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[rikona]

Hello Liam,

Monday, September 27, 2010, 8:02:06 PM, Liam wrote:

LP> On 28 September 2010 03:18, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:

>> Now that is very interesting. Do you know if word6 has the good
>> outliner as part of it? I've been looking for a good outliner in
>> linux, but have not found one as good as the M$ one.

LP> Hmmm. Good question!

LP> Word 5.5 for DOS is a freeware download from MICROS~1. Don't know
LP> if it has the outliner, but you could legally try it, no strings
LP> attached.

If it's free from M$, there's gotta be a catch... :-)

LP> I don't /think/ the DOS versions of Word have the outliner.

Checked on the net - it supposedly has one. The 'catch' may be that
the formats are totally incompatible with newer s/w. Deliberate
incompatibility seems to be in the DNA of M$. :-)

But - I might still have some old **floppies** [ :-) ] with a somewhat
newer version. Might have to use wine, though.

LP> In the '80s I loved outliners, but it's a software category that's
LP> just Gone Away.

Agreed - I miss it...

LP> I find the MS Word one clunky & uncooperative, so I don't use it
LP> much.

Anything you like better?

LP> I miss tools like PC-Outline,

Hmmm.... another search of those old floppies... :-)

LP> or MORE on classic MacOS.

Not a Mac user. Never tried it.  

I appreciate your inputs. Thanks.

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 rikona