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An outliner application is a text editor that gives the user control of the visible level of detail of a textual outline, allowing browsing and reorganization of the content according to its structure. An outline itself, in the context of information technology, is a hierarchy that explains how textual elements relate to each other.

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This was last updated in May 2006
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