Sharp IQ-8900, IQ-8920 manual Entering subtopics, 167

Using The examples used so far have only contained one level

subtopics of topics (excluding the title, which is always on the first

(children) level by itself). This simple outline form may be all you need to organize your information. You can, however, create subtopics for greater flexibility. Each subtopic belongs to the particular topic that is on the next level above it. A subtopic can, in turn, have its own subtopics: these can continue for 15 levels below the title.

Subtopics are often referred to as “childen,” the topic they belong to as the “parent,” and parents and children together as a “family.”

The example below shows an outline illustrating these points.

4AEK Cow's			Branches
4Northekt								Parent
4NY	sales		office
40C	distribution				center
						t	I	Children
*Boston		sales office
*Central
4Chicago		office		(Headquarters)
*DC	distribution				center

The hollow diamond indicates that the topic is a parent (has subtopics) while a solid diamond indicates that the topic has no children. This is useful because a topic’s children may be hidden from view.

You can create a subtopic by pressing I,) before creating or when moving a topic. It will then become a subtopic of the topic directly above it. If you later find it necessary to reorganize an outline, you can promote a subtopic to the same level as its parent topic using

(z)and m.

Entering subtopics

Create the example above.

1.Press (OUTLINE) to open the application.

2.Press (NEW) and type in a title for the outline, then

167