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WU-04: Outliners
Idea Tree
Mountain House Publishing, Inc.
$69
#7073/1502
is a non-resident thought processor or outliner that uses a tree or
"organization chart" type of approach rather than the usual "outline" look.
Personally, we think that the standard outline approach is more compact and
easier to grasp at a glance, but Idea Tree is easy to use and has a very
professional look to it. "Pull-down" menus at the top of the screen means that
you can use the program almost without looking at the on-disk documentation.
You can use Idea Tree as a business tool as well. You can record customers by
products with names, address, phone numbers and a brief commentary, make
organization charts with descriptions and assignments, and develop project
schedules. Other features include a word processor, output preview, a
composition organizing system, and more.
Kamas
Kamasoft
$39
#7073/2454
is an outline processor. Kamasoft claims to have originated the genre in 1984.
Our highly subjective opinion is that Kamas is a hair less intuitive, less
slick and less powerful than other outliners we have seen, such as Grandview
and PC-Outline. On the other hand, it costs about 10 times less and does do a
reasonable job for a low-end outliner. As best as we were able to determine
from the limited documentation, it will not function as a TSR (pop-up), but
with the growing popularity of task switching programs such as SwapDOS and
DESQview, any program can be made into a "pop-up" whether it was written that
way or not. The bottom line is that if you want to try a good, basic outliner,
this is worth a look. Support is provided for Windows 3.0, ThinkTank,
PC-Outline, MaxThink, Wordstar, MS-Word, and Word Perfect.
PC-Outline
Brown Bag Software
$195
#7073/549
is an outlining program that can be used in resident or non-memory-resident
modes. While originally designed for writers to use in outlining ideas, it can
actually be used as a kind of free-form database program. After storing
information about a subject, you can hide the information so that only the
subject line remains visible. This way you can see several topics at once and
view the next level of only the one(s) you choose. If you are writing, you can
export the finished outline to your word processor. If you have never tried an
outlining program before, you really ought to give this a try. In the resident
mode, it uses a minimum of 80k of RAM. (Note: Brown Bag does not allow the
latest versions of their programs to be distributed as shareware. The
registration fee shown is for the latest version of the program, which is
substantially different from this one.)
Ravitz Editor
Ravitz, Cary
$25
#7073/2377
is a combination outliner and text editor. That is, lines can be hidden to
make it easier to work on the structures of programs, outlines and documents.
A trash buffer temporarily preserves modified lines. It is very powerful, with
integrated outlining and overviewing. It uses a command line, function keys,
menus, and has mouse support. It is configurable, programmable, and DESQview
compatible. It will let you view two files or parts of the same file at once.
A change tracking system lets you review new and modified lines. The program
uses XMS upper memory blocks, 42K of the XMS high memory area, and 64K of EMS
memory.
OutlinePlus
Toliver, David E.
$25
#3268
makes the creation and management of outlines and other structured text easy. It
has built-in decimal and classical labeling notation that automatically adjusts
to changes in the structure. It feels like a text editor with such features as
full screen and file navigation; the ability to delete and restore text; search
and replace; the ability to reformat paragraphs and the document; definable
margins and more. Files are saved as ASCII text. Data can be imported and
exported. We found the program to be intuitive and easy to use.
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EasyFold 1.2 [EF12]
Editor/Outliner
Michael Reiss; $49
is a combination text editor and outliner. As you type, you can press a key
to "fold" a section of text up so that only the first line shows. Menu
options as well as folding/unfolding can be executed quickly with a mouse
or keyboard.
Professional features of the editor include macros (for keyboard and
mouse), undo's, edit up to 250 files at once, splitscreen editing,
search-and-replace, and SVGA support.
Programmers can "fold" subroutines and compile the source without unfolding
them. Other programming features include bracket matching and stepping
through errors after a compile.