Create a New Map

Start capturing ideas by naming the central topic and building a unique mind map

New Default Map

When you click "Default Map", new map is opened with a central topic in the center of the screen. If you have opened a map previously, it is minimized in a tab at the bottom of the application window, and the new map is opened in another tab.

New Map from Existing Map

When "From Existing Map"option is selected, a pop-up window appears allowing you to choose the location of the existent map to be opened as new map. The chosen map is opened and is treated as a new map. If you have opened a map previously, it is minimized in a tab at the bottom of the application window, and the new map is opened in another tab.

New Map from Template or Style

When "From Template or Style" option is selected, a pop-up window appears showing a list of all the available templates and styles you can choose from, as shown in the figure below. There are two categories under "Map Templates" tab: Business and Private Map Templates. You can also choose a map style to be applied to the map.

Open Map

"Open" appears under the "Seavus DropMind™ Button". When you click on it, a pop-up window appears where you chooses the location from where an already saved map will be opened. Click on "Open" button form pop-up window in order to open the selected map. If you click on the "Cancel" button in the pop-up window, nothing happens. Only .dmm file format is supported. When you go over "Open", the recently used (created and opened) maps will be shown with their names. The limit is showing up to 10 maps in "Recent Maps".

Import

"Import" appears under the "Seavus DropMind™ Button". Maps from Mindjet's MindManager®, XMind, FreeMind and Word Outline document can be imported inside Seavus DropMind™.

Import from Mindjet MindManager®

When clicked on "Mindjet MindManager® Map", a pop-up window appears allowing you to choose the location of the map to be imported .mmap and .mmat file formats are supported. When you click "Open" button, the chosen map is imported and shown inside the application. When you click "Cancel" button, nothing happens, the map is not imported. The elements that are included in MindManager® which our application doesn't support are not imported (ex. images are not imported). Icons used in MindManager® are matched and replaced in the map with our icons. Note: Icons for task completing will not be imported. Only "Task done" icon will be replaced with our icon. Only the flags icons that we support will be imported, the others will not be imported.

Import from XMind

When you click on this option a pop-up window will appear allowing you to choose the location of the XMind map which you want to import in Seavus DropMind™. The .xmind file type is supported.

Import from FreeMind

With this option you can create a map based on a map created with FreeMind. A pop-up window will appear allowing you to choose the location of the FreeMind map. The .mm file type is supported.

Import Word Outline Document

You can create a map base on a Word Outline document. Click on the import option and select the location of the Word Outline document. A new map will be created based on the following logic: Headers, Bullets, Numbering, will be converted to topics. Name of Word file = Central topic, Headers = Main topics, Subheaders = Subtopics, Text = Note.

Save Map

"Save" appears under the "Seavus DropMind™ Button". This submenu contains 4 options: "Save", "Save As", "Save As Template" and "Save All".

Save

When you click "Save", a pop-up window appears where you choose the location where to save the map and write in the "File Name" field the name under which you wish the map to be saved. Supported file format is .dmm. After you click "Save" button, the map is saved on the chosen location under the written name; you are back on the current map. If you click "Cancel" button from pop-up window, the map is not saved, you are back on the current map. After you saved a map, whenever you work on it and click "Save", the map is automatically saved; the pop-up window is not shown.

Save As

When you click "Save As", and the map is already saved, the same procedure exists as saving a completely new map. Supported file format is .dmm.

Save As Template

When you click "Save As Template", and the map is already saved, the same procedure exists as saving a completely new map. Supported file format is .dmm. After saving the map as a template, it can be used as base model for creating new maps.

Save All

When you click "Save All", all currently opened maps are to be saved. If there are saved maps without changes, there stayed as they are. If there are already saved maps that have been modified, a pop-up window appears asking whether you want to save the map changes. Three options exist: "Save", "Discard" and "Cancel". If you click "Save" button, the map is saved with the newest changes, the pop-up window is closed. If you click "Discard" button, the latest map changes are not saved, the pop-up window is closed. If you click "Cancel" button nothing happens, the pop-up is closed. If there are unsaved maps, a pop-up window appears asking whether you want to save the map. Three options exist: "Save", "Discard" and "Cancel". If you click the "Save" button, the pop-up window for saving a new map appears, the previous pop-up window is closed. You choose a location where to save the map and the map name. If you click "Discard" button, the map is not saved, the map is closed. If this is the last map, the application is closed too. If you click "Cancel" button nothing happens, the pop-up window is closed.

Print Map

"Print" appears under the "Seavus DropMind™ Button". This submenu contains three options: "Print", "Print Preview" and "Page Setup". You use the "Print" options to select the printer, page range and number of copies.

Print

You click on the "Seavus DropMind™ Button", go to "Print" and click the "Print" option. A 'Print' dialog pops-up where you specify the printer, page range and number of copies. You click 'Print' button to print the map, or click 'Cancel' button to close the window.

Print Preview

The "Print Preview" option shows you how the map will look like when printed according to the "Print" and "Page Setup" settings you have selected. You click on the "Seavus DropMind™ Button", go to 'Print' and click the "Print Preview" option. A new window appears. If you chose to print the map on more than one pages you can view the individual pages here using the "Next Page" and "Previous Page" buttons to step through them. You can use the "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" commands to see more or less detail. There are no zoom limitations (minimum and maximum). When you are ready to print, click the "Print" button, or click "Page Setup" to modify the page options. "Page Setup" pop-up window appears inside this window. The map is displayed in the "Print Preview" window until you close it by clicking on the "Close Print Preview" button.

Page Setup

The "Page Setup" option control the map's orientation, page margins, headers and footers, border and more. Other options such as Print Range, Copies and Scaling (multiple pages) are set in the "Print" dialog. "Page Setup" pop-up window has two tabs: "Page" and "Margins".
In the "Page" tab user can adjust:

• Map orientation (Portrait or Landscape);
• Scaling (Map zoom shown in % or printing the map on more pages);
• E-mails;
• The paper size to use and resolution.

In the "Margins" tab you can set:

• The page margins (margin units used are set by the user).

To view or change the page setup you click the "Seavus DropMind™ Button", go to "Print" and click "Page Setup". A pop-up window appears where you choose the options you want to use for printing. You click "Print" to print the map or "Preview" to verify the Page Setup. These settings are saved with the map so the next time you print the same map, the same settings will be applied.

Integration

This set of options enables the integration between the desktop and web version of Seavus DropMind™. From here you can upload maps created in the desktop version to the web version and you can download uploaded maps back to the desktop version. It also enables you to synchronize the desktop Seavus DropMind™ maps with the web version Seavus DropMind™ maps. In order to use this set of options you will have to posses Seavus DropMind™ web account.

Download Map

With this option you can download previously uploaded maps to the web version of Seavus DropMind™ back to the desktop version of Seavus DropMind™. When you click on it a login window will appear in which you have to enter your user name and password for the web account. You will have to login only once. When you are logged in with your use name and password you can choose a web map which you want to download to your desktop application.

Upload Map

You can upload maps created with the desktop application to your Seavus DropMind™ web account. A prompt window will appear asking you to login to your web account (if you have not already logged in). Then you can choose a map created with the desktop version which you want to upload to your web account. The map will be uploaded to the "My Desktop Map" folder on your web account and it will be stored locally in "C:\Documents and Settings\your user name\My Documents\DropMind\My maps".

Synchronize Maps

The locally saved maps which are uploaded on your web account can be synchronized. Every time when you updated a locally saved map you can synchronize it with your desktop map stored on your web account. This enables you to update the changes which you did on your locally stored map. With this option your desktop map stored on your web account will be always updated with the changes you have made to your locally stored map.

Send Map

By clicking on the "Send", the currently opened map can be send as an email attachment with the default email client to the desired recipient.

Export Map

"Export" appears under the "Seavus DropMind™ Button". This submenu contains eight options: "PDF Document", "Image", "Rich Text Document", "PowerPoint Presentation", "HTML", "FreeMind Map", "Word Document" and "XML Document".

Export Map as PDF Document

When you click on "PDF Document", a pop-up window appears asking you to set the .pdf export options - page size, graphic and orientation; After setting them, you click "OK" button, a new pop-up window appears asking you to choose the destination where the map as PDF document to be exported and write name under which to be saved. If you click "Cancel" button, nothing happens, the map is not exported, and the pop-up window is closed.

Export Map as Image

When you click on "Image", a pop-up window appears asking you to choose the destination where the file to be exported and write name under which to be saved. When exporting as image, .jpg file format is supported. After user chooses the name and location where the exported map as image to be saved, a pop-up window appears asking you to set the image export settings. After setting them, you click "OK" button and the map is exported as image.

Export Map as RTF (Rich Text Format)

When you click on "Rich Text Document", a pop-up window appears asking you to choose the destination where the file is going to be exported and write name under which to be saved. When exporting as Word Document, .rtf file format is supported. The map will be exported as Word outline document. The central topic shall be title, main topics heading 1 and so on, as shown in the example below.

Export Map as PowerPoint Presentation

This option enables you to export your map as a "PowerPoint Presentation". When you export the map as .ppt, the slides from the map are shown by the following logic:

   1. First slide: Central Topic as Presentation title;
   2. Second slide: Central topic as title, all main topics listed in bulleted list starting from the upper right topic going clock-wise;
   3. Continue with slide with level 1 node as title and all its children as bulleted list. First the upper sub-nodes are shown until the end, then those that are down;
   4. If there are floating topics, they are shown alone on separate slides after these slides. They always came at the end.

Export Map as HTML

Your map will be saved as HTML page with this option. A pop-up window will appear asking you to choose the location to which the map will be exported. The HTML page will have the name of the map as a title. On the left side will be listed the topics with their subtopics. In the central area of the page an image of the map will be shown and below the topics will be listed as outline code.

Export Map as FreeMind Map

Your map will be saved as "FreeMind document (.mm)" with this option. A pop-up window will appear asking you to choose the location to which the map will be exported. The FreeMind document will have the name of the map as a title..

Export Map as Word Document

When you click on "Word Document", a pop-up window appears asking you to choose the destination where the file is going to be exported and write name under which to be saved. When exporting as Word Document, .doc file format is supported. Map topics will be converted to Headers, Bullets, Numbering. Name of Word file = Central topic, Headers = Main topics, Subheaders = Subtopics, Text = Note.

Export Map as XML Document

Your map will be saved as "XML page" with this option. A pop-up window will appear asking you to choose the location to which the map will be exported. The XML page will have the name of the map as a title. On the left side will be listed the topics with their subtopics. In the central area of the page an image of the map will be shown and below the topics will be listed as outline code.

Close Map

"Close" appears under the "Seavus DropMind™ Button". When you click it, if there aren't any map modifications and the map is already saved, the map is closed. You stay in the application. When you close the map without saving the map or the map modifications, a pop-up window appears asking whether you would like to save the map. Three options are available: "Save", "Discard" and "Cancel". If you click "Save" button, the same pop-up window for saving maps appear if the map is not previously saved; if it is already saved, the map is saved with the new modifications and the map is closed. If there is more than one map, only the active map is closed. If you click "Discard" button the map or the map changes are not saved and the map is closed. If there is more than one map, only the active map is closed. If you click "Cancel" button nothing happens.

Seavus DropMind™ Options

Spell Checker

You set the language here. A drop-down list with available languages exists, as shown on the figure below. You choose the language you want to be used for the map text.

Graphical User interface

Here you set the interface of the application. You can set the "Windows style" by choosing the most suitable option from a drop-down list. You choose the "Color theme" to be used in the application from a drop-down list of available options. As well as, you choose the "Library Tab Position" from a drop-down list to be applied to the library tabs appearing as a right menu. You can also localize Seavus DropMind™ with "Language Support" option. Seavus DropMind™ is available in English, Japanese, French, German and Spanish.

Shortcuts

From here you can set the shortcuts for the most common used actions in Seavus DropMind™ as the creation of sub-topic or sibling topic. The table below shows the available shortcuts found in this window.

Proxy Settings

This menu enables you to choose the way your application connects to the Internet. The default marked option is "Detect Proxy Automatically". If you leave this option marked the application will copy the proxy settings set in Internet Explorer. You can also set the proxy settings manually from here. The proxy settings are needed for the Integration options to function properly. You must have Internet access to use the Integration options and to properly activate the application.

Activate

When you click on the "Activate" option, the activation window will appear. Here you can enter the Registration code and to change your License type. You can enter New Key for activation, update an existing Activation key or Reactivate the application with an existing key.

About Seavus DropMind™

You can check your Seavus DropMind™ version and your License Type in here. This window contains information which you should provide when you contact the customer support service.

Exit Seavus DropMind™

When you try to exit the application without saving the map or the map modifications you have made, a pop-up window appears, asking whether you would like to save the map. Three options are available: "Save", "Discard" and "Cancel". If there is more than one map, the pop-up window with the available options is shown for all the maps that are not saved or their modifications are not saved. If you click "Save" button, the same pop-up window for saving maps appear if the map is not previously saved; if it is already saved, the map is saved with the new modifications and the application is closed. If there is more than one map, the active map is closed and a new pop-up window with the options appears for the next map and so on until the last map. If you click "Discard" button, the map or the map changes are not saved and the application is closed. If there is more than one map, only the active map is closed and a new pop-up window with the options appears for the next map and so on until the last map. If you click "Cancel" button nothing happens.

Quick Access Toolbar

The "Quick Access Toolbar" allows you to quickly access commands that you frequently use. For example, printing, saving, and opening new maps are some of the most popular functions in Seavus DropMind™. With this toolbar you're just one-click away from the commands you most often use. Here you will find the following functions: Undo, Redo, New Default Map, Open Map, Save Map, Print Map, Print Preview and Close Map, as shown on the figure below:

You can undo until the first move. When the map is opened for the second, third… time, this button is not functional. There is no possibility to undo after center or fit map. Redo until the last move.

Clipboard Group

This group allows you to cut, copy, and paste. These options can be applied to topics and map branches. When you paste a cut or copied text, if none topic is selected, a new topic with the pasted text will be inserted where the placement holder is. The inserted topic will be a floating topic. When some topic is selected, a new child topic with the pasted text inside will be inserted. Also, "Format Painter" function is found here. This function is used to apply topic, relationship and boundary formatting. In case with topics, topic fill color, topic border color, topic shape and text color are formatted. You select the element which formatting you want to use, click on this button, the cursor is changed and select another element from the same category which is formatted as the first one.

Insert Group

From the "Insert" group, you can insert topics, relationships, boundaries, callouts, floating topics, parent topics, key topics.
See more about the Insert group in Insert Tab section.

Topic Elements Group

From the "Topic Elements" Group you can add notes, hyperlinks, attachments, icons and images. Moreover, you can insert date&time, alerts and mark the topic as a task with adding the task info.
For additional reading see Topic Elements group in Insert Tab.

Editing Group

From here you can find and replace text used inside topic, check the spelling to correct mistakes and remove topics, images icons and etc, that were added on the map.
Read more about the Editing group in the Insert Tab section.

Insert Topics

Insert as many sibling topics, sub-topics, parent topics floating topics as you want - anywhere in your mind map.

• Parent topics, child topics and floating topics are differentiated from each other by shape, colour and size. They provide your mind maps with a distinctively visual style;
• Topic size adjusts automatically as you enter text.

Insert Sibling Topic

Sibling topic refers to a same level topic. You can add as much sibling topics as you want. You cannot add sibling topic to the Central Topic and to floating topics.
By clicking on "Sibling Topic" button from menu, new sibling topic of the selected topic is added. You can insert sibling topic from the menu, contextual menu and keyboard shortcut in this case with "Insert" key. Whenever a sibling topic is added, you can immediately start writing text inside. There is no limit on characters added in topics.

Insert Subtopic

By clicking on "Subtopic" button from menu, new child topic of the selected topic is added. You can add as much subtopics as you want. This can be done from the menu, contextual menu and keyboard shortcut in this case with 'Enter' key. Whenever a subtopic is added, you can immediately start writing text inside. There is no limit on characters added in topics.

Insert Parent Topic

By clicking on "Parent Topic" button, a parent topic is put between the selected topic and the previous topic which was connected to the selected topic.

Insert Floating topic

This menu button allows you to add a topic in the map that is floating, meaning it has no relationship to topics under the Central Topic. It has the same properties as any other topic, except that a sibling topic can not be added from floating topic. When added from menu, the mouse pointer changes, and floating topic is added wherever you click on the map space. A floating topic can be created also on a double click on an empty map space, where it will be placed. And also, if none topic is selected, when you start writing some text, a floating topic will be added where the placement holder is.
Floating topic can have subtopics and callouts. Floating topics can be moved on the map space. If you want, you can attach the floating topic somewhere in the map, so that it will no longer be a floating topic. Whenever a floating topic is added, you can immediately start writing text inside. There is no limit on characters added in topics.

Key Topic

Key topic is a unique node that is specially differentiated from the other nodes. Once the node is selected as a key topic, its border will become 'bolder' than the other node's borders. The key nodes are the key points in the map. By making a node into a key node, the user draws the attention on to the topic. That way he can easily orientate in the map. Every node can be made in to a key node by selecting it and clicking on the 'Key topic" function. Clicking again on the same button will make the node ordinary.

Insert Callout

Callout topic is a descriptive topic and has the same properties as any other topic. It can be added to any topic except the Central Topic. By default, it is placed above the selected topic. Also, you can add callout to external relationships when it is placed in the centre of the relationship. Whenever a callout is added, you can immediately start writing text inside. There is limit on characters added in topics.

Insert Relationship

Associate different topics by adding external relationships, formatted in any way you want, that give logical flow to your key ideas.

Insert Boundary

Highlight and group a family of mind mapping topics by inserting boundaries with desired format. Cluster information in a logical and organized way. This helps improve your memory and visual thinking skills.

Topic Elements Group

From the "Topic Elements" Group you can add notes, hyperlinks, attachments, icons, images and date&time.
For additional reading see Topic Elements group in Insert Tab.

Topic Elements

Add different elements to topics to gain maximum benefits of consolidating information from multiple sources and store data in a single place.

Notes

Unlock the full potential of your brain and add detailed topic information by adding Notes to a topic. You can add notes to any topic. Icon for notes is placed inside topics. There can be only one note per topic.
You add notes by clicking on the "Notes" button from menu. A right-menu window appears with formatting options where you can add notes. Text in notes can be formatted by font family, font size, text color and highlight color. There is no limit for characters in notes, but notes tooltip is limited. If more characters are added a scroll bar appears. By scrolling you see the rest of the notes. In notes section from menu you delete topics simply by using standard keyboard actions. By clicking on "x" button in notes window, it will be closed; written notes will be saved. On mouse over the notes icon in topics, a tooltip appears showing the text inside notes. When you delete notes from the notes, automatically the notes icon from the selected topic is removed indicating that there are no notes.

Hyperlink

Link your thoughts by adding hyperlinks to external information:

• Files on your computer;
• Web sites and images;
• E-mails;
• Anything you need to connect.

One hyperlink per topic can be added. You can add hyperlink by clicking on the "Hyperlink" button from menu. A pop-up window appears asking you to specify the location of the file, folder, URL or e-mail address which you want to insert, as shown on the figure below. You click "Ok" button to add the hyperlink to the selected topic, or "Cancel" button not to apply it. After inserting hyperlink, a hyperlink icon is shown inside topics. On mouse over the hyperlink icon a tooltip is shown, displaying the chosen destination. On icon click, the file, URL, folder or e-mail stated in hyperlink is opened.
When you click to add E-mail as hyperlink, you write the e-mail address and e-mail subject. When you click on this hyperlink in topic, new e-mail message is opened with the e-mail address and subject previously written.
When you click hyperlink to map option, you will be prompted to log into your web Seavus DropMind™ account. You can choose from your desktop maps or public maps. When select the map from your web account a direct link will be added to the topic, pointing to the map which you chose from your web account.

Attach

By clicking on the "Attach" option when a topic is selected, you can add attachment to the selected topic. You can attach any type of file to the topic. You can remove the attachment from the menu or open the "Manage attachment" window. The "Manage attachment" option displays a window in which you can managed the attached files on the topic. You can open them; rename them, save them locally on your PC, check their size and the date of modification.

Topic Icon

Use our library to create, read, think over, and easily remember mind maps. You can choose from 5 predefined categories:

• Numbers;
• Signs;
• Smileys;
• Office;
• Other

There are changeable icon markers which when added in topic and if clicked, the icon is appropriately changed with the next icon marker in the group. The single icons cannot be changed on click. When you click the added single icon in the selected topic from icon library, it will be removed from the topic. Icon markers are not removed in this way. Icons are accessed on menu click on "Icon" button - the icons library is opened as right menu. You cannot use the same icon in the same topic twice. There is no limit in number of icons per topic.

Image

Decorate your maps by adding images to topics. You can choose the desired image from our image library. By clicking on "Image" button from menu, a drop-down list wit two options is shown - "Insert Image from Library" and "Insert Image from File". When you click directly on "Image" button or on "Insert Image from Library" option in the drop-down menu under "Image" button.
You can choose image from our image library. Image with predefined size by default will be put in front of the text in topics. Only one image per topic can be added.
Images are also resizable. When you click on an image, eight dots on image appear which by dragging resize the image. You can also add your own images to the image library.
You can insert images from file also. When you click on "Insert image from file" option in the drop-down menu under "Image" button, a pop-up window appears asking you to choose the destination from where the image to be inserted. Supported image formats are: .svg, .svgz. .png, .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg. You click the '"Open" button, the image is inserted in your "My Imported Images" library. If you click "Cancel" button image is not inserted. Only one image per topic can be added.

Date&Time

You can add date and time to the topics. When you click on the Date&Time button a calendar will appear which allows you to chose the date and time that you wish to apply to the topic.

Alerts

Insert alert to the selected topic to remind you that you have important event, meeting or action to performand. Afterwards you can set recurrences on daily, weekly, monthly, yearly bases.

Task Info

Enter task information to the appropriate topic and determine the task priorities. you can define: start date, finish date, Duration, Priority, % complete, Resources, as shown below. You can also check whether you want task information to be shown, or if you want to see the years in Task information dates.

Editing

From here you can find and replace text used inside topic, check the spelling to correct mistakes and remove topics, images icons and etc.. that were added on the map.

Find

You can find and replace text used inside topics. To quickly search for every occurrence of a specific word or phrase you click the "Find" drop-down menu and click "Find". A pop-up window for find and replace appears.
In the "Find" filed you type the text that you want to search. To find each appearance of a word or phrase please click "Find Next" button. To find all instances of a specific word or phrase, please click "Find All" button. If found, the words or phrases are selected.
You can replace a word or phrase with another one. Clicks "Replace" tab. In the "Find" field, the text for replacement is shown. In the "Replace" field, type the replacement text. To replace an occurrence of the text, click "Replace" button. After you clicked "Replace", finding/replacing is moved to the next occurrence of the text. To replace all occurrences of the text, click "Replace All" button.

Advanced search is a powerful built in search engine in desktop DropMind. With this option you can search trough:

1. "Search selection" with two checkboxes:

• First "Under active" box is option for searching only in selected topic and his sub tree;
• Second "In selection" box is option for searching only in selected selection (if you have multiply selections).

2. Row "Search location" has pull down selection menu with the next choices:

• "Current map" - search only in the Current opened map;
• "All opened maps" - search in all opened maps;
• "My maps" - searches in folder MyDocuments/My maps/;

3. "Search in" -searches in:

• "Topic text"
• "Notes"
• "Attachments"
• "Hyperlinks"

4. "Search word" - searches for exact word;

5. "Exact phrase" - searches for complete phrase;

6. "Topic type" - has pull down selection:

• "All types" - default, searches in all topics;
• "Main topics" - Searches only in Main topics;
• "Topics" - searches only in topics, but not in floating topics and callouts;
• "Floating" - Searches only in floating topics;
• "Callouts" - searches only in callouts.

7. Then "Search" button;

8. Next is list of results:

• This is tree which shows this results in a list (this is clickable);
• If search is on multiply maps then under every map is results of that map;
• Searched word is highlighted in the result;
• After Click on the result this will focus on the topic in the map or will open Note in Notes menu;
• If have two or more results from same topic (ex. in topic name and in note text) then both will be shown like two results;
• If have results in other map than opened then this map will be opened and focused topic.

Spelling

Don't make spelling mistakes! Check your writing to make sure it's correct. When you click on the "Spelling" button from menu, the words in topics are spellchecked. If there are wrongly written words, they are underlined and on right-click on word, a spelling pop-up window appears giving suggestion(s) for the misspelled word.

Remove

By clicking on "Remove" button, you can delete topics, topic elements and remove formating. Every topic can be removed except the Central Topic. If a topic which has subtopics is selected for removing, all its child topics are also removed.
If the selected topic has a parent topic, the "Detach topic" option is active meaning that by clicking on it, the selected topic with all his subtopics will be detached from the parent topic and it will be shown as Floating topic.

Map Parts

This section allows you to save part of a map you've created for easy re-use. By selecting the desired topic and clicking on the "Add Selected Topic(s)" in the right panel, you can add that part of the map to the Library.

To reuse the added map part, you need to select the topic to which you want to add that part and with right click on the map part you have a variety of options: "Insert as New topic"; "Modify"; "Delete" and "Rename".

The "Insert as New Topic" will add the map part to the selected topic right away.
With the "Modify" option you can make changes to the map part before you add it to the selected topic.
The "Rename" option allows you to insert a name to the whole map part. The map part name is "Map Part(n)" by default.
With the "Delete" option you can remove the map part from the galery.

Topics Group

Choose your desired topic shape or import your own shapes. Decide on the placement of icons and images inside the topics.

Topic Shape

Start with choosing the desired topic shape.By clicking on the "Topic Shape" a drop-down list appears with the available topic shapes. Callout topics have different shapes than normal topics.
By clicking on "Shape from Library", the shapes library appears as right menu from where you can choose a topic shape to be applied to the selected topic.
By clicking on the "Format Topic" option from drop-down menu, a pop-up window appears allowing you to change different topic parameters.

Import Shape

You can also import your own shapes to enrich your maps visually. By clicking on "Import Shape" button from menu, and from "Add Shape" link in the right menu, a pop-up box appears asking you to choose the destination from where the topic shape shall be uploaded. The supported file type is .svg.

Icon and Image placement

Decide on the icon and image placement that best fits your topic view. By default, icons and images will be placed before the text in topics. By clicking on the appropriate button from menu, you can place them under, above, before or after the text.

Objects Group

Choose your desired shape and line for mind map relationships and boundaries.

Relationship Shape

You can select different relationship shapes to arrange your map visually.You can change relationship's begin and end style by choosing from the available options in the drop-down menu when "Relationship Shape" is clicked.

Boundary Shape

Change the boundary shape to best fit within your map design. Choose from the available options in the "Boundary Shape" drop-down menu. By clicking on the "Format Boundary" option from drop-down menu, a pop-up window appears allowing you to change the boundary format.

Line

Line refers to the line of the relationships and boundaries. You can change relationships' and boundaries' line style and weight by choosing from the available options in the drop-down menu when "Line" is clicked.

Formatting Group

Arrange the text format inside the topics in a way that best fits your needs. You can choose to change:

• The text font family;
• Font size;
• Font colour;
• Font style (B, I, U); and,
• Text alignment.

Additionally, from here you set the topic border color and topic fill color.

Background Group

Choose your background colour as you wish and apply a pattern from the pattern library for a more appealing and creative look. Moreover, by clicking on the "Format Background" button, a pop-up window appears allowing you to change the background format.

Map Styles

Decorate your mind map by choosing your preferred style template and make your map colourful and stylish with just one click. By clicking on "Map Styles" button from menu, a pop-up window appears showing all the available styles you can choose from. You can change the style of an already created map, or a completely new map.
Moreover, you can change the color of the whole map by choosing a color to apply to the whole map from the list. From "Map Color" drop-down menu you will be able to choose from predefined colors which will be applied on the whole map.

Topic Style

This option allows you to save your preffered topic style in the library for easy re-use. The saved topic style can be applied to each topic with only a click. That includes the topic font, shape and color, alignment, size and margins, and subtopics layout.

To apply saved topic style to other topic, first select the topic you want to change, and then click the preferred topic style. Saved topic styles name is "Topic Style (n)" by default, but by clicking on the "Rename" option you can changed that name with your own one. You can also remove the saved topic styles if you do not want to keep them in your library.

Map Color

You can change the color of the whole map by choosing a color to apply to the whole map from the list. The color is applied by the following rule: central topic has the blue color (always), level one has darker color, level 2 lighter and level 3 the lightest (the other levels have the level 3 color) depending on the map color chosen from the menu. From drop-down menu you will be able to choose from predefined colors which will be applied on the whole map.

Outline

When you click on the "Outline" button in the View tab, a new vertical window will open in the right section of the map. The central topic is the title of the outline, starting from the upper right corner and going clock-wise, the main topics are heading 1 and so on. Floating topics are written at the end of the outline, as heading 1. The callout topics, are shown one level below the topic where they are callout topics. You can edit the names of the topics in the outline window by double clicking on them. The changes are automatically shown on the map, and vice versa, all map changes are shown in the outline window. One click selects the row.

Detail Group

Details

When you click on the "Details" button you will be able to choose the level of the detail on the map. Level 1 will present only the central topic and the main topics, all the other child topics and sub-topics will be collapsed. You can choose to see level 3 and you can again expand all levels of the topics by clicking on the All levels option from the menu. The detail level depends on what topic or subtopic is selected.

Expand/Collapse

Moreover, on a button click from menu, only the selected topic shall be shown when it is collapsed and all its subtopics are shown when it is expanded.

Select Branch

You are just one click away from selecting the whole branch of the current topic. Instead of selecting topics one by oneor using a mouse, you can select the whole topic branchwith a single click.

Map Group

Balance Map

You can easily align the map symmetrically by clicking on the "Balance" button. The topics will be equally distributed on the left and the right side of the main topic.

Focus on Topic

"Focus" means to display the currently selected topic on the screen. By a menu button click, the selected topic will be shown on the screen.

Center Map

By clicking on this button, the Central Topic (and whole map appropriately) is automatically placed in the center of the screen. This is applied to the central topic, nevertheless which topic of the map is selected.

Filter Group

Filter

The "Filter" option allows you to view only a subset of the topics on a map, the topics that are of interest in a certain point of time.

By selecting the desired topic, you can choose to show or to hide only that topic with its subtopics.

The "Advanced Filter" option allows you to show topics that contain Hyperlinks, Notes, Alerts, Attachments, Icons, and Tasks.

When you click "Filter" button, within this window, there are two options showing up: "Show matching Topics", meaning that only topics that contain selected attribute(s) will be visible on the map; and "Hide matching Topics" meaning that only topics that contain selected attribute(s) will be hidden from the map.

To close this box without any change applied, click "Cancel". To remove any filter activated on the map, click "Remove Filter" button.

Show Branch Alone/Show All Branches

By clicking on the "Show Branch Alone" option when a topic is select, the selected topic and all his sub-topics are the only one shown on the map. By clicking on the "Show all Branches" option the view is returned to normal and all branches are shown on the map again.

Zoom In/ Zoom Out

You can access zoom options from "View" tab form menu and from slider found in the footer. Whole map can be zoomed by sliding the zoom level on the zoom slide bar. By clicking on the button from zoom slider or by clicking the appropriate buttons from menu, you can appropriately zoom in or out the map.

Fit Map

By clicking on this button from menu, whole map shall be shown on the screen. The map is accordingly zoomed in or out to be fitted on the screen.

Presentation

Present different parts of your maps with minimum distraction. Generate separate slides of different topics by taking snapshots from a particular topic and showcasing them in a slideshow. At the end, you can export presentation slides as image list in .zip.

Create Presentation

Take Snapshot

By clicking on the "Take Snapshot" button, a snapshot of the selected topic and all his sub-topics will be taken and shown in the Presentation slides window.

Generate Snapshots

This option enables the automatic generation of snapshots. Snapshots from every topic will be taken and shown in the Presentation slides window. By clicking on this button you will get presentation slides from the map by the following logic:

1. First slide: Image of Central topic with all level 1 topics collapsed;
2. Continue with slides with level 1 node (the upper right node from right sphere) and all its children. If level 2 node (of the same branch) exists and has its child nodes, it is shown in next slide with its children. The slides are generated until there is a sub-node with at least one child. First the upper sub-nodes are shown until the end, then those that are down.
3. The circle goes clock-wise with each level 1 node and its branch;
4. If there are floating topics, they are shown alone on separate slides after these slides. They always came at the end; The last slide gives a picture of the whole map (multiple maps) expanded and floating topics.

Slideshow

By clicking on the "Play" button, a full screen appears, showing a slide show from the presentation slides. A button in the right side appears for "Next Slide" and on the left side for "Previous Slide". To exit the slide show, you should press "Esc". When you go at the top of each slide, a 'hidden' menu is appears with "Close" button to close the slide show, and "Show/Hide Notes" button to show or hide the notes. The option to view presentation with notes refers to show the notes of the main topic on the slide.

Manage Presentation

Show Map

When you click on the "Show map" button you will exit from the slide preview. When you click on a snapshot in the "Presentation slides" window a preview of the select slide will be shown on the place of the map. The "Show map" button returns you to the map.

Export Presentation

When you click on the "Export button all the snapshots will be exported in a zip archive (each slide will be exported as image in the archive) . A pop-up window will appear asking you to choose the location where the archive will be saved.