This Quick Tour is your guide to learning MORE™. Set aside about 30 minutes to become familiar with MORE. You don’t have to start from scratch; the examples in this tour explain MORE by showing you how to modify an existing file.
Here’s what you’ll learn how to do:
• Start MORE and open the Quick Tour file
• Switch back and forth between the Outline, Bullet Chart, and Tree Chart views
• Expand, collapse, add, remove, and rearrange headlines
• Turn bullet charts into an on-screen slide show with special effects
• Reorient a tree chart
• Use the Selection Bar to change outline spacing
• Change outline labels
• Make changes to bullet charts including adding a new chart
• Create a Master Chart
• Use the Library Browser
• Add a graphic from the Library to a bullet chart
• Use Chart Tutor
• Add color to a bullet chart presentation
• Close a file and quit MORE
GETTING STARTED
The Quick Tour contains an outline for creating bullet charts and tree charts. During this Quick Tour, you will modify the outline, create a bullet chart presentation, modify a tree chart, run an on-screen slide show, and add color to your presentation.
To start the Quick Tour
• Double-click the Quick Tour file.
GETTING AROUND IN MORE
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MORE has three separate ways to view the same information: Outline view, Bullet Chart view, and Tree Chart view. You begin putting your ideas together in Outline view. In Bullet Chart view, your outline is turned into a presentation. In Tree Chart view, your outline is turned into a tree chart or organization chart.
THE OUTLINE VIEW
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Whether you’re writing down a flash of inventive inspiration, brainstorming a presentation to the board of directors, or determining your next steps on a project, you always begin working in MORE with an outline. The outline provides the means to organize your thoughts by writing, arranging, editing and reorganizing, and ultimately crystalizing complex issues into a concise summary.
The Quick Tour file opens directly into the Outline view. It shows your text in standard outline format. The top headline, "Edison Electric Lighting Company," is called the HOME HEADLINE. The rectangle around it is known as the BARCURSOR. It indicates that the headline is ready for you to work with it. To select something on the screen you click it. You’ll be selecting a number of different items during this Quick Tour.
EXPANDING HEADLINES AND THE ENTIRE OUTLINE
So far, you’ve seen only part of the Edison outline. There’s a lot more detail available. With MORE you can expand and collapse outlines so that you can either see the big picture or work at a more detailed level.
To expand the “New York Electrified!” headline
• Double-click to the left or right of the “New York Electrified!” headline.
Be careful where you double-click. The SELECTION BAR is the area to the left of the vertical dotted line running down the left side of the window. Double-clicking on the Selection Bar selects the headline (or the suboutline if there is one) but does not expand it.
Double-clicking expands the next level of headlines. Five headlines appear. The “New York Electrified!” headline is selected. Notice the plus sign to the left of the headline. A plus sign (+) indicates that a headline has subheadlines; a minus sign (–) means there are no subheadlines.
To expand the entire outline
(1) Click the “Edison Electric Lighting Company” headline to select it.
This is a Home headline, which can’t be moved or deleted.
(2) Choose Expand All Subheads from the Outline menu.
Because this is an action you will do frequently, you may want to use the command key equivalent: [Cmd]-E. You can now see all the headlines in the outline. The Expand All Subheads command affects headlines at levels below the selected headline.
COLLAPSING HEADLINES
Sometimes you need to work with the details of an outline; other times the top-level headlines will suffice. With MORE’s expanding and collapsing functions, you can control the level of detail with which to work. For example, at the detail level, you might want to see all the facts about your new invention; whereas at the top level, you are interested only in the major points.
To collapse the subheads under the headline “New York Electrified!”
(1) Select the “New York Electrified!” headline.
A barcursor around the headline indicates that it is selected. If the headline isn’t selected, click it.
(2) Choose Collapse Subheads from the Outline menu.
The five “New York Electrified!” subheads disappear. A shortcut is to double-click to the left or right of the headline.
To return to the original view of the Edison outline
(1) Double-click to the left or right of the "Edison Electric Lighting Company" Home headline.
All the headlines disappear except the Home headline.
(2) Double-click to the left or right of the "Edison Electric Lighting Company" headline.
The Home headline and the five main topic headlines are in view.
MORE can automatically create bullet charts for each of the 1st-level headlines in the outline. You use the Bullet Chart View to see the charts and work with them.
THE BULLET CHART VIEW
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Once you’ve created an outline, MORE can produce it as a presentation of bullet chart slides. You don’t have to lay out the slides, align the text, or retype your thoughts. Instead, you can control the look and feel of the new presentation with the numerous tools and options available in the Bullet Chart view. For instance, if you’re going to present your ideas to persuade the New York City aldermen to be the first in the nation to install electric street lights and home lighting, you’ll want to have a captivating presentation. MORE’s Bullet Chart view creates those slides for you automatically.
To display the Bullet Chart view
(1) Select the Home headline “Edison Electric Lighting Company” if it isn’t already selected.
(2) Click the Bullet Chart icon. (It’s the middle of the three icons on the bottom left corner of the window.)
You can also choose Bullet Chart from the Outline menu.
The Bullet Chart view appears. The title for the first bullet chart is "Edison Electric Lighting Company," your first headline in the Outline view.
***NOTE*** The BULLET CHART PALETTE is the collection of icons to the left of the window. The icons represent a variety of tools that you can use in the Bullet Chart view to draw or style objects, see the window in enlarged or reduced view, and navigate through your charts. The tools you need for this tour will be described in each section. To identify a particular tool, click the tool and hold down the mouse button. The STATUS BOX in the lower left corner of the MORE window displays the tool's name.
VIEWING BULLET CHARTS
With MORE you can navigate easily between the charts in a presentation. There are four navigation tools at the bottom of the Bullet Chart Palette. You can use these tools or the arrow keys—whichever you like best.
To move through the charts using the navigation tools
(1) Click the Next Chart arrow. (The NEXT CHART ARROW is the arrow which points to the right.)
When you click the Next Chart arrow, the second chart appears. It has the title "The Light Bulb: Advantages," which is the second headline in the original outline. As you can see, MORE creates bullet charts using the headline as the chart title and the subheadlines as the bullet points on the bullet chart. Notice how the Chart Number indicator, which is located at the bottom of the navigation tools, changes.
(2) Click the Next Chart arrow again.
The next chart appears, entitled "Public Relations Efforts," the next headline in the original outline.
(3) Skip ahead to the last chart by clicking the “Go To” Chart icon. (The "GO TO" CHART ICON is the "#" sign located to the left of the Next Chart arrow.)
A dialog box appears that shows you are currently seeing the third of six charts.
(4) Type "6" in the selected box and click OK or press [Return].
You are now seeing the last chart of the presentation, called "A Brief History."
If you want to go back and see any of the earlier charts, either click the PREVIOUS CHART ARROW (the arrow pointing to the left) to go back one chart at a time or use the “Go To” Chart icon and type the number of the chart you want to see.
SEEING AN ON-SCREEN SLIDE SHOW
Now that you’ve reviewed the charts for accuracy and presentation effectiveness, you can show them as a slide show using the Macintosh as your presentation screen. For instance, you might want to make a presentation to convince some investment bankers to give you more money to expand your light bulb manufacturing plants.
To view an on-screen slide show
(1) If the first bullet chart is not currently displayed, display it by using the “Go To” Chart icon, typing "1" in the box and clicking OK.
(2) Choose Slide Show from the Bullet menu.
The Slide Show dialog box appears.
(3) Click OK.
The bullet chart now fills the entire screen, and you’re ready to proceed with the on-screen slide show.
(4) Click the mouse button outside the chart area to see the next chart.
To end the on-screen slide show and return to the regular Bullet Chart view
• Press [Space bar] or [Esc] (the Escape key) to exit the slide show.
THE TREE CHART VIEW
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Tree chart diagrams often give presentations even greater impact. With MORE you can turn outlines into tree charts for illustrating organizational hierarchies, project flows, decision trees, time lines, organization charts and other similar items. For instance, to illustrate the whole New York City lighting plan in one complete picture, the Tree Chart shows each major task to be accomplished. With it, any group can see in a flash what you’re proposing.
Each box in a tree chart is called a NODE. The node from which the tree chart grows is called the ROOT NODE. A CONNECTING LINE is a line that connects one node to another. The TREE CHART PALETTE is the collection of icons to the left of the window. They include tools to style objects, change the tree chart layout, and adjust the magnification of objects in the window view.
To see the Edison outline in tree chart format
(1) Click the Tree Chart icon. (It's to the right of the Bullet Chart icon at the bottom of the window.)
The tree chart comes into view in a reduced size so that you can see an overview of the full chart.
(2) Click the Zoom In tool. (The ZOOM IN TOOL is the magnifying glass with a plus sign in it located near the bottom of the Tree Chart Palette.)
The Zoom in tool enlarges objects in the window view. When you click it, you can read the titles of the nodes. They correspond to the headings in your Edison outline. If the tree chart isn’t centered in the window, use the scroll bars at the bottom of the window to adjust its position.
CHANGING THE TREE CHART ORIENTATION
Sometimes a tree chart can more effectively communicate your information if it is oriented in a certain direction. With MORE, you can show your tree chart starting from the top, bottom, left, or right side.
To change the orientation of the tree chart so that the root node is at the left
(1) Click the Orientation tool and hold down the mouse button. (The ORIENTATION TOOL is the icon above the magnifying glass with a minus sign and looks like a tree chart with an arrow.)
A pop-up menu with four choices appears.
(2) Choose the upper right icon (it depicts a root node on the left side of a tree chart).
The tree chart has now changed its orientation so that the “Edison Electric Lighting Company" node is on the left side and the five subnodes are vertically aligned to the right.
(3) Click the Zoom Out tool to see more of the tree chart. (The ZOOM OUT TOOL is the magnifying glass with a minus sign in it located near the bottom of the Tree Chart Palette.)
To see Outline view again, click the Outline View icon. It’s the one on the left of the three icons at the bottom of the window. The next part of the Quick Tour is about enhancing the Outline view.
MAKING CHANGES IN THE OUTLINE VIEW
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The Outline view can be customized for your style of working. For example, in addition to expanding and collapsing headlines and subheadlines, you can rearrange their order, add extra text or pictures, and format and style text.
MOVING HEADLINES
Plans and projects are constantly changing, and the flexibility of an outline can help you keep up with this state of flux. With an outline, you can easily rearrange the order of the information to reflect new ideas and concepts. For instance, in preparing the plan for bringing lighting to New York, it may make sense to start with the headline, “A Brief History” before proceeding to the “The Light Bulb: Advantages” headline.
To move the headline, “A Brief History” above the “The Light Bulb: Advantages” headline
(1) Position the pointer to the left or right of the “A Brief History” headline, but not in the Selection Bar. Click and hold the mouse button down.
The pointer changes shape to a solid right arrow located at the left of the headline. A selection box surrounds the headline. If the subheads were expanded, the selection box would also surround them. Moving headlines is done by dragging. When you move a headline, all its subheads go with it.
(2) Drag the pointer until it’s directly above the plus sign before “The Light Bulb: Advantages" headline.
When you release the mouse button, the headline and its subheadlines are now moved to the new position.
***NOTE*** The horizontal placement of text determines its outline level. The further to the right, the higher the outline level. Therefore, if you put the arrow too far to the right or left, the headline and its subheads may move to a higher or lower level than you had intended. You can undo the move by pressing [Cmd]-Z and trying again. You can also press [Shift]-[Tab] to move a headline out one level or [Tab] to move it in one level.
ADDING HEADLINES
To add new information or topics to an outline, you simply add new headlines, just like you would with a traditional paper-and-pencil outline. With MORE, however, you can add headlines anywhere without having to erase or redo your work. Suppose that at the end of your presentation for municipal lighting you want a memorable conclusion. The additional point in this case can be an interesting quote.
To add the new headline after the Staffing Requirements headline
(1) Select the “Staffing Requirements” headline and press [Return].
(2) Type "Conclusion."
You now have the sixth and final main point in your outline.
(3) If it isn’t already selected, select the “Conclusion” headline. Press [Return].
MORE creates another headline at the same level as the previous headline. You need to move the headline to the right in order to make it a subheadline.
(4) Select Move Right from the Reorg menu (or press [Cmd]-R).
The headline changes position. The barcursor that marks the new headline moves to the right. The minus sign in front of the “Conclusion” headline has now changed to a plus sign to show that the headline has a subheadline.
(5) Type the sentence: “ 'We will make electric light so cheap that only the rich will be able to burn candles!' ”
You have finished adding your subheadline.
REMOVING HEADLINES
Sometimes you will want to remove a topic you’ve included in your outline. For example, maybe you decide that the New York City aldermen don’t need to know about the Edison Electric Company’s staffing needs in order to approve the pilot lighting project.
To delete the Staffing Requirements headline
(1) Select the “Staffing Requirements” headline.
(2) Choose Clear from the Edit menu or use the command key equivalent: [Cmd]-B.
The headline disappears, along with all of its subheads.
USING THE SELECTION BAR
The Selection Bar is used for quickly formatting and styling one or more headlines. Although you could make all the changes from the menus, the Selection Bar does it in just one step.
To use the Selection Bar to change the spacing between headlines
(1) If the “Edison Electric Lighting Company” headline isn’t already selected, select it.
(2) Choose Expand All Subheads from the Outline menu.
The entire outline appears. You’ll be able to see how using the Selection Bar affects several headlines at one time.
(3) Click inside the Selection Bar (the area to the left of the vertical dotted line) next to the first headline, “A Brief History.”
The headline is surrounded by a barcursor, and the text is highlighted.
(4) Hold down the Option key and click in the Selection Bar next to the "Public Relations" headline.
All the headlines at the same level are selected with their text highlighted.
(5) Choose Outline Layout from the Format menu.
A submenu appears next to the Format menu. Note that main menus always mark the names of submenus with right arrow symbols.
(6) Choose 1.5 Space from the Outline Layout submenu.
All the selected headlines in the outline are now preceded by an additional space. You’ve made the change on all the headlines in a single step.
***NOTE*** Many formatting changes, such as outline spacing, my also be made using the text ruler.
CHANGING OUTLINE LABELS
Outlines get labeled in various ways. For instance, an outline by an inventor like Thomas Edison might use a Harvard style label with Roman numerals and letters while a legal document might have a numerical format. With MORE, you can choose one of the six preset formats or make one of your own.
To change the labeling to the Harvard style
(1) Triple-click in the Selection bar next to the “Edison Electric Lighting Company” headline.
The entire outline is selected.
(2) Choose Labeling from the Format menu. Then, from the Labeling submenu choose Harvard.
All the outline labels are now in the Harvard style.
