For Org-mode files that are short and don’t have a complex outline structure, sharing is quite easy. Just manually reformat the file as a WordPress post or MS Word document or whatever program you’re using. The only thing you need to do is get rid of all the asterisk headings.
Longer Org-mode files with complex outline structures require a bit more effort. You don’t want to manually recreate that outline structure in another program.
Fortunately, Org-mode has many export options. You can explore those now by hitting C-c C-e and looking at the options.
My favorite method is to create a self-contained html file. It will automatically format the headings to the proper sizes, do the lists and bullets, and make things pretty. It will also include a table of contents at the top that shows the document structure and provides internal links to any heading in the document. The result is quite professional-looking.
Here is how you create this HTML document:
1. First you need to create a new scratch file with a good file name, since the file name will also be the main headline of the html document. C-x f to create a new file, and name it whatever you want your headline to be. The file extension will be .org, not .html.
2. Paste your outline into the new scratch file.
3. Hit C-c C-e to open the export dialogue. Hit “b” to choose the “open exported html document in browser.”
4. Inspect the resulting page in your browser. Make sure you’re satisfied. Then save it to your hard drive and email it to your collaborators.
Note that single line breaks do not output correctly in HTML. You will need to use double line breaks or make it a list.