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-- Simplicity :: Org-mode is a simple outliner for note-taking and list
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- management. You can learn the basics for using it in [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.php][five
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- minutes]]. This may be all you need, and Org-mode will not impose
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- more complex features on you.
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-- Portability :: Org files are plain text. You can view and edit them
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- in any editor. Your data is yours forever. Org-mode runs in
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- [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]], which is available for nearly every platform.
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+- Simplicity :: At its core, Org-mode is a simple outliner for
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+ note-taking and list management. You can learn the basics for
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+ using it in [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.php][five minutes]]. This may be all you need, and Org-mode
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+ will not impose more complex features on you.
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+- Portability :: Org files are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_text][plain text]]. You can view and edit them
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+ in any editor, or add and extract data with custom-made scripts.
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+ Your data will never be locked into an obscure or proprietary
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+ data format. Org-mode runs in [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]], which is available for
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+ nearly every platform.
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- Depth :: Org-mode will not let you down when you need more than a
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- simple outline. The full feature set is both [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Main-Index.html#Main-Index][broad]] and [[http://orgmode.org/manual/index.html][deep]].
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- The typical [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][answer]] to "/Can it do X?/" is "/Yes!/".
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+ simple outline. The full feature set is both broad and deep,
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+ easy to access, but unobtrusive. The [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][typical answer]] to "/Can it
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+ do X?/" is "/Yes!/".
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- Flexibility :: Org-mode is like a Swiss army knife. People use it
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for [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/orgmode.html][Getting Things Done (GTD)]], as a [[http://www.newartisans.com/blog_files/org.mode.day.planner.php][Day Planner]], as a [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2008/01/18/outlining-your-notes-with-org/][Notebook]],
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for Web and PDF [[http://orgmode.org][Authoring]], and much more.
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-- Support :: Org-mode is supported by an active [[id:0B280B26-A3AB-4E5C-B4EE-B7FFC52C4D26][mailing list]] where
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- questions are answered quickly and effectively.
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+- Support :: Org-mode is [[http://orgmode.org/manual/index.html][documented extensively]], and many [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php][tutorials]]
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+ put spotlights on particular features. Org-mode is supported by
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+ an active [[id:0B280B26-A3AB-4E5C-B4EE-B7FFC52C4D26][mailing list]] where questions are answered quickly and
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+ effectively.
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- It's free! :: Org is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software][open source software]], it is [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL][free]], like Emacs.
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If you'd like to know what other people have said about Org-mode, take
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a look at our [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-quotes.php][collected quotes about Org]].
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