Outline

Outline may refer to any of the following:

1. An outline is a summary or overview that provides a synopsis of a larger information set. Outlines are bullet points or numbered lists, including the section title of each section or chapter in the document or a short description. A good example of an overview is a table of contents.

How to get an outline view

• You can use a word processing application, like Microsoft Word, to create an outline view.
• In Microsoft PowerPoint, you can get an outline of a slideshow by clicking the Outline tab next to the Slides tab in the left column.
• To get an outline of a website, view the website site map.

2. With text, an outline is a text effect that places a line around each character. For example, someone could highlight text in a document, select this effect and choose blue as the outline color to have a blue line going around each highlighted character.

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