![]() Chapter 6, Working in the Cloud While storing your outlines in isolation on your Mac is perfectly fine, if you would like to use the cloud to store backups of your OmniOutliner documents-or sync them with your other devices-this section helps you get started with Omni’s recommended file syncing solution. Chapter 5, Managing Your Omni Licenses If you bought (or want to buy) OmniOutliner from the Omni Store, this section describes how to obtain a license for the app, where licenses live on your computer, and how to transfer them between one Mac and another should the need arise. This section describes how to get the most out of the app’s various modes and preferences. Chapter 4, OmniOutliner, Your Way OmniOutliner is packed with customization options for your writing habits and workflow. It exports to many of them, too! Use the Share button to send quick snippets of your outline to the world, and print a professional-quality document with a few clicks through OmniOutliner’s print dialog. Chapter 3, Importing, Exporting, and Printing If you want to bring structure to data in another file type, OmniOutliner imports many common text formats. Chapter 2, Enriching Your Outline Your outline doesn’t have to be just simple row text! Attach notes to rows, add status checkboxes, and use hyperlinks to connect to the world beyond. Chapter 1, Styling Your Outline This section covers ways of adding visual style to your outline, both in the form of ready-made Themes included with OmniOutliner and Named Styles applicable to individual rows and text. This guide is divided into the following sections, grouped by features that help you accomplish various tasks within OmniOutliner. This manual is designed as a guided tour of OmniOutliner Essentials, organized by topic to help you get productive with beautifully structured outlines, fast. Using OmniPresence Without Omni Sync Server.Using OmniPresence With Omni Sync Server.Sharing OmniOutliner Files with OmniGraffle.It should be simple for them to implement the iCloud API's into OO and OG. I personally think that Omni bet on iCloud being their glue and built with the Apple file management interface for this reason. ![]() In mean time however, DropBox remains an important player, warts and all. This glue (as David calls it) is the missing ingredient. I imagine working with outlines on the iPad and Mac seamlessly via iCloud. This service should make this process transparent. However, I think Omni have been waiting for iCloud. DropBox with DropDav was a solution (I agree, if you are to use it, $60 a year is not so much to pay). The problem is, how do we get our working outlines out of OO for iPad to Mac etc without the clumsiness of the sandbox the files now sit in. Well Gustav, your post comes after the security scares of late, however, the DropBox issue is a valid point that I think may have been somewhat solved by the events of the past month or so. These are the same color options available in the iPad OmniGraffle app and much better than those available in the Mac OS X color picker. The color picker includes a series of custom palettes. One of the many nice touches are the built in color schemes. The screenshot, for instance set a tan background, bold typeface, and numbering for the level one entries. You can also create custom styles for certain outline levels. Tapping the Tools icon button opens a popover that lets you set styles and view for the entire document or the current selection. There is a lot of customization available under the hood. With certain formats, like numbers, OmniOutliner will optionally perform a math functions providing totals, averages, minimum and maximum values, and additional functions. Everything is intuitive and creating and styling new columns is easy. You can add columns of various formats including text, numbers, date, duration, pop-up list, and checkboxes. It wouldn’t be OmniOutliner without columns and the iPad iteration delivers. Even easier though is grabbing and moving the row handles and moving manually. Tapping the Edit button brings up a series of editing tools to move, group, and delete individual entries. This is one of the Mac OS X features that came over to iPad and it is damn useful. OmniOutliner also includes the ability to add notes in an option text field below individual entries. ![]() ![]() Tapping the triangle will collapse and expand the children points below it. Rows with children have an oversized disclosure triangle. Any rows without children appear as a dot. The row handles also include icons to display row level. Once done editing, tap the row handle to the left and OmniOutliner exits edit mode. A curser drops in and the iPad on-screen keyboard jumps to life. No magic incantations or multiple button taps. Type an entry and then use the arrow icon buttons at the bottom of the screen to promote or demote entries.
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