Arrrrgh! (Sigh…)
Hi Nick. Thanks for the response.
Looks like this is going to be worse than I anticipated. I was kind of hoping that with six different export formats, I would be able to migrate with a minimum of fuss and that the most painful part of the process would be learning a new interface…
I’ve been trying a few things (on just a couple of pages).
OPML:
- yes, keeps the structure, but: loses the formatting (in addition to the attachments)!
- Also: when opened with OO, it remains an .opml document; OO doesn’t have a “Save as…” function (Yes, it does! Found it by accident: It’s hidden in the File menu: you have to hold the Option key!!!)
- It also totally destroys NB tables: these would have to be re-done externally (Excel).
- It loses the cute NB numbers in numbered lists.
- It keeps URLs that appear as such in the document; however it loses a URL that was entered as a link (by highlighting some text and using /Edit/Link/Tothe Web).
RTFD: appears to preserve the formatting. However, I’m having trouble changing the font for the whole document. Probably my lack of familiarity with OO. And, of course, it loses the structure…
So… Either way, it’s going to require a significant loss of time. What a waste!
(Weird: I dragged an external link (an alias, really) from NB to the desktop. What NB put on the desktop is actually a copy of the original document, not an alias…)
[Related point: How can we protect ourselves against apps being abandoned by their creators? Apple has done this repeatedly; and did it again, recently, when they dropped Aperture completely. They did not even offer to reimburse me!
How long is Omni Group going to support Omni Outliner? I believe they’ve dropped products in the past…
Mind you, as of today my copy of NoteBook is working; on this iMac, with OS X (10.10.5. I’m not updating OS X). As long as the hardware holds out, I could keep using NB.]