Outline editing

Structured writing in All Writer is built on Markdown headings that form a navigable outline.

Why outlines

• See the whole document structure at a glance
• Jump to sections from the outline
• Reorder sections by dragging nodes
• Draft headings first, fill prose later

Headings = outline nodes

# Part I — Introduction

## 1.1 Background

### 1.1.1 Motivation

## 1.2 Problem statement

# Part II — Method

## 2.1 Design

Levels # … ###### map to six outline levels—use up to ~4 levels for clarity.

Outline panel

• Toggle with the outline control or Ctrl+Shift+O (where configured)
• Click a node to jump; expand/collapse children
• Search/filter headings when available

Drag and drop

Drag a node to move it; indent/outdent to change hierarchy. The editor updates heading blocks in the file.

Workflow tips

1. Skeleton — add all chapter titles first.
2. Review — fix order in the outline.
3. Write — fill sections per node.

AI-assisted outline

Where supported, use AI expand on a node to suggest child headings—see AI features.

Related

• Markdown syntax
• Create document
• AI assistant