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I take almost all of my notes in an outline style, which means lots of bullet points.

So far, I haven't been able to find a note-taking program that does bullet-outlines better than Word, and that's a shame.

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Could not agree more!

I use Evernote, but even there often the bullet points get out of sync and you have to manually realign everything. Evernote is fantastic, but there are certain things I don't understand why it lacks (LaTeX support and superscript/subscript would be another).

Evernote doesn't offer LaTeX support, but does support superscript/subscript.

In the Evernote Mac app, simply go to Format > Style > Superscript or Subscript.

There are even keyboard shortcuts: ctrl cmd + for superscript ctrl cmd - for subscript

So sub/sup is offered in the Mac version, and on the web, but NOT on the Windows client. Isn't that crazy!! It's like they're trolling given the CMS can clearly deal with the idea of sub/sup

Yup, I used Evernote for a year and got pretty frustrated. Bullet points would work 99% of the time, but something, usually a copy 'n' paste, would mess them up and I'd have to spend 15 minutes getting everything back to normal. Maddening.

Workflowy was designed with bullet points in mind. It's primarily a webapp though; no native desktop application but they recently came out with mobile apps.

I've tried it and I really like it! However, I don't have internet while in class, so the online requirement is a bit of a dealbreaker.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Workflowy. However I don't know of which mobile apps you speak. Nothing on their website/blog about this.

I was also confused, but Google turns up the following:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/workflowy/id551139514?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.karelklima....

The Android app looks like an embedded web application. The iOS client looks the same.

Disclaimer: I haven't used either mobile application yet, so I don't know what the experiences are actually like. I use Workflowy from the desktop in a browser.

Have you considered swapping out Word for OneNote? Granted, it won't break your dependence on Microsoft, but I've found that OneNote is superior in how it handles images, and it's SkyDrive integration is better than Word's so synchronizing your notes across computers is a lot easier. I've also found that OneNote does outlining better than Word.

Try workflowy.com.[1] It's a minimalistic bullet-point, hypertext note taking service; I think it has potential, and quite good usability.

I predict of of these lots services that are popping out everywhere will eventually achieve just the right features/simplicity balance, becoming a killer app through network effects a la Facebook and wiping out all the competition. Evernote is close, but not quite there.

[1]http://workflowy.com

WORKFLOWY IS AWESOME

so simple, so smooth... gets me tingly

Have you tried Dave Winer's Fargo? http://fargo.io

Evernote does a really decent job with bullets.

Ctrl-M moves in a bullet level. Ctrl-Shift-M moves back.

Have you tried OneNote. It kicks ass in doing bullet lists and todos. easy reordering, checkboxes and flags, pretty cool.

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