The Guide is an easy-to-use application that will allow you create documents ("guides") which inherently have a tree (which you can modify as you please) and text associated with each node of the tree.

The text itself is of the rich-text variety, and the editor allows you to modify the style and formatting of the text (fonts, bold, italics etc).

It features print, preview, export to RTF, minimize to system tray, full text-editing features, rearrangement of nodes, full-document search, hyperlinks; on top of being slick, fast, lightweight and open source.

Here are some key features of "The Guide":

· Clean, Simple UI
Simple, intutive, unbloated.
· Rich-Text
Rich text, with lots of formatting options, including colors, various numbering styles, bulleting and line spacing.
· Arranging Pages
Full support for creating and rearranging nodes. Including handy keyboard shortcuts. Intutive single-click drag-and-drop of nodes, similar to Windows Explorer (v1.6+).
· Context-sensitive Status Bar
A useful status bar
· Search
Search entire tree (or a subtree) for matching text.
· Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks to other pages within the guide, or to external URLs.
· Configurable Colors and Fonts
Set default colors and fonts according to your taste.
· Minimize, Save and Backup Options
Minimizes to system tray or task bar, auto save, auto backup.
· Insert Date and Time
Insert current date (Ctrl+D) and time (Ctrl+T) while editing text or node titles. Formats are fully configurable:
· Fast and Lightweight
Native Win32 C++ application, for speed and efficiency. Low memory footprint.
· Easy Installation
Just 722 kB installation file (v1.4). And you can run it even without install, by simply unpacking the binary distribution into a directory -- carry it with you whereever you go on a USB stick.
· Printing
Full support for printing and print preview, with configurable heading styles. Entire document, a single node, or the selected subtree can be printed.
· Export to RTF
Export to a single RTF (rich text format, can be opened in Microsoft® Word) file, with configurable heading styles. Entire document, a single node, or the selected subtree can be exported.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· This version includes new features: change node icons, use checkboxes or icons, and export to XML.