https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=3959

--- Comment #206 from Susan Cragin <[email protected]> ---
I write documents of around 60,000 words, for which I need three or four levels
of subheadings. 
Drafts are very important. I change constantly. 
I don't need much formatting. I don't need to insert pictures. 
And I value words over views. 
For that, the best outliner is EMACS. A half-day learning its basic functions
(with org-mode) is well worth the trouble. People complain that EMACS is hard
to learn, but it's not. 
Together with a great outline, it has simple and intuitive keystroke
combinations for moving text around. 
When I want to print, I need only standard formatting, so it is never a problem
for me to cut / paste to an empty OO document with the formatting I require.
(TNR 12 and double-spacing.)
The only open-source word processor with outlining function is by Kingsoft.
This Chinese-sponsored program may well be the wave of the future but right now
it is VERY buggy. I don't recommend it. 

Both sides of this argument are right. There needs to be some program for those
of us who produce a lot of words, and right now OO (and LO) is not it, and M$W
is shabby at doing it. 
Apple users draft with OmniOutline, which is a great program but not a word
processor. I am in a book-writers group and everyone seems to have an Apple but
me. I have Ubuntu Linux. 
There needs to be an open-source program like OmniOutline, but non-Apple
products in general seem to have poor outlining capabilites. There are a
half-dozen great ones for Apple. 
Susan C

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