Standard Version
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Multiple column types
Here's where OmniOutliner really stands apart from other outliners, word processors, or even spreadsheet applications. You can create documents with multiple columns that contain different types of information - like pop-up lists, checkboxes, numerical values, dates, durations, or just plain text. Columns can even dynamically calculate sums for you, or produce averages.
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Styles
Styles are the visual elements that define the look of your documents: your type face choices, row colors, column background images, and so on. OmniOutliner helps you format on the fly with a super-powerful Styles system designed to give you everything you need to apply style changes - from one word at a time to document wide.
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Batch find
Here's a handy feature for when you need to find a specific word or phrase in your outline: type in your search word, and OmniOutliner searches your whole outline at once. All of the matching results will show up in the Utility drawer and update with each letter you type, so you get results immediately.
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Attachments
Whether you're creating a grocery list, marketing budget, or an exhaustive analysis of the mating habits of kangaroo mice, sometimes text just isn't enough. Your OmniOutliner documents can include images, sound files (you can even record audio directly into your document with OmniOutliner Professional), movies, web links, and links to files or applications on your computer.
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Export options
With OmniOutliner Standard, documents can be exported as plain text, rich text, OPML, HTML, and Keynote. Or you can write your own custom export plugins. OmniOutliner Professional adds support for Word, as well as Dynamic HTML that allow expanding and collapsing items in a browser and include all of your document's styles. Snazzy!
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AppleScript support
Create AppleScript shortcuts for complicated tasks, or automate the things you do over and over; you'll get more done, and with fewer mistakes. OmniOutliner can also interact with any other AppleScriptable program, so you could, say, create an AppleScript to take a list of actions and dates from OmniOutliner and draw a calendar of them in OmniGraffle (you have heard of that tasty diagramming program OmniGraffle, right?).
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Inline notes
Notes can be displayed right beneath the items they're associated with, so you can see all of your notes without having to select each item in turn. If you prefer the old way, you can still choose to view notes in a pane at the bottom of the window. It's up to you!
Professional Version
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Folded editing
Folded editing works with you to actively hide and display the information in your outlines, so you can save time and be more productive by focusing on exactly what you want to see.
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Sections
The Sections drawer in OmniOutliner Professional reveals your entire document framework at a glance, and allows you to jump from one top-level place to another.
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Named styles
Named styles are sets of style attributes that you can save and apply to any part of your outline. Once you've set up a style to your specifications, drag it into your named styles list, then it can be used over and over. Named styles make quick work of your editing - you can apply style changes throughout your document just by dragging styles directly onto the items you want to change.
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Clipping service
OmniOutliner Professional's clipping service allows you to select text from other applications and seamlessly store that information in OmniOutliner without actually copying and pasting. It's fast and easy to archive snippets from email, content from web pages, paragraphs from TextEdit, and so on - and OmniOutliner stays out of your way while you're doing so.
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Audio recording
Can you talk faster than you can type? Capture those great ideas instantly with OmniOutliner Professional's new audio recording features. OmniOutliner allows you to capture audio directly into your documents so you can add voice memos, or whatever audio you like. The audio file is embedded in your document along with a notation of the date and time.
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Saved templates
Your documents can be saved as templates, which can then be used as starting points for new documents. Templates preserve everything about an outline, including its content, its styles, and its document preferences. Once you've saved a template in your Library folder, you can create new documents using OmniOutliner Professional's File > New From Template command.
Feature Comparison
OmniOutliner features |
Standard |
Pro |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Here's where OmniOutliner really stands apart from other outliners, word processors, or even spreadsheet applications. You can create documents with multiple columns that contain different types of information - like pop-up lists, checkboxes, numerical values, dates, durations, or just plain text. Columns can even dynamically calculate sums for you, or produce averages. |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Styles are the visual elements that define the look of your documents: your type face choices, row colors, column background images, and so on. OmniOutliner helps you format on the fly with a super-powerful Styles system designed to give you everything you need to apply style changes - from one word at a time to document wide. |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Here's a handy feature for when you need to find a specific word or phrase in your outline: type in your search word, and OmniOutliner searches your whole outline at once. All of the matching results will show up in the Utility drawer and update with each letter you type, so you get results immediately. |
||
Yes |
Yes |
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Whether you're creating a grocery list, marketing budget, or an exhaustive analysis of the mating habits of kangaroo mice, sometimes text just isn't enough. Your OmniOutliner documents can include images, sound files (you can even record audio directly into your document with OmniOutliner Professional), movies, web links, and links to files or applications on your computer. |
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Yes |
Yes |
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With OmniOutliner Standard, documents can be exported as plain text, rich text, OPML, HTML, and Keynote. Or you can write your own custom export plugins. OmniOutliner Professional adds support for Word, as well as Dynamic HTML that allow expanding and collapsing items in a browser and include all of your document's styles. Snazzy! |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Create AppleScript shortcuts for complicated tasks, or automate the things you do over and over; you'll get more done, and with fewer mistakes. OmniOutliner can also interact with any other AppleScriptable program, so you could, say, create an AppleScript to take a list of actions and dates from OmniOutliner and draw a calendar of them in OmniGraffle (you have heard of that tasty diagramming program OmniGraffle, right?). |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Notes can be displayed right beneath the items they're associated with, so you can see all of your notes without having to select each item in turn. If you prefer the old way, you can still choose to view notes in a pane at the bottom of the window. It's up to you! |
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No |
Yes |
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Folded editing works with you to actively hide and display the information in your outlines, so you can save time and be more productive by focusing on exactly what you want to see. |
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No |
Yes |
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The Sections drawer in OmniOutliner Professional reveals your entire document framework at a glance, and allows you to jump from one top-level place to another. |
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No |
Yes |
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Named styles are sets of style attributes that you can save and apply to any part of your outline. Once you've set up a style to your specifications, drag it into your named styles list, then it can be used over and over. Named styles make quick work of your editing - you can apply style changes throughout your document just by dragging styles directly onto the items you want to change. |
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No |
Yes |
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OmniOutliner Professional's clipping service allows you to select text from other applications and seamlessly store that information in OmniOutliner without actually copying and pasting. It's fast and easy to archive snippets from email, content from web pages, paragraphs from TextEdit, and so on - and OmniOutliner stays out of your way while you're doing so. |
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No |
Yes |
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Can you talk faster than you can type? Capture those great ideas instantly with OmniOutliner Professional's new audio recording features. OmniOutliner allows you to capture audio directly into your documents so you can add voice memos, or whatever audio you like. The audio file is embedded in your document along with a notation of the date and time. |
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No |
Yes |
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Your documents can be saved as templates, which can then be used as starting points for new documents. Templates preserve everything about an outline, including its content, its styles, and its document preferences. Once you've saved a template in your Library folder, you can create new documents using OmniOutliner Professional's File > New From Template command. |
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Download
OmniOutliner 3 is a paid upgrade from OmniOutliner 2.x. License codes for earlier versions of the software will not work with OmniOutliner 3 or OmniOutliner Professional 3. This is a free update for all owners of version 3.
The app will run as a fully functional trial for 14 days without a license. Also available for purchase on the Mac App Store.
Requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later to run.
What's New
Latest release: October 26 2012
Bug Fixes
- (Pro) Fixed a memory leak with audio recording that would cause a crash with certain hardware.
- Software Update will now prompt for an administrator password when installing into a protected folder. Does not apply to Mac App Store editions.
- Software Update is now able to handle paid upgrades properly (i.e. it’s now ready for OmniOutliner 4). Does not apply to Mac App Store editions.