# Multiple Views, Multiple Perspectives

Tinderbox provides lots of different views of your notes. Examining your notes from new perspectives can give you fresh insights into their relationships and organization.

Maps lays all the notes in a container on a large plane, like an infinite whiteboard or like sticky notes on a big wall.

Outlines shows an outline of the entire collection of notes, or of a specific section.

Charts shows a hierarchical tree chart of the entire collection of notes, or of a specific section.

Timelines shows the timeline, indicating the $StartDate and $EndDate of each item in the container.

Attribute browser shows a list of each item in a container, arranged by the values of a chosen attribute.

> For example, if a container holds notes about business expenses, its attribute browser might group those expenses by client, and another browser might group the same expenses by city.

The View menu lets you change the type of the current view. Alternatively, right-click the current tab to change the view type.

You will frequently want to switch between different views of the same document. Tabs let you move back and forth among views; you can also open additional Tinderbox windows.

> For example: notes for an scholarly paper might use a map view for gathering facts and marshaling ideas, an outline for organizing your thoughts in a conventional form, and a second outline listing all your references an alphabetical order.