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From: ZoSo on 15 Mar 2010 05:06
Hi,

I'm writing a novel that is a good 250 pages now. When I first started
writing, I tried using the outline feature, but it wasn't quite what I was
looking for. Now things are getting a bit cumbersome.

What I really want to do is to be able to highlight sections of text (maybe
a single line, maybe a paragraph, maybe three pages) and add a note, which I
could then sort in a multi-level outline.

So, for example, if there was a battle scene, I would like to be able to
label the first three paragraphs as "Fight begins", the next five as
"Protagonist is wounded", then the last three as "Protagonist dies."

I guess I'm looking for a combination of the outlining feature and the note
feature. Is there something like that in there that I'm missing?

Thanks!
From: Peter T. Daniels on 16 Mar 2010 19:10
"Comments" could work -- it's alongside Track Changes in whichever
version of Word you're using. Select the block of text you want to
identify and click Comment. The selection remains highlighted, and a
balloon appears in the margin.

Or, you could simply insert Headings, and format them as Hidden, and
press Ctrl-Shift-8 when you want to view them.

On Mar 15, 5:06 am, ZoSo <Z...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a novel that is a good 250 pages now.  When I first started
> writing, I tried using the outline feature, but it wasn't quite what I was
> looking for.  Now things are getting a bit cumbersome.
>
> What I really want to do is to be able to highlight sections of text (maybe
> a single line, maybe a paragraph, maybe three pages) and add a note, which I
> could then sort in a multi-level outline.
>
> So, for example, if there was a battle scene, I would like to be able to
> label the first three paragraphs as "Fight begins", the next five as
> "Protagonist is wounded", then the last three as "Protagonist dies."  
>
> I guess I'm looking for a combination of the outlining feature and the note
> feature.  Is there something like that in there that I'm missing?
>
> Thanks!

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