backbutton
Apr 8, 2012 at 10:56 PM
Cassius wrote:
>The following rather fits the title, if not the subject:
>
>In high school & college,
>long before PCs, we were supposed to first create an outline and then write the
>document. I always did the reverse.
>
>When GrandView came, I immediately purchased
>it and used it for everything. I even created a macro to reverse an outline’s
>hierarchy. I still didn’t “outline” first, but wrote my documents in GV so I could
>easily rearrange the text when I thought it was appropriate.
Were you able to find something equivalent to GrandView? I have been looking for years. Recently installed GrandView in VMWare 7, but could not export the outlines to Windows, so I can continue working on the document in MS Word.
Wish someone could recreate GrandView. I don’t have the technical ability to do so. How hard would it be to port it over to Windows, does anyone know?
Posted by Cassius
Apr 9, 2012 at 06:39 AM
A Windows port of GV’s predecessor, PC Outline, was tried, but didn’t work very well. See my comments in your GV thread.
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Backbutton wrote:
>
>
>Cassius wrote:
>>The following rather fits the title, if not the subject:
>>
>>In
>high school & college,
>>long before PCs, we were supposed to first create an outline
>and then write the
>>document. I always did the reverse.
>>
>>When GrandView came, I
>immediately purchased
>>it and used it for everything. I even created a macro to
>reverse an outline’s
>>hierarchy. I still didn’t “outline” first, but wrote my
>documents in GV so I could
>>easily rearrange the text when I thought it was
>appropriate.
>
>
>Were you able to find something equivalent to GrandView? I have been
>looking for years. Recently installed GrandView in VMWare 7, but could not export the
>outlines to Windows, so I can continue working on the document in MS Word.
>
>
>Wish
>someone could recreate GrandView. I don’t have the technical ability to do so. How
>hard would it be to port it over to Windows, does anyone know?
>
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Apr 16, 2012 at 11:09 AM
This entry on reverse outlining is useful for reference; I found it via Manfred Kuhn’s blog:
http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~WAC/page.jsp?id=51&c_type=category&c_id=32