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Deep Notes

Deep Notes - 2.0

simple hierarchical note pad

All Time: (4.2)
This Version: (4.0)
Current Version: 2.0
Release Date: 2007-02-04
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 2,620
Downloads (all versions): 8,920

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Product Description:

Deep Notes is a simple hierarchical note pad. You can use it to outline ideas, make "to do" lists, or whatever else might need jotting down in a list, hierarchical or not.


Its keyboard shorcuts were designed to let you edit, navigate and control your outline without taking your hands off the keyboard, so you don't have to interrupt your creative flow and can get on with typing.

What's new in this version:

  • Intel-compatible.
  • Requires Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
  • Deep Notes documents are now indexed by Spotlight.
  • Re-implemented printing:
    • Printing now includes all items regardless of whether or not they are expanded.
    • Long items are wrapped into multiple lines as necessary.
    • Printing font and use of colours can be set in the Preferences.
    • Document is no longer centred on the page.
    • Page setup is now stored for each document.
  • Favourite colours are now shown directly in the toolbar, allowing access with one click.
  • Favourite colours can be used by pressing Command-1, Command-2, etc.
  • Fixed bugs that could occur while editing content and structure.
  • Multiple entries can now be copied to the clipboard, which preserves indentation where possible.
  • Multiple entries can now be cut. This will include children of selected entries.
  • Dragging to a text destination will no longer include all children, only the exact selected items.
  • Changed some keyboard shortcuts to simplify them and to be in line with behaviour on Mac OS X 10.4:
    • The Right and Left arrows now expand and collapse items.
    • Command-Right and Command-Left can be used to indent and outdent, in addition to Tab and Shift-Tab.
    • Command-Option-Right moves the selection into a new item.
    • There is no longer a key for selecting the parent of the selection, since the Left arrow is now used to collapse items. Let me know if you miss this functionality.
  • Using Control-Up and Control-Down now scrolls the selected row into view if necessary.
  • Added optional toolbar items for moving up, down, in and out.
  • Redesigned toolbar icons.
  • Uses the unified title/toolbar look.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

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Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating: (4.0) Features: (4.0) Support: (5.0)
Ease of Use: (5.0) Quality / Stability: (5.0) Price: (5.0)
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Deep Notes ReviewGreat small app - Version: 2.0, 5/17/2007 12:14PM PST

adam.d.jacobs
This is a perfectly simple and wonderful app. I agree with the reviewer below, it does deserve an award.

I use a different app for list management/GTD, but this app is perfect for a range of tasks - outlining papers, comprehensive grocery lists, brainstorming ideas.

The keyboard shortcuts are great. I _like_ the lack of customizability - you can spend too much time deciding how far you want indents to be, whether you want dots or numbers for sub-items, etc. No decisions here, and that's great.

Export to text works well in my limited experience.
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Deep Notes ReviewGreat for GTD - Version: 2.0, 5/12/2007 04:37PM PST

contact115
It's not especifically made for GTD but I find it perfect for it because of how easy it is to add items and because I value simplicity.
Any given line can be a project when it has tasks as children, and tasks can have notes as children. Any of these things are added instantly without selecting dates or priorities or contexts like GTD apps.
I move projects to the top of the list and/or color them red and/or open to see its tasks when I want them to show high priority (this is really easy with all the keyboard commands)
I color tasks blue if their context is outside (fortunately I live on just about three contexts)
The shortcuts window is really great as a "trainning mode"

The only downside as a GTD app is having to save the file instead of automatically saving and defaulting to the previously opened list(s) when the app opens again.

Also, a delay before opening parents when dragging lines up and down would be appreciated.
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Deep Notes Reviewsimple notepad-outliner works great - Version: 1.2.1, 9/12/2004 12:38AM PST

kingofrandr
just perfect for certain needs

only nit - author added a keyboard command to the Keyboard Shortcuts window that you can make visible to refer to while you work - he added an item but left the window the same size and now all the text doesn't fit in the fixed-size window. Not a big deal, but...

Anyway, kept that 5th star missing, that and limited customizability and export abilities

Still, great app
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