Introduction

Introduction

Welcome to OmniOutliner

We all have ideas knocking around in our heads. OmniOutliner is for getting those ideas out into the open where you can see them, shuffle them around, neatly present them, and share them with other people. With it, you can quickly jot down notes into a list, or you can forge monumental masses of information into shape with pixel-by-pixel precision.

Hierarchical lists and tables can be used to express nearly any idea you have. You probably already write them all the time on paper or with word processors and spreadsheet programs. But OmniOutliner is specifically built for list and table creation, so it's more powerful than a word processor, while being lighter and cleaner than a spreadsheet.

OmniOutliner is designed to be fast and simple, so you can jump in, start getting things done right away, and worry about the intricacies later. But it's also powerful, so that once you are ready, you can exert a nearly supernatural level of control over your data. We're not kidding; it's spooky.

Read the manual

You can search these help files when you have a specific question about OmniOutliner, but for an introduction to the software and more general guidance you should read the manual. If you have a boxed copy of OmniOutliner, a printed manual is included. Otherwise, you can download an electronic version from our web site.

Features exclusive to OmniOutliner Professional will appear in a box like this one. All of the other features are available in both the Standard and the Professional editions of OmniOutliner.