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This is hard or impossible to do in any of the outliners I've tried (or, at least, I haven't found a way to do it).

As it stands, in Opal, if I want a title for the outline (e.g, Remaining Tasks for World Domination), I have to make this Item 1 in the outline, which gives the outline a curiously asymmetric feel.

I'd like to have a "title" slot in the outline that appears at the top, but not "in" the outline.

This could also be used, by default, for the title I mentioned in my Page Setup request.

With today's Opal, you might want to check "Single Ancestress" in View > Outline Info, to keep the top topic special.

'With today's Opal, you might want to check
  "Single Ancestress" in View > Outline Info,
  to keep the top topic special.'

Is that what 'single ancestress' means?  I'd love to try it, but in this case, the checkbox in the "Outline Info" panel is greyed out.  Is that because the outline is already started?

I've checked this box in the Prefs pane, but it has no effect on existing outlines.

You can't turn on the Single Ancestress constraint once it's too late. (You can reorganize your outline so that there's only one top-level topic -- multiple selection will be your friend -- and then turn on the option.)

Ah...thanks for pointing that out.