OmniOutliner 3.0 Announced; Public Beta Released

The Omni Group released Friday a public beta of OmniOutliner 3.0, its idea organizer for Mac OS X, along with a downloadable public beta.

The company said it expects to ship the final versions of Outliner 3 and Outliner 3 Professional in early 2005. New features added to the product include a batch find feature, support for attachments, new export options, better AppleScript support, named styles, audio annotations and more.

Omni Outliner 3 will sell for US$39.95 and OmniOutliner 3.0 Professional will cost $69.95.

Upgrades from version 2 to version 3 will cost $19.95, while upgrades to the new Professional edition will be $49.95. Customers purchasing version 2 between November 3 and the release date of the version 3 will receive a free upgrade, the company said.