Double-click
on an empty area of the bottom workbook tabs bar.
On
the Quick Access Toolbar,
click New 
.
Click the File tab, click New, and then click New Blank Map.
Press CTRL+N.
The first step in creating a map begins with opening a new map. There are several ways to begin a new map with MindManager.
Mindjet Connect
See Collaborating with Mindjet Connect
for more information on creating new maps in Mindjet Connect.
What do you want to do?
For a new map, do one of the following in the MindManager window:
Double-click
on an empty area of the bottom workbook tabs bar.
On
the Quick Access Toolbar,
click New
.
Click the File tab, click New, and then click New Blank Map.
Press CTRL+N.
MindManager opens a new map based on the New Blank Map template.
Each new blank map begins with a central topic, or title. To begin, click on the central topic and enter the theme of your map. Then, go on to create other topics.
You can set an option to direct MindManager whether or not to open a new map each time it starts using the MindManager General options.
Create a new map based on a Map Template |
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You can create a new map using a Map Template shown in the New Map dialog, or if you are connected to the Internet, you can choose a template from the Online Gallery or from the Maps for That! collection .
Do one of the following
On the Quick
Access Toolbar, click the New
arrow 
, and then click
From Template.
Click the File tab, and then click New.
The set of built-in map templates is displayed.
Do one of the following:
Under Map Templates double-click a Map Template to use as the basis for the new map.
Click New from Maps for That!, select a category, and then double-click on one of the displayed templates.
Click New from Online Gallery, select a category, and then double-click on one of the displayed templates.
If you don't see the Template you want to use in the dialog, click Add Template.
Navigate to the Template file, and then click Open.
The Template will appear with the set of built-in templates in the New Map dialog.
Right-click and choose the action.
If you remove the template, it is no longer displayed in this dialog, but it is not deleted from disk.
You can add to or modify an existing map without changing the original.
Do one of the following:
On the Quick
Access Toolbar, click the New
arrow and then click From Existing Map .
Click the File tab, click New, and then click New from existing.
Select the map you want to use as the basis for the new map.
A copy of the map will open with a temporary name, and you can make changes and additions to it. When you save the map you will be prompted for a new file name, so the original will not be changed.
You can create a new map from topics on an existing map by using the Send To command. You may want to use this feature if:
You want to duplicate a topic or topics in a new map.
Your map gets large and you want to "break off" topics to create a separate map. You can link these maps together, and then use the Linked Maps View to see previews of all the linked maps and execute a variety of commands on them.
Do one of the following:
Right-click the topic
Select several topics and then right-click on one of them.
Click Send To, and then click New Linked Map.
If you selected a single topic you can choose whether it will become the central topic or a main topic (branching off a new central topic) on the new map.
If you want to remove the topics from the current map, choose the Delete original topics and create hyperlinks to exported topics. The topics will move to the new map and hyperlinks will be added to the original map that point to the new map.
If you want the exported topics to link back to the original map, check Create hyperlinks from exported topics to original topics.
Otherwise, the topics are simply copied to create a new map but the original is left unchanged. (This produces the same result as copying the topics, opening a new map and pasting them.)
You can import a file from another application to use its content as the basis for a map. MindManager can open:
Microsoft Word documents
Microsoft Project files
Microsoft Project Exchange (MPX) files
On the File tab, click Import.
Click the type of file you want to import, select the file, and then click Open.
See Work with Microsoft Word, Work with Microsoft Project, and Import an MPX file for more information on using these files.
Create and modify Map Templates
