OmniOutliner for Mac 4.5

February 29, 2016

Requires OS X 10.10

Recent Changes

Version 4.5 - Monday, February 29, 2016

OmniOutliner 4.5 is a major update that adds various options for controlling the print output and fixes numerous bugs.

  • Printing — There are now controls for the following options in the Print panel:

    • Printing only the selected rows
    • Filtering by status
    • Expanding to show all descendants
    • Flattening indentation
    • Expanding all notes
    • Printing column titles
    • Printing row handles
    • Printing alternate row colors
    • Printing other background colors
  • Export — The plain text representation of copied rows will now use a tab separated format instead of a fixed width.
  • Section List — New sections can be created in the section list using the Return key.
  • Print — Setting the ‘Start a new page’ option on the level 1 row style will no longer result in only a blank page printing nor cause a blank page to appear at the start.
  • Sorting — Sort options will now place empty rows at the bottom instead of the top.
  • Attachments — Fixed an issue with pasting images when not using the English localization causing images to overwrite each other due to not correctly uniquing their filename.
  • Misc — Content from MS Office applications will now paste correctly when in row selection mode.
  • Theming — Rows should now correctly display text after applying a theme that greatly increases the font size.
  • Printing — Lines of text should no longer be split between pages.
  • Export — CSV export now contain any visible notes.
  • Export — CSV export no longer drop white spaces between styles applied to text spans.
  • Export — CSV export now retains line breaks.
  • Export — Plain Text (with tabs) no longer has a trailing tab on each line.
  • Export — Fixed an issue with HTML exports sometimes showing incorrect font sizes when viewed on an iPhone.
  • Export — The Dynamic HTML export format should now always correctly show sections in the correct location when revealing them.
  • Import — When opening, importing, or pasting text, any leading asterisks, dashes, or bullet characters will be removed. This improves the ability to round-trip content between OmniOutliner and plain text/RTF.
  • Templates — The Russian Compact template no longer has the column selected by default.
  • Templates — Modified the Blank and Compact templates in most languages so that new outlines created from them will open with the first row in edit mode.
  • Resource Browser — Removed the extraneous Stencils option from the restore interface.
  • Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when unlocking the Pro features.
  • Misc — The timestamp feature should no longer get stuck with the value it was when first invoked.

OmniOutliner for iOS 2.9.1

February 12, 2016

Requires iOS 9

  • Import — Improved the OPML parser to handle larger files that were crashing when opened.

OmniOutliner for iOS 2.9

January 26, 2016

Requires iOS 9

OmniOutliner 2.9 for iOS is a major update that adds the ability to share files from within the document and adds an announcement system.

  • Announcements — In-app announcement feature to display notifications from The Omni Group. This feature will only be used to inform users of important information: when a new major version has been released, for example, or if action is required to prevent data loss.
  • Sharing — The Share menu is now also available in the toolbar while editing documents to provide quick access to all the export options.
  • Text Copy — The plain text representation of copied rows will now use a tab separated format instead of a fixed width.
  • Export — The plain text export format will now use a tab separated format instead of a fixed width.
  • Outline View — Fixed the animation when showing or hiding a column.
  • Styles — Alternate row color will now be layered over row level background colors to match OmniOutliner 4 for Mac.
  • Undo — Undo groups will be correctly managed when showing/hiding columns. This was causing some crashes under certain circumstances.
  • Outline View — Expanding or collapsing rows while currently editing one should now correctly position the row being editing.
  • Attachments — Images can now be pasted as a new row. Previously it would result in the image URL being pasted.
  • Stability — Fixed a crash encountered using Undo after theming while a row is being edited.
  • Stability — Fixed a crash encountered using Undo multiple times after theming.
  • Stability — Fixed a crash using shake to undo that resulted in a layout change while an inspector was open.
  • Stability — Fixed a crash that occurred when sometimes moving files to the trash from OmniPresence.

OmniOutliner for iOS 2.8

January 11, 2016

Requires iOS 9

OmniOutliner 2.8 for iOS is a major update that adds PowerPoint export, taller popovers on the iPad Pro, and fixes a number of bugs. This release requires iOS 9.

  • Exports — PowerPoint (pptx) format is now available as an export format.
  • Interface — Popover inspectors are allowed to be taller to make better use of screen space on the iPad Pro.
  • Document Picker — The file renaming experience in the document picker has changed to better accommodate all devices.
  • URLs — Automatic detection of URLs now relies on the OS.
  • Outline view — The outline column should no longer get out of alignment with additional columns when it is forced to scroll.
  • Toolbars — The bottom toolbar will now be visible above the iOS keyboard shortcut bar when using an external keyboard.
  • Toolbars — When using an external keyboard and editing text at the bottom of the screen, the last line of text should no longer be partially covered.
  • Inspectors — The Numbering format inspector will now correctly fill the width of the popover.
  • Exports — The Simple HTML export format will now reflect the visibility state of notes.
  • Exports — Should text end up with a line height multiple of 0, it will be set to a reasonable value when exported to docx.
  • Exports — Re-adjusted how font weights are mapped to CSS values for HTML exports.
  • Exports — Fixed an issue with quotation marks in row text causing incorrect output under certain circumstances for CSV export.
  • Exports — URL data will now appear in CSV exports.
  • Exports — The Dynamic HTML export format should now always correctly show sections in the correct location when revealing them.
  • Exports — Fixed an issue with HTML exports sometimes showing incorrect font sizes when viewed on an iPhone.
  • Stability — Made a change to work around a rare issue that would result in an infinite loop at launch or when moving a lot of files at the same time.

OmniOutliner for Mac 4.4.1

December 2, 2015

Requires OS X 10.10

Recent Changes

Version 4.4.1 - Monday, November 30, 2015

OmniOutliner 4.4.1 is a minor update fixing a number of bugs and crashes.

  • URLs — Automatic detection of URLs now relies on the OS.
  • Localizations — Localizations have been updated for recent changes.
  • Batch Find — Focusing or unfocusing on rows should now correctly update the scope of any active search.
  • Keyboard shortcuts — Named styles can now be deleted by selecting it in the sidebar and pushing the delete key.
  • Inspectors — The inspector should no longer auto-switch to the Documents tab when editing starts on a non-rich text cell.
  • Exports — Should text end up with a line height multiple of 0, it will be set to a reasonable value when exported to docx.
  • Exports — Re-adjusted how font weights are mapped to CSS values for HTML exports.
  • Exports — Fixed an issue with quotation marks in row text causing incorrect output under certain circumstances for CSV export.
  • Exports — URL data will now appear in CSV exports.
  • Interface — Fixed a white square appearing in the Contents list when scroll bars appeared for both directions.
  • Misc — Fixed a bizarre glitch triggered by using Paste and Match Style in non-rich text cells.
  • Stability — Fixed a crash setting the background color of the whole document to a color from the Developer palette.
  • Stability — Fixed a rare crash encountered with using the preferences.
  • Stability — Fixed a rare crash with dismissing the the Resource Browser.
  • Stability — Fixed a crash due to undoing the creation of a new row by dragging content out of a date column.