Creating topics and subtopics

Use topics to represent your ideas in WebspirationPRO's Outline View.

Begin with the first topic, which is the focus of your document. Then add the topics you want to cover. A topic generally contains one idea or piece of information. Topics can have subtopics, which provide more detail, and both can have notes.

When you create a new outline in WebspirationPRO, the first topic is the title of your document. If your document is untitled, the first topic will be labeled "Main Idea." To add a new topic or subtopic, select the topic under which you want to add a new one, and click Topic or Subtopic on the Main toolbar.

The Outline menu has the following additional options available:

• Smart Topic Insert - Adds a new topic at the same level as the topics which follow the selected topic.
• Insert Higher Level Topic - Adds a new higher-level topic below the topic you are currently working on. This works for all topics except the Main Idea topic.
• Insert New Main Idea - Adds a topic at the same level as the main idea.
• To choose a prefix style, click Change prefix labels  on the left side of the Bottom toolbar.
• Cut, Copy and Paste options are available via a Quick Control or the Edit menu.

When you switch from Outline View to Diagram View, any topics you have in Outline View become linked symbols, maintaining the hierarchy you created. Likewise, the links created in Diagram View dictate the hierarchy by which topics and subtopics are organized in Outline View.