Convert outline to ordinary left-justified paragraphs

[James Moore]

On Sep 19, 2007, at 9:39 AM, Lancelot Fletcher wrote:

> I am new to omnioutliner (and fairly new to the Mac), so please  
> forgive me
> if I am asking an old question.
>
> I like to use outliners to get myself started in writing essays and  
> articles
> -- documents that need to end up as a series of left-justified  
> paragraphs. I
> like all the convenience that Omnioutliner gives me in reorganizing my
> thoughts and my writing, but ultimately I need to remove the outline  
> format.
>
> Many years ago I used a wonderful DOS program called MaxThink (Neil  
> Larsen,
> where are you now?) that served this purpose very well because there  
> was a
> single command that would remove all the outlining numbers and  
> indents and
> give me the series of left-justified paragraphs that I wanted.
>
> How can I do this with OmniOutliner?


Lancelot, do get the output you're looking for do the following:

* Turn off checkboxes with the View->Hide Status Checkboxes
* Open the Preferences->Text panel and set the spaces per level to 0
* Use File->Export and choose Plain Text (fixed width)

Let us know if you have any more questions.

--
-James

OmniOutliner Product Manager
Software Test Pilot
The Omni Group