MindManager User Guide Table of Contents Welcome to MindManager ............................................................................................................................ 1 What's new in MindManager for Windows? .............................................................................................. 1 New in MindManager 2020 .................................................................................................................... 1 Compatibility with earlier versions ......................................................................................................... 2 Getting started with MindManager ............................................................................................................ 2 Entering Your MindManager license key ............................................................................................... 2 Viewer mode .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Interactive Tour of MindManager ........................................................................................................... 3 Having problems? .................................................................................................................................. 3 Use MindManager Viewer ..................................................................................................................... 4 Enable the Viewer mode ........................................................................................................................ 4 I just opened a MindManager file in MindManager Viewer! What can I do now?.................................. 5 How do I share a map for MindManager Viewer? ................................................................................. 5 MindManager interface and ribbons .......................................................................................................... 6 What do you want to do? ........................................................................................................................... 6 The Interface .......................................................................................................................................... 6 The Ribbons ........................................................................................................................................... 7 The Help Tab ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Help resources ........................................................................................................................................ 10 The Help system .................................................................................................................................. 10 The advantages of using online Help .................................................................................................. 10 Other resources ................................................................................................................................... 11 Add Content to Maps .................................................................................................................................. 12 What is a map—and how do you use all those topics? ........................................................................... 12 Creating, Opening, and Closing Maps .................................................................................................... 13 Create a new map ................................................................................................................................ 13 Open and close a map ......................................................................................................................... 17 i Table of Contents Recover unsaved maps ....................................................................................................................... 19 Import a Microsoft Excel file ................................................................................................................. 20 Import an MPX file ............................................................................................................................... 21 Import an OPML file ............................................................................................................................. 21 Import an XMind or XMind:ZEN file ..................................................................................................... 22 Import a FreeMind file .......................................................................................................................... 22 Finding maps and content ................................................................................................................... 24 Adding Map Topics .................................................................................................................................. 30 Create topics ........................................................................................................................................ 30 Paste or import content ........................................................................................................................ 34 Brainstorm ............................................................................................................................................ 36 Use Map Parts ..................................................................................................................................... 38 Editing ...................................................................................................................................................... 43 Select topics and objects ..................................................................................................................... 43 Edit topics ............................................................................................................................................ 46 Find and replace topic text ................................................................................................................... 49 Reorganize topics ................................................................................................................................ 52 Adding Topic Elements ............................................................................................................................ 57 Links ..................................................................................................................................................... 57 Attach Files .......................................................................................................................................... 67 Topic Notes .......................................................................................................................................... 72 Adding Visual Information........................................................................................................................ 81 Markers ................................................................................................................................................ 81 Work with objects ................................................................................................................................. 88 Relationships ....................................................................................................................................... 94 Boundaries ........................................................................................................................................... 98 Shapes ............................................................................................................................................... 100 Images ............................................................................................................................................... 101 Text boxes ......................................................................................................................................... 106 ii MindManager User Guide Smart Shapes .................................................................................................................................... 107 Capture content and reuse in maps ................................................................................................... 112 Capture content ................................................................................................................................. 112 Use captured content in a map .......................................................................................................... 113 Working with Tasks ............................................................................................................................... 115 Task Info ............................................................................................................................................ 115 Topic alerts ........................................................................................................................................ 122 Manage tasks ..................................................................................................................................... 125 Create and manage task resources ..................................................................................................