Great Super Notes Application

Outliner can be a confusing term. I use this app to collect and organize information. In fact I have considered "Bento for Mac" first (Bento is a lightweight version of FileMaker or something like that). I wanted to be able to collect seemingly unrelated pieces of information in one place. For example, stock research notes with links, copies of analyst reports and my own thoughts. Any easy database is still an overkill. Wordprocessor is not a good container for other documents and there is no easy structured entry. Outliner on the other hand by default copies any document you paste into it. That helps to organize all of the related information in one file, which is what I was looking for.

It is my 2nd exposure to Outliner. Several years ago my PowerBook came with Omni Outliner preinstalled. I used it for taking all kinds of random notes. It worked. I used it a lot. I then had to move away to windows (that was a bummer) and I have failed to find any app on Windows that even comes close.

You can think of it as being similar to OneNote, because it is all about collecting information, but with providing you ways to easily organize information into tree like structures, add columns, create checkmarks and notes. Omni Focus todo application is basically a specialized Omni Outliner. Both are equally good products.

Rest assured, it is easy to export information into commonly used formats. HTML, Word 2007, RTF, Keynote are some of the included formats.

FYI: OmniGroup sells Family license directly on their website. Family license is a better deal compared to 2 licenses bought from iTunes App store.

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