Creating a New Outline

To create a new outline, tap the icon in the Action Bar at the top of the screen. This will bring up the New Outline dialog. Enter a name for the outline in the dialog and tap OK. The new outline will be created and opened in the Outline Editor. For more information see the topic on Outline Management.

Adding Data

New outlines are created with an empty first item to make it easier to get started. Tap on this item to select it and enter text for this item. If this empty item is missing, or you want to add more entries at some later time, tap the icon to append a new item to the end of the outline.

When you tap the Enter key (sometimes Return, Done, Next, depending on the keyboard on your device) the entry will be completed and a new empty entry will be appended immediately after the completed entry and selected for editing. This feature enables continuous entry of multiple outline items without tedious extra taps between each entry. When you are done entering new data, just tap Enter again on the empty item. The empty item will be deleted and continuous entry mode will terminate.

To insert a new entry in the middle of an outline, first select the item before the point where you want to insert and then hit enter. This will “complete” the item you just selected (without changes if you don’t tap any other keys before tapping Enter) and insert a new empty item immediately after it.

For more information see the topic on Editing an Outline.

Manipulating the Outline

Grapevine uses indentation to give a hierarchical structure to the outline. Indentation of an element is accomplished with slide gestures. Slide an element to the right to indent it relative to its predecessor. This makes the element a child and makes the predecessor its parent. Slide an element to the left to reduce the indentation, effectively promoting a child to be a sibling of its former parent.

Elements can be deleted using a fling-right gesture. Note that deleting an element that has children will delete its children as well. Most operations affecting the structure of the outline can be reversed using the Undo command from the Outline Editor menu. This includes deletion, indentation, adding, and moving.

For more information see the topic on Editing an Outline.


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