7 Using the Outliner 

WORD WRITER's outlining capabilities can be of invaluable assistance
if you create documents of any sizable length.  Outlining helps you
to organize your thoughts so that your ideas are presented in a 
logical order that is easy for your reader to follow. 

The real beauty of using a word processing outliner is that as you
change your mind about how topics should be subordinated, one under
another, the program will re-order everything automatically.  What
a great time saver! 

WW5 offers you five levels for your outlines: 

I. to XXVI. 
A. to Z. 
1. to 99. 
a. to z. 
1) to 99) 

In outline form, these five levels would look like this: 
I. Main Topic 
   A. Subtopic 
      1. Subheading 
         a. Breakdown of the subheading 
            1) Further breakdown of the subheading 

To create your own outline, press [F5], the press [Y] to enter the
OUTLINE mode.  when you enter the Outliner, the WW document that's
in memory will be erased.  You will, however, be given an 
opportunity to save your document.  Press [Y] to do so or [N] to go
directly into the Outliner. 

Indexing the outline 

Each level of the Outliner is represented by an index.  An index is
the letter or number in front of an outline entry.  The Outliner
automatically indexes letter and number for you.  Just press [<--]
until the cursor is at the proper location for the level you want
to enter.  Listed below are the cursor positions for each of the
outline levels: 

Cursor 
Location  1-6 7-9 10-12 13-15 16-20 
          I   A   1     a     1) 

Now press [F6], and the index that corresponds to this tab position
will appear on your display.  Next, enter the heading for this 
level of your outline. 

If WW finds a line that cannot be indexed, two asterisks (**) will
appear next to it, indication that there is an invalid level on 
this line.  If you place an asterisk at the beginning of the line,
the outliner will not alter that line. 

Continue tabbing to other positions and entering your outline
indexes by pressing [F6] until your outline looks something like
this: 

I. Main Topic 
   A. Subtopic 
   B. Subtopic 
II. Second Main Topic 
    A. Subtopic 
    B. Subtopic 
    C. Subtopic 
       1. Subheading 
       2. Subheading 
III. Third Main Topic 
     A. Subtopic 
        1. Subheading 
        2. Subheading 
        3. Subheading 
     B. Subtopic 

Formatting an Existing Outline 

After deleting, adding or moving lines in an outline, you may find
that some of your indexes are wrong or out of place.  You can
re-index your outline by pressing [C= 4].  For this option to work
properly, each line of your outline must be in its proper location. 

Editing Your Outline 

Edit your outline the same way you would any other WW document.  
See Chapter 4 to Review editing keys. 

Index One Level Lower [CTRL L] 

The "lower index" ([CTRL L]) function moves an outline heading and
all of its subordinate headings down one outline level.  This is an
advanced feature, so let's take a look at an exercise using the
example you just entered. 

Let's say you decide that Main Topic III is actually another
sub-topic of Main Topic II.  To make this move, position the cursor
on the line that contains Topic III.  Then press [CTRL L] to select
the "Lower Index" function and move Topic III and all of its related
sub-topics and sub-headings under Topic II.  Topic III would then
become Sub-Topic D under Topic II. 

The "Lower Index" function will not work on Level 5 headings (since
5 is the lowest level possible. 

Index One Level Higher [CTRL R] 

This option is the opposite of the "Lower Index" option--it raises
part of the outline up to the next level.  This does not effect Level
1.  To raise part of the outline up one level, press [CTRL R]. 

Saving and Loading and Quitting 

Saving or loading an outline is the same as saving or loading any WW
document--with one important difference.  If you outline contains
embedded font or style tokens, they will be removed.  To save an
outline , place you data disk in the drive and press [C= s].  follow
the prompts; then type in a file name for your outline. 

To edit an outline that you saved previously, make sure your are in
the Outline mode ([F5]) and then press [C= L].  Enter the file name
of your outline and press [RETURN]. 

To exit the Outliner, Press [F5] and then press [Y].  This will 
return your to WORD WRITER, with you outline still in memory just 
like a regular document. 
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NOTE: Fonts may not be inserted while you are in the Outline.  You
may add fonts to an outline after exiting the Outliner, however.  In
order to keep the indexes aligned with the text, we recommend
choosing the Racine font, a mono-spaced typeface.  If you choose
another font, choose it for the text only, not the indexes. 
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