Export tasks to Project

The Microsoft Project Export command can be used to:

When you begin the Project export, MindManager will prompt you for some Export Format Settings.

Another method for exporting information to Project is via MPX Export.

Prepare the map for export

Project uses the MindManager Task Info to fill in the task details, but your topics are not required to have task info defined for them. In other words, you can export a basic set of tasks from MindManager and fill in the information for them in Project.

MindManager's Project export does not use task due dates when it creates new tasks in Project. You should assign a Start Date and Duration value to the task in MindManager. Tasks that contain only Start Dates and Due Dates will result in "0 hrs duration" tasks when exported to Project.

Export the entire map to a Microsoft Project file

  1. Open the map in MindManager.

Only visible topics are exported. This means you can apply a filter to hide topics you don't want to include in the project.

  1. Do one of the following:

Mindjet Catalyst - You can save the Project file to a workspace by choosing Workspaces as the Save in location, then selecting a workspace.

  1. In the export dialog, the default name for the project will be the map name, but you can change this and the location where it is saved.

  2. Click Save.

  3. A dialog appears with the export settings. Check the options you want to use.

A new Project file is created. You can Open the project to check it, Open Folder where it was saved or Close to return to MindManager.

Export selected topics to a Microsoft Project file

  1. In Project, open the file that you want to add the tasks to. If no project is opened, a new project will be created.

  2. In MindManager select the map topics to export.

  3. Right-click, click Send to, and then click Microsoft Project.

The topics will be exported and added to the end of current project.

The Project export is a one-time operation, and no link is retained between the Project tasks and the MindManager topics. If you export tasks from Project and then make changes to the tasks in MindManager you cannot export the tasks back to Project to update them there. Instead, you can delete the old tasks, then export again. The exported tasks will be added at the end of the project as new tasks.

 If you do not see Microsoft Project on the Export tab, in the Save as type list, or in the shortcut menu under Send To, see Troubleshooting Office add-ins.