Outlines are useful for more than just recalling painful memories of high-school research papers. This week we're taking a look at the five favorite outlining tools of Lifehacker readers. Most of us ...

Outlining a drawing in Adobe Photoshop is a method commonly used to transform digital photos into line art. The process relies on the creation of paths surrounding the areas you wish to outline. With ...

Outlining text in PowerPoint can make easier to see against a background, especially when using small fonts. In other situations the outlining could cause a contrast issue when viewing and reading the ...

OmniOutliner just got even more useful and accessible to users around the world, with expanded localization support across ...

The dreaded blank page. It’s a familiar scene for anyone who’s ever tried to write an essay. The ideas are swirling, but organizing them can feel like untangling a bowl of spaghetti. Two methods often ...

We’re still in the prewriting stage of the essay process. In the previous module, we looked at Getting Started — that is, From here, the next step is to unite your essay under a central idea that you ...

Right up there in the echelons of organization and information management with the venerated list is the outline. This week we want to hear about your favorite tool for creating and maintaining ...

Outlining will make you a more effective writer. Start doing it every time you write. I know what you’re thinking. When you hear the word “outline” in the context of writing, your mind probably goes ...