With today's software one might be skeptical hearing that. You see, MORE interprets the structure of your documents from the outline levels. It uses that information automatically to create tree charts and slide shows. MORE controls all the formatting, and you can customize it if necessary. Well, outlines are much easier to write with than slide shows.
Tree charts show the big picture.
Slide shows are good for presenting your ideas during a presentation, but if you need to distribute notes afterwards, outlines are better for printing. Maybe if you want to settle for the lowest common denominator in each category, you can use Microsoft Word each step of the way. Or, you can pick specialized tools for each stage of production. I use MORE for writing, Nisus Writer for word processing, and FrameMaker for layout and publishing. Although it's sad that a great product like MORE was discontinued, I'm grateful to Symantec for re-releasing it to the public for free.