Edit topics

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You can replace or modify the text of any topic in Map view or Outline view by editing it directly, or by using the Cut, Copy and Paste commands to paste text into a topic.

You can also change the width of a topic to control how the text wraps, or split a single topic into multiple topics.

Edit the topic text
Cut, copy, or paste topic text
Change the topic width
Split a topic into multiple topics

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Edit the topic text

Select the topic.

Move the mouse near the text. A small cursor bar displays next to the mouse arrow.
Next, do one of the following:

To overwrite the existing text, press F2 to highlight the text, and then start typing. The new text will overwrite the current text. (Map View only).
To edit the current text, click again or press F2, then position the cursor and type the new text.
To begin editing at the beginning of the text, press SPACEBAR.
To begin editing at the end of the text, press SHIFT+SPACEBAR.
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Press SHIFT+ENTER to create a line break

Press ENTER when you've finished, or press ESC to cancel editing.

See Keyboard Shortcuts for more info on keystrokes used in text editing mode.

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Cut, copy, and paste topic text

You can also use the Cut, Copy, Paste and Paste Inside commands to modify the topic text. You can paste text from MindManager or another application into your topics.

Cut or copy text from a topic

Select the topic.
Click again on the topic text, and highlight what you want to cut or copy.
On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Cut or Copy.
Press CTRL+C.

Append cut or copied text to an existing topic.

Select the topic.
On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the Paste arrow, and then click Paste Inside.
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For map topics, right-click on the topic and click Paste Inside. (This feature does not work for flowchart topics).

Paste cut or copied text at a specific location inside a topic

Select the topic.
Click again to begin edit mode.

Click at the location you want to paste the text.
On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Paste.
Press CTRL+V

Create a new topic from cut or copied text

Select the parent topic.
Do one of the following:

On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Paste.
Right-click, then click Paste.
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To paste the new topic without formatting (so its formatting is determined by the Map Theme). Click the Paste arrow, and then click Paste Special and choose Unformatted Text.

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Change the topic width

The topic width determines whether the text will wrap.

Change the width of a single topic by dragging the outside edge.

To the reformat topic text to a single line, rest the pointer on the outer edge of the blue topic frame so that the resize cursor shows and double-click.

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Split a topic into multiple topics

You can split a topic into multiple topics or multiple subtopics using spaces as a delimiter.
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Select the topic.
On the ribbon's Advanced tab, in the Edit Topics group, click Split Topic.
Select As Multiple Topics to create a group of new topics, all at the same level, or select As Multiple Subtopics to create a topic from the first word, with the other words as subtopics.
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Right-click, and then click Split Topic.

To split into multiple topics press CTRL+ALT+ENTER.
To split into a topic with multiple subtopics press CTRL+ALT+INSERT.

Or, you can split the topic at a particular location, using the text to the right of the cursor for the new topic(s).

Select the topic, and click inside the topic at the location where you want to split it.
On the ribbon's Advanced tab, in the Edit Topics group, click Split Topic.
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Right-click, and then click Split Topic.

Click the topic type you want to create with the text to the right of the cursor. If you choose one of the "Multiple" options, the text is split at the cursor location, and then into additional new topics using spaces as the delimiter.
To split and create a sibling topic press ALT+SHIFT+Down.
To split and create a subtopic press ALT+SHIFT+Right.

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