appears on the map to show that the topic has
attachments. You can hide or show these using the View
- Show/Hide command.Attachments are available in the Mindjet MindManager Pro edition only.
When you attach a document to your map the document content is stored as part of the map file. This keeps the document(s) together in a single file with your map. This makes it easier to assure that the documents go along when you move the map to a new location or distribute it to coworkers. You can attach several documents to a single topic.
You can attach either an existing file or a new, empty document that you create on the fly.
Note: A map with many attachments can become quite large. If this is a concern, you can instead choose to add hyperlinks that point to some or all of the documents. Since hyperlinks just reference an external document, they do not increase the size of your map significantly, and the files can be modified outside of MindManager. Unlike Attachments, you can only use one hyperlink per topic.
To attach a document to a topic:
Select the topic that you want to attach the document to.
Right-click and select Add Attachment or in the main menu click Topic - Add Attachment.
Hint: In Outline View click the Attachments column for the topic.
Choose Insert
existing file as attachment and browse to select the file
or
Choose Create new empty document as
attachment and enter the name of the new document to be stored
inside the map. The document's type will be determined by the filename
extension you use, for example a .doc extension indicates that this is
a new Microsoft Word file. If you do not include an extension, it is assumed
to be .mmap and the new file will be a MindManager map file. You will
receive an error message if you enter an extension that is not associated
with an application on your system.
Click the Edit attachment now option if you want to open the document immediately so you can view or edit it.
Note: You cannot add content to a new empty document or edit an existing document unless it is associated with an application that can view and edit it.
Click OK. If you chose to edit the document now, edit the document in the application, then save it. You'll return to MindManager
An icon appears on the map to show that the topic has
attachments. You can hide or show these using the View
- Show/Hide command.
Hint: You can use the Power Select and Power Filter commands to select and filter topics that have attachments.
Attaching an existing file
If you attach an existing file the document is copied and stored as part of the map file, and the original document it is no longer used. You can delete the original once its been attached without affecting the attachment in your map. If you want to modify the attached document you need to do this using MindManager. Modifying the original document will not affect the attachment. If you keep and modify the original, the changes will show in MindManager only if you remove the attachment and then re-attach the file.
Creating a new attachment
If you attach a new document you can enter its content when you create the document or later on if you prefer. The document exists only as an attachment inside the map file, but you can save it as a separate file on disk to make it accessible outside of MindManager.
When you export your map to Word, you can choose whether or not to export the attachments. The attached documents are saved in individual files in the export folder, and a link to the attachment file is inserted in the Word document at the appropriate location.
Attachments are automatically included when you Save as Web Pages. The attachments are saved in individual files in the export folder, and a link to the attachment file is inserted on the Web pages at the appropriate location.
Attachments are included, unchanged (they remain as part of the map) when you send the map to a mail recipient or use the Pack and Go command to package the map in an archive.
Attachments are ignored when you export your map or tasks to Outlook, Project and PowerPoint.
