Extend Outliner Functionality of Word Processor with Free Plugins
Free Plugins are available via separate Download and Installation to extend functionality of the Sense Outliner / Word Processor by providing at least one or more additional abilities including:
- Extended Outliner functionality provided by the Tab / Space Indented Plain-Text and Markdown Plugins.
- File Type Conversion provided by the all important RTF Plugin to transfer documents with third-party Word Processors and Editors.
- Export completed Sense Documents with the PDF Plugin that preserves style, layout and pagination to gain Platform Independance for distribution and archiving.
- Context based Editing and Conversion by File Type supported by all plugins except HTML and QDA.
- Theme based study of tagged document content offered by the QDA Plugin.
- Web-page content import offered by the HTML Plugin to support Bibliographic listing and In-text Citation.
- Website Feed related Authoring and Publication offered by RSS and OPML Plugins.
Summary details with links to more detailed plugin specific information are provided below.
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| Plugin Overview | Screenshot |
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Portable Document Format (PDF) Plugin Export Sense Documents for platform indepence using the PDF Plugin. |
Pre-export PDF configuration form to trim word and character spacings and define word split criteria.
Sense with Portable Document Format Plugin |
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Markdown Plugin for conversion between Sense Documentation and Markdown Syntax. |
Markdown file opened in Notepad showing line and in-text content converted from Sense.
Sense Markdown Plugin |
Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) Plugin Forms fully integrate into Sense Professional's Lower Edit Environment Provides Straightforward Review Capabilities of Tagged Document Content. Direct Navigation to Source Documentation using Analysis Hyperlinks. Review Filtering based on Logical AND / OR Tag Category Matching within Source Documentation. WYSIWYG Export and Print of Review Content. |
Sense with separately installable QDA Plugin provides various tabulations of Tagged Text within the main document: Links in the QDA Tag Analysis View may be opened to show tags within their line context.
Sense with QDA Plugin |
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Plugin Forms fully integrate into the Sense Edit Environment Authoring via plain text entry fields Web-browser for Validation / hyperlink checks. Website Publication using integrated FTP Client. |
With the separately installable Sense RSS Editor Plugin, Rss Feed documents may be created, edited and published: The view shows its "Feed Reader" pane with XML rendered into Html.
Sense with RSS Editor Plugin |
Outline Processor Markup Language (OPML) Plugin Forms fully integrate into the Sense Edit Environment Authoring via plain text entry fields Outline Browser for sub-level management. View OPML / RSS as Html. Web-browser. Website Publication using integrated FTP Client. |
With the separately installable Sense OPML Editor Plugin, OPML Documents may be created, edited and published: The view shows a New Outline Form with Type set to RSS.
Sense with OPML Editor Plugin |
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Plugin WebPage Text Reader Enables the reading of HTML text directly into Sense Documentation from the Internet for local reference and analysis within an Authoring Task. |
The Sense Open Document dialog showing a Browsed Web Page: The separately installable HTML Plugin supports conversion of the displayed web page into a Sense Document.
Web Page in Open Dialog Browser |
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Plain Text File Conversion Flat file option with all lines converted to paragraphs. Tab/Space option with lines converted to a hierarchy of Sections according to indent. |
The screenshot shows Notepad with text defining a document heading outline based on tab indents. When the text file is opened within Sense via its separately installable TXT Plugin, selection of the Outline Conversion Method enables a hierarchy of Sections and sub-Sections to be produced according to tab indent levels. On Save, the reverse conversion may be optionally selected.
Sense and the TXT Plugin |
| Rich Text Format (RTF) Plugin
For document transfer with MS Word and Open Office. Includes Comprehensive Multi-Level List and Paragraph Style Transfer. Hyperlink and Bookmark support included. Import and Export supported |
With the separately installable Sense RTF Plugin, RTF documents may be opened and saved. Sense Document styling is hierarchical from Editor level Styling, Document Level Styling down to individual lines. By default, lines of the same object type (eg Section, Paragraph) assume the Document Level Style. On saving a document to RTF, the various styles are translated to RTF Named Paragraph and List styles that may be selectable in third party editors. The screenshot shows the Sense Startup Tutorial opened in Microsoft Word with document links and styles. On RTF open within Sense, a "best fit" approach is used to convert RTF to Sense styles.
Sense with RTF Plugin |