BrainStorm in Action.

BrainStorm Organizer

    • The working view of BrainStorm is a heading and a list
    • Any entry in a list can be the heading of its own list
    • Duplicate entries are automatically hyperlinked and marked with a double chevron
    The end result is a tree of information with 'back-door' links between related branches. The Aerial view shows an outline of how your work is progressing. You can open multiple views of your working model. Graham Smith kindly provided an annotated example of how he works in this way.
    Normal view Working view
    Aerial view Aerial view
    Multiple views Multiple views
  • BrainStorm's Magic Paste automatically grabs text from the clipboard. This means that all you have to do is highlight and copy material you see on screen. You can use regular copy/paste if you prefer. In both cases, you can set BrainStorm up to take heed of or ignore things like indents, vertical spaces and line breaks. If you include valid email, web, file or program addresses then you can activate them directly with Magic Launch.
    A web page Selected area of web page
    Magic pasted Pasted into BrainStorm
  • A web-publish button creates an HTML version of your work which is navigable in a similar way to BrainStorm itself. You can even embed extra HTML code to change fonts, add pictures, hotlinks and so on. Another option allows you to switch off the clever stuff and output the file as a simple HTML outline.
    HTML Version HTML version
    Extra Code version With extra code
    Outline Version As an outline
  • You can output your work to other programs through the clipboard or a file. Many programs accept tabbed outlines as an input format. BrainStorm's File Open command is intelligent enough to extract meaningful information from any file.
    Here's an example of exporting work to Word. (A Word macro is supplied with BrainStorm.)
    BrainStorm model A simple model
    Pasted into Word Pasted into Word
    As Word outline In Word outline
  • BrainStorm's File Open command is intelligent enough to extract meaningful information from any file. It particularly likes outlines because it can re-create the original hierarchy. Exporting to PowerPoint is simply a case of adding an empty line between each slide.
    Here's an example of importing the text of a presentation from PowerPoint. (A PowerPoint AddIn is supplied with BrainStorm.)
    HTML A PowerPoint presentation
    Pasted into Word Exported to BrainStorm
    As Word outline Aerial view
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