[blindlaw] outlining methods

[Johnston]

Hi Angie,
Could you e-mail me off list?  I have some questions about your response if 
you have time.  Thanks.

Hi Dennis,
Thanks for this info.  Like you, I might rely on simplicity, especially 
since I don't have the time to climb a big learning curve right now.  The 
letters and numbers that you type in the left margin... were you using 
Word's autoformatting feature?  Autoformatting seems like a powerful tool 
for outlining but I'm not as familiar with it as I would like.  A friend 
uses the "notebook" feature of her Word 2007 for Mac to create her outlines. 
It appears to be an autoformat setting, but I don't see it on my pc.  Does 
anyone know if there are multiple autoformats from which to choose, and if 
so, where in Word they are selected?

Thanks all!

Jay

PS  Dennis, I am attending Lewis & Clark, a school in Portland.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] outlining methods


>I used html heading tags. <h1> for main heading, <h2> for the next level, 
>etc. The advantage for me was that I could search for "<h" to move ahead to 
>the next heading, no matter the level.
>
> Angie
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis Clark" <dennisgclark at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] outlining methods
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>> Hi Jay,
>> I assume you are creating your outlines using a screen reader and Word or 
>> Kurzweil or equivalent.  I found that the most effective numbering system 
>> for me was A. B. C. and so on.  The next layer would be A.1.  The next 
>> layer A.1.1. and so on.  I could then immediately see at the left hand 
>> margin how many layers deep I was for that item.  This also easily 
>> enables you to go back and add additional sub layers as your outline 
>> evolves. Also, when you discover that you need an additional highest 
>> level layer between A and B for example, then the inserted layer can be 
>> AA and so on.
>>
>> Which law school are you attending?
>> Best,
>> Dennis
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Johnston" <withat at msn.com>
>> To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:56 AM
>> Subject: [blindlaw] outlining methods
>>
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> I am new to this list, so please pardon if this is a repeat of a recent 
>>> thread.  What course outlining methods have you used?  This is my first 
>>> year in law school, so everything is new to me.  I question whether the 
>>> typical method of using Roman numerals, Arabic numbers, letters, etc. 
>>> with indentations would be ideal for me.  It seems like it would be hard 
>>> to see the big picture and to navigate the concepts in a document like 
>>> this.
>>>
>>> I'm open to any/all suggestions/ideas.
>>>
>>> Thanks much.
>>>
>>> Jay in Oregon
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