User Guide Version 10.1 ©1994 – 2012 Mindjet Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1 Enter your MindManager license key ................................................................................................................. 2 How do I enter my MindManager license key?............................................................................................... 2 Purchase a License Key .................................................................................................................................... 2 Help resources ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Get Help............................................................................................................................................................ 3 Other resources ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Mapping with MindManager .................................................................................................. 4 MindManager Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 4 What's new in MindManager 2012? ............................................................................................................... 4 What is a map? ............................................................................................................................................... 12 7 basic steps for mapping with MindManager .............................................................................................. 13 The MindManager interface .......................................................................................................................... 15 MindManager views ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Creating, Opening, and Closing Maps ............................................................................................................... 19 Create a new map .......................................................................................................................................... 19 Open a map .................................................................................................................................................... 22 Search for a map or document ...................................................................................................................... 24 Use shortcuts to maps and folders ................................................................................................................ 26 Import an MPX file ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Close maps ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 Recover unsaved maps .................................................................................................................................. 29 Adding Map Topics ............................................................................................................................................ 30 Create topics .................................................................................................................................................. 30 Brainstorm ...................................................................................................................................................... 32 Paste or import content ................................................................................................................................. 34 Use map parts ................................................................................................................................................ 35 Use database data .......................................................................................................................................... 40 Viewing and Navigating Maps ........................................................................................................................... 49 MindManager views ...................................................................................................................................... 49 Use Map view ................................................................................................................................................. 52 Use Outline view ............................................................................................................................................ 56 ii Tale of Contents Filter topics ..................................................................................................................................................... 57 Collapse and expand topics ........................................................................................................................... 61 Use Slides View .............................................................................................................................................. 63 Use Walk Through view ................................................................................................................................. 66 Linked Maps view ........................................................................................................................................... 68 Use Gantt view ............................................................................................................................................... 71 Use Analysis Views ......................................................................................................................................... 75 Use the timer.................................................................................................................................................. 79 Editing ................................................................................................................................................................ 81 Select topics and objects ............................................................................................................................... 81 Edit topics ....................................................................................................................................................... 84 Find and replace text ..................................................................................................................................... 86 Reorganize topics ........................................................................................................................................... 88 Formatting and Layout ...................................................................................................................................... 93 Map layout ..................................................................................................................................................... 93 Format topics and objects ............................................................................................................................. 94 Use topic styles ............................................................................................................................................ 101 Use map themes .......................................................................................................................................... 104 Adding Visual Information .............................................................................................................................. 108 Markers ........................................................................................................................................................ 108 Use the Marker Index .................................................................................................................................. 113 Images .......................................................................................................................................................... 115 Relationships ................................................................................................................................................ 119 Boundaries ................................................................................................................................................... 122 Adding Extended Information ......................................................................................................................... 124 Topic notes ................................................................................................................................................... 124 Hyperlinks ..................................................................................................................................................... 131 Attachments ................................................................................................................................................. 139 Task Info 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