![]() A breadcrumb trail at the top of the document editor would solve this.īut all in all, Outlinely is a nice application. This could be a big deal if you have a lot of folders and a lot of outline documents. This document is in my Website folder, but there is no way to tell that from the data on screen. Consequently, you can be at a loss for which folder the document is actually in. See the screenshot below for an example: In which folder is this document categorized? Can’t tell from the user interface because I navigated off the Website folder. One thing I found a little disconcerting is that the current document remains open in the editor window when you select another folder - it won’t change until you select another document. ![]() It is not immediately apparent how to add folders to the library, but if you hover the cursor over the location (iCloud or On My Mac), a plus sign appears. The big feature addition is the library, which looks like a fairly standard organization panel where you can tuck your outlines into folders. This isn’t the most sophisticated “library” panel you will find, but it looks as if it will be handy. I have written about the app before, here. Version 2.0 was just released. Outlinely is a simple, but elegant outlining application for Mac OS. And for those who like the mind map features of some professional QDA apps, Dynalist and other outliners can also export an OPML file which is readable by almost any Mind Mapping app.Outlinely 2.0 sports a new user interface, which includes a pretty typical library panel. You can also export the search results to a new document containing just the selected text. Even better, we can combine tags, searching for either both #apples AND #oranges, or either #apples OR #oranges (pictured below):Īnd if we want, we can expand the search to look for the same tag across all our documents. Clicking on any one will filter the text for that word. 2 (Below is a picture, but you can visit the actual outline here.)ĭynalist highlights the tags automatically. Now, we just copy and paste this into Dynalist. I always associate the smell with my childhood. Q: I see, it sounds like #apples have particularly strong associations for you?Ī: That’s true. And #pears – actually, I didn’t used to like pears, but for a while I lived in France and I got a taste for them there. #Oranges… because we used to eat them on holidays. (Note that in two cases the keyword is in the question, but not the response, so I’ve added the tag after the text.)Ī: I associate #apples with my home, where we had an apple orchard. We could add tags after the text, but instead we are going to try, as much as possible, to add the tags right in the text itself, as that will make it easier to highlight what we are looking for. Q: I see, it sounds like apples have particularly strong associations for you?Ī: That’s true. And pears – actually, I didn’t used to like pears, but for a while I lived in France and I got a taste for them there. ![]() Oranges… because we used to eat them on holidays. Q: What do you like about those fruits in particular?Ī: I associate apples with my home, where we had an apple orchard. 1 There isn’t really much more to it than that, but as you will see, it can be a powerful tool for doing research. The key difference is that these apps allow you to add tags to individual paragraphs, while most text editors which support tagging only allow you to tag individual documents. ![]() Pretty much everything we are going to do could be done in a plain text file. We are also going to ignore most of the features offered by these apps, such as outlining, checklists, notes, etc. Neither app is truly free, but they both offer generous free plans that allow you to do a lot before you would need to pay for a subscription. Many social scientists purchase expensive qualitative data analysis software to code their field notes and interview data, but I want to show how you can accomplish the same thing for free using Dynalist or Workflowy.
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