deleting first column

[Brian C.]

It's true that the drag handles are welded on to the first column of the 
outline, and since the drag handles need to be there, you can't delete 
that column. I'll write up a feature request that we try to separate 
these roles into distinct entities in some future version of the 
application...

Sincerely,

Brian C.
Support Manager
Omni Group



On Sunday, August 4, 2002, at 12:04  PM, omnioutliner-users-
request at omnigroup.com wrote:

> Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 11:09:18 -0400
> To: omnioutliner-users at omnigroup.com
> From: Mitchell L Model <mlm at acm.org>
> Subject: deleting first column
>
>   I'm perplexed about some column behavior.  It seems that one column
> is designated the one bearing the outline indentation level and
> markers (bullets and arrows -- I'm not using any numbering), but
> there's no way to change which one.  I have a three-column outline
> that had a lot of formatting and other details I wanted to copy for
> another outline, so I made a copy of it and started editing.  I
> decided I didn't need the first column at all, so I tried to delete
> it.  OmniOutliner wouldn't let me -- it just did nothing.
>
> Cleverly, and after the frustrations related to resizing expressed in
> the previous message, it occurred to me that there was something
> special about the first column.  So I moved the first column to after
> the second and tried to delete it.  Still didn't work!  Moreover, the
> dots and arrows were now in the second column, an interesting effect
> I'll have to explore sometime, but not what I wanted here!
>
> Is there any way to change which column is the special one that bears
> the outline level chacteristics?  To delete that column and have the
> next column take on the outline level characteristics?  Am I
> completely hallucinating here?