I already had a cheaper alternative, but I am too curious about apps for my own good. I downloaded this only because of the free trial and an idle hour. My WISHLIST for OmniOutline includes building in this capability into their program, so it becomes standalone as a very serious text management application This means keeping two copies of each file, one for each app, but it does the job without too much fuss. My current workaround is to export every outline I create, over to OmniOutliner3 called Outliner, which DOES search all its files. In fact it’s so good that its one big flaw, from my perspective is that it does not do a full text search on all of its files, say from two years ago, unless you load them in separately. For “text and data people”, there’s the elegant addition of columns, as well as a prolific search and filter set of options, providing many interesting views of your outline. But SURPRISE ! For “style people” there is the very extensive customization possible. Drawing from my experience with the great DOS classics, such as Grandview and Lotus Agenda, but having sidled over to the IPad platform, I didn’t honestly expect to avoid lowering my standards. Kudos to the developers ! I’m a text maniac, and have always had a fetish for outliners, the more elaborate the better- and this one is quite so. I don’t know why I didn’t think to try using it for that as well. Other timeline makers didn’t really fit what I wanted/needed (not even Aeon Timeline, that I got a refund for), but Omni surprisingly does the job well enough for me. Not only do I use it to outline and organize my stories, and ideas, but recently, I find that it works well to use to make an organized timeline of events as well with the use of columns that the Pro version allows. It makes the process much more easier and convenient do and move ideas/events and such around, or add extra long in depth descriptions, or add additional ideas to events and things that you want to remember, but at the same time, can hide it so it doesn’t disrupt the overall view and flow of the outline that you have. I’ve never gotten so far and finished an outline with my stories in a long time, until I got OmniOutliner. Just need a basic outliner, and that’s all I thought I’d need until I tried out Pro, and couldn’t go without all the extra tools that made OmniOutliner so much more worth it to me. Essentials is good for those that don’t need anything over complicated, fancy, and don’t care for extra customizations. You can’t go wrong with trying out both versions, before deciding if its worth your money or not, for your personal uses.
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