OmniOutliner Menus

About OmniOutliner

 

Shows OmniOutliner's about box.

Check for Updates...

 

Checks with Omni's servers to find out if you're using the most recent version of OmniOutliner; if there's a newer version available, a panel will appear offering to let you download it. See the Update Preferences for more information.

Preferences...

 

Opens the Preferences window for changing OmniOutliner's settings.

Licenses...

 

Opens the Licenses window for managing the OmniOutliner licenses you may own.

Services

The items in the Services menu are provided by other Cocoa applications you have installed. When you've selected something that a Service can act on, the corresponding Services menu item will become available.

Hide OmniOutliner
Hide Others
Show All

⌘H
⇧⌘H
 

The standard menu items for hiding OmniOutliner and its windows, hiding the windows of other applications, and showing everything that you've previously hidden.

Quit OmniOutliner

⌘Q

Quits the OmniOutliner application.

New

⌘N

Opens a new outline document.

Open...

⌘O

Shows the Open panel, which you can use to open an existing OmniOutliner document or import another type of document.

Open Recent


This submenu allows you to quickly open any of the last ten documents you used. Choose Clear Menu to empty this list.

Close

⌘W

Closes the current document.

Save
Save As...

⌘S
⇧⌘S

Saves the current document in OmniOutliner format, prompting you for a location to save it if necessary.

Export...

 

Prompts you for a location in which to save the document using one of several formats which can be used in other applications.

Revert To Saved

 

Discards any changes you've made to the document since you last saved it.

Page Setup...

⇧⌘P

Shows the Page Setup panel, in which you can choose settings for how the frontmost document will be printed.

Print...

⌘P

Shows the Print panel for printing the frontmost document.

Undo
Redo

⌘Z
⇧⌘Z

The standard Undo and Redo commands apply to all editing operations in OmniOutliner documents. There is an unlimited number of undo's from the loading of a document.

Cut
Copy
Paste
Delete

⌘X
⌘C
⌘V
 

These standard editing commands apply in OmniOutliner.

Insert Newline

⌘↩

Since pressing the Return key creates a new row to work with and the Enter key switches out of text-editing mode when typing, you can press Command-Return (or Option-Return) to insert a hard line break in the text.

Select All
Deselect All

⌘A
⇧⌘A

These commands allow you to quckly select (and deselect) all the rows in a document.

Edit Note/Outline

⌘'

This command allows you to quickly switch from editing your outlines to editing notes, and vica versa.

Find


The standard Find commands can be used to search for text in OmniOutliner documents.

Spelling


The standard Spelling commands can be used when editing text in OmniOutliner documents.

Hide/Show Status Checkboxes

 

Shows or hides the status checkboxes for the entire outline. This option is also accessible from the Info window.

Hide/Show Toolbar

 

Hides and shows the toolbar on the frontmost window.

Customize Toolbar...

 

Opens the sheet that allows you to customize the toolbar.

Font

The standard Font menu can be used when editing text in OmniOutliner documents.

Text

This commands set the text alignment as well as the rulers in OmniOutliner.

Heading

This submenu can be used to set the heading type for the outline column (eg. I,II,III A,B,C)

Show Info

⇧⌘I

Shows the Info window.

Show Colors

⇧⌘C

Shows the standard Color panel. Colors you choose in the panel can be dragged onto selected text to change the color.

New Column
Remove Column

⌘+
⌘-

Add or remove a column from the outline. You cannot remove the outline or note columns.

Set Status

This submenu allows you to set the status checkboxes of the selected rows. You can set them as checked, unchecked, or remove the check box completely.

Hoist
Unhoist
Unhoist All

⌥⌘H
⌥⇧⌘H
 

Hoist temporarily makes the selected row the root of the outline. The rows description is added to the title of the window. You can hoist several times in the same document. Unhoist removes one level of hoisting, while unhoist all removes all levels of hoisting in the document.

Expand
Collapse

⌘⇢
⌘⇠

Expand shows the immediate children of the selected rows. Collapse hides the immediate children of the selected rows.

Expand Completely
Collapse Completely

⌥⌘⇢
⌥⌘⇠

Expand completely expands all of the selected rows and all of their children. Collapse completely collapses all of the selected rows and all of their children.

Expand All
Collapse All

⌘9
⌘0

Expand all expands the entire outline. Collapse all collapses the entire outline.

Sort

This submenu gives you control over OmniOutliner's sorting functionality. You can set which column you want to sort by, whether you want it to be ascending or decending, and whether or not it will continue to be sorted after you add new items.

Move Left
Move Right
Move Up
Move Down

⌘L
⌘R
⌘U
⌘D

Move left moves each selected row to the left by one level starting with the right most row. If a parent has children that are not selected, they will move with the parent while children that are selected will be shifted left individually. Move right moves the top selected rows right by one level, if possible. All of the children of any shifted row will remain in the same relative position. Move up and move down shift the selected rows up or down one position, if possible.

Indent
Outdent

⌘]
⌘[

Indent functions the same as move right. Outdent shifts the selected rows left by one level, if possible. If a parent and one of its children are selected, the child will remain a child of the parent after the outdent.

Group
Ungroup

⇧⌘G
⇧⌘U

Group creates a new row and makes all of the selected rows children of the new row. The new row is selected for editing. Ungroup make the children of the selected row peers of the selected row.

Minimize Window

⌘M

Sends the current window to the Dock.

Zoom Window

 

Resizes the current window to an optimum size for its contents. If the Option key is held, this command resizes all windows.

Bring All to Front

 

If windows from other applications are obscuring OmniOutliner's windows, choosing this command will bring all OmniOutliner windows to the front.

(window list)

 

All open OmniOutliner windows are listed here; choosing a window will bring it to the front. Windows containing documents with unsaved changes are marked with a bullet, and windows which have been minimized to the Dock are marked with a diamond.

About the Scripts Menu

 

This will provide you with some basic information about the scripts menu as well as direct you to the directories for storing your scripts.

(script list)

 

There are three areas you can place your scripts so they appear in this menu:
    ~/Library/Application Support/OmniOutliner/Scripts (for user level access)
    /Library/Application Support/OmniOutliner/Scripts (for computer level access)
    Network/Library/Application Support/OmniOutliner/Scripts (for network level access).

OmniOutliner Help

⌘?

Opens the main page of this manual.

Send Feedback...

 

Opens a new message in your default email client allowing you to send us feedback on OmniOutliner.

Release Notes

 

Opens the release notes for OmniOutliner.

Keyboard Commands

 

Opens the reference document containing all of OmniOutliners keyboard shortcuts.

Related Topics
Table of Contents: Using OmniOutliner
OmniOutliner Features
OmniOutliner's Info Panel
OmniOutliner Preferences