InfoQube for Beginners: Writing an Outline

Submitted by Cyganet on 2020/05/16 16:58

InfoQube for beginners: Writing an outline

Introduction

Hello and welcome! Are you new to InfoQube? I'm a newcomer as well, and I wrote this guide to help someone like me who has no previous experience with InfoQube get up and running instead of getting stuck on the learning curve. InfoQube can be intimidating because it can do so much. It's easier to start by doing something simple and getting a feel for how it works.

Here is a step-by-step guide to writing, organising, formatting and exporting an outline in InfoQube. I use the keyboard a lot - we're in the middle of writing an outline after all - so this guide is full of keyboard shortcuts. There are often other ways to do the same thing (menus, toolbar buttons, right-click, other panes) that I have skipped in this introduction.

Rendering IQ Data to Java Cell Phone -- demo attached

Submitted by JJSlote on 2009/12/02 16:07
Greetings
 
As promised, an improved approach to rendering IQ data on mobile devices. I've redacted the previous script, and moved on to the terrific shareware program MJBook from MJSoft in Russia. MJBook creates the J2ME app from a text file that could easily be generated in InfoQube.

Explaining a Project in IQ

Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2009/08/05 20:06
let's say you have a task item like: "Finish the basement"
 
"Finish the basement" can be assigned (therefore appear) in various grids.
 
Again, for example, let's say
the task is scheduled for Tuesday
the task is assigned to Jim's Contracting Co,
the task is assigned to Tom who works for Jim's Contracting Co.
so
 
Grid 1 could be your weekly schedule & "Finish the basement" would appear under Tuesday in the following way
Tuesday
  "Finish the basement"
 
Grid 2 might be a list of all your task items in the re-modeling of your house & "Finish the basement" would appear in the following way:
"Finish the basement" and in a cell next to it "Jim's Contracting Co."
 
Grid 3 might be a contact list of a

Using IQ for writing & tasking

Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2009/08/05 19:57
Writing:
- I create a project folder name & a boolean (y/N) field w the same name
- I create a grid with the project name as it's source of all data (this automatically collects all the data that is identified with the boolean y/n field of the same name)
- I use IQ's excellent clipper to import research as I find it. IQ faithfully reproduce web data including graphics very easily in MHT or HTML formats except when the data is hidden behind passwords as in HTTPS sites. Then a different procedure can be used.) I tend to favor MHT because it keeps all the data in one place -- yes, within IQ
- If I get a random idea, I can quickly jump to my journal, make a note & tag it with the project name field
- I re-arrange (drag/drop) research items & notes into some kind of pre-lim order. From there I can either print outline to html (children are collapsable) or join items in the outline, etc.

Demystifying InfoQube

Submitted by Pierre_Admin on 2009/06/16 16:55
 
InfoQube is often seen as a complex program: 
Regarding InfoQube, I agree with Jan Rifkinson that it is a massively capable programme, the development of which I am keeping a close eye on. (...) However, I have found InfoQube to be a massively complex programme that requires more practice than I have had time to give to date
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This always comes as a surprise to me as, IMHO, it is an incredibly simple program. The concept can be summarized as follows:
  1. An item is the basic unit of information

"Daily Logs" and Group Items by Sort Column

Submitted by KeithB on 2009/04/30 22:36
I saw a daily logs grid  Jan mentioned in I need a suggestion for workflow , and experimented with that a bit per his description, and Pierre's comments. Attached is what I came up with (I didn't get all the color stuff setup).
 
I wanted to mention that the Grid>Group Items by Sort Column, a feature I didn't really understand. It's one of those many IQ things that seems so simple once you know it exists. I don't think I've seen much about it in past forum posts, except perhaps a brief text description. 
 
It's really easy to use--all you do is click a column to sort on, such as the date, in the example shown, then either click the icon, or use the menu Grid>Group Items by Sort Column. Look how nice that works for a daily log or daily journal.

IQBase of the old Forum

Submitted by KeithB on 2009/04/03 22:42
Here's the old forum in .sndb forum.
 
The setup is very simple--no hierachy.
 
There may a few duplicates here and there.
 
It's rather large--after a while, I started deleting the avatars.
 
I put in all the forums except the "naming" one.
 
Everything is a MHT file, so get out your Word or Blocknote to edit.
 
I captured everything, unless there was a totally blank message.

Forum .SNDB 2-16-2009

Submitted by KeithB on 2009/02/16 21:08
I captured the forums as of 2-16-2009 in .SNDB format, to help keep track of things. I'd been bookmarking lots of stuff, to look at, and was getting overwhelmed.
 
I really like the way it turned out, it's a handy way to have a lightning-fast search capability, and a great way to reference node names.
 
The hyperlink to the forum (URL column) is quite handy also.
 
Nothing fancy, however, I put in a field per ItemHasHtml, which I found fascinating. What flexibility!
 
I thought I'd post it here, in case anyone else was interested. If anyone you find other uses, or have suggestions of other things to use it for, please comment.
 
 [edit, to put #2 file, which contains .mht files (oops)]`

My Workflow - SAMPLE file

Submitted by Tom on 2009/01/30 12:03
 
Attached is an IQ file based on my workflow, working with files -
a lot of this could apply to anything though so hopefully it may be of use to you!

In the text below, quotation marks indicate a field or a grid!
I’ve put a good bit of time into this so please read through here before downloading (at the very least read the BEFORE YOU OPEN THIS FILE bit below), thanks
  • There is no ToDo lists here (I keep that seperate)
  • There is no information re estimates or quotes for jobs here (I keep that seperate)
  • I dont use Gantt.
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