Print

What do you want to do?

Printing a map from MindManager is similar to printing in most other applications.

You can print:

  • The entire map, or just selected topics

  • One or more slides

  • The map (or selected topics) in outline form

  • The Notes for selected topics or all topics

  • The Gantt Chart for the map

Topics print as they are displayed (expanded or collapsed). Topics hidden by a Filter do not print.  

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Use the Print options to select the printer, print range, number of copies and scaling (multiple page) options. There are special options for printing large maps.

The Page Setup options control the map's orientation, page margins, headers and footers, border and more.

Print Preview lets you see how the printed map will look with the print and page setup options you've chosen.

Buttons in each of these dialogs let you switch between the various option screens.

 

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Print the map

Do one of  the following:

To print the map immediately on the default printer, click Quick Print on the Quick Access Toolbar, or click File, Print, Quick Print. Or To adjust the Print options before you print, click File, then click Print to see the Print dialog. There, you can specify the printer, print range, number of copies and scaling options.
  • Use the High-contrast topic lines option to print topic lines in black or white (depending on background color). This can make topic lines more visible on high-resolution printers.

  • Click Page Setup to set additional options, or click Preview to see the print preview.

Print a large map

If a map is large, the print can become difficult to read if it is printed on a single letter-sized page. If you don't have access to a large-format printer, you can create a poster-sized version of your map by printing it on several pages, "billboard style".

  1. Click the File tab, click Print , and then click Print to see the Print dialog.

  2. Under Scaling choose the number of pages and the arrangement you want to use to print the map.
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Print selected topics

You can choose to print only a selected topic and its subtopics. This is the simplest way to print a single topic tree. If you want to print several topics, but not the entire map, you can filter out the other topics and then print the map.

  1. Select the topic you want to print.

  2. Click the File tab, click Print, and then click Print.

  3. In the Print dialog, under Print Range, select Primary selected topic.

  4. Click Preview if you want to verify what will be printed.

  5. Click OK to print the map.
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Print slides

You can print a single slide, a range of slides, or all slides. Each slide is printed on a separate page. The gray box on each slide indicates the area that will be printed.

  1. Use Slides View to view the slide you want to print (If you want to print a single slide), or view any slide (if you want to print a range or all slides).

  2. Do one of the following:

    In the Slides pane, Slides pull-down, click Print Slides. Or Click the File tab, click Print, and then click Print.
  1. In the Print dialog, under Print Range, select All Slides, Range, or Selected Slide.

  2. Click Preview if you want to verify what will be printed.

  3. Click OK to print the slide(s).

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Print an outline

You can print an outline from Outline view.

Printing from Outline View offers the advantage of printing topics with varying levels of detail, and (like Word export) you can choose to print only the topics you select.

When MindManager prints a map displayed in Outline View, it prints just what you see. This means that if a topic is collapsed, it's subtopics are not printed. This allows you to print the outline with varying levels of detail for individual topics. You can also choose to print only the topics you have selected, or choose to print only the topics with specific content.
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Print a map as an outline

  1. If you only want to print certain topics, select them now. Expand or collapse topics (use the icons) to get the desired level of detail in the printed outline.

  2. Click the File tab, click Print, and then click Print to see the Outline Print dialog. Options

  3. Optional - Click Page Setup to choose margins and other settings for your printed outline. These settings are saved with the map, so the next time you print the same settings will be used.

  4. Make your selections in the dialog and click Print.

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Print Notes

You can quickly print the Notes for any single topic or print all the Notes on the map.

  1. Do one of the following:

    Right-click on the topic's Notes icon.

    Or Click the File tab, and then click Print.
  1. Click either:

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Print tasks as a Gantt Chart

If your map contains tasks, you can print them as a Gantt chart. You must display the Gantt chart to print it. If you only want to print certain tasks, select them in the Gantt chart.

You can print the tasks selected in the Gantt chart, tasks that fall within a certain date range, or print all tasks.

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Change the Page Setup options

You can configure the Page Setup options before you print or access these options from the Print or Print Preview dialogs.

The page setup options let you choose the following options.

background image (turn this off to reduce printing time or to print a PDF file),

page separators (registration marks for multi-page maps),

page numbers (i.e. "Page 2 of 4" for multi-page maps)

or a border.

Other options such as Print Range, Copies and Scaling (multiple pages) are set in the Print dialog.

Change the Page Setup

  1. Do one of the following:

    Click the File tab, click Print, and then click Page Setup (or Gantt Page Setup if you are printing a Gantt chart).

    Or Click Page Setup (or Gantt Page Setup) from within the Print or Print Preview dialog.
  1. Choose the options you want to use for printing. These options are saved with the map.  
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  1. 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 settings are used.

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Display the Print Preview

The Print Preview options shows you how the map will look when printed according to the Print settings and Page Setup options you have selected.

  1. Do one of the following:

    Click the File tab, click Print, and then click Print Preview.

    Or Click Preview from within the Print or Page Setup dialog.
  1. If you have chosen to print the map on more than one page (for large maps or multiple slides) you can view the individual pages here using the Next Page and Previous Page commands to step through them, or click Two Page to see two pages at a time.
    Use the Zoom commands to see more or less detail.

  2. When you're ready to print, click Print, or click Page Setup to go back and modify the page options.

The map is displayed in the Print Preview window until you close it or print the map.

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