Outline generator
Lecturers jump around. Your notes follow them. Paste the mess and get one clean outline: main topics, sub-points underneath, related ideas finally in the same place.
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Your outline appears here
Main topics in bold, details nested beneath, each topic tagged by the kind of information it holds.
What a good outline does for revision
An outline shows the shape of a topic: what the big ideas are and which details hang off each one. Cognitive psychologists call this organisation, and it matters because recall is cue-driven. If you can remember the heading "Calvin cycle", the details underneath it come back with it.
The outline method, done by hand
- Write the main topics flush left. There are usually only three to six per lecture.
- Indent the supporting points under each topic. If a point supports two topics, it belongs under the more specific one.
- Keep each line short: a phrase, not a sentence.
- Mark definitions, processes and examples so you can revise one kind at a time.
The outline method is one of five compared on the note-taking methods page. When the outline is clean, turn it into a concept map to see the links between topics, or into a full study guide.
Questions students ask
How do I turn messy notes into an outline?
Paste the notes and press "Organise with AI". The AI regroups scattered points under the right topic, orders them from general to specific and nests sub-points up to three levels deep, adding tags like #definition or #process. "Tidy only" keeps your order and just cleans up bullets and indentation, offline.
Can the outline generator organise notes from several lectures?
Yes, as long as the combined text is under 12,000 characters. Paste them together and the AI groups related points across lectures, which is often the most useful step before an exam.
What do the tags mean?
Tags mark what kind of information a main point is: #definition, #process (a sequence of steps), #example, #formula, #date or #person. Filter by tag to revise, for example, every process in a unit at once.
Can I use the outline in Word, Google Docs or Notion?
Yes. "Copy as text" copies an indented bullet list that pastes cleanly into Docs, Word, Notion or OneNote. You can also download a Markdown file or send the outline to the concept map maker.