Use shortcuts to maps and folders

Open the My Maps task pane

• Click the Task Panes button on the bottom status bar then click My Maps.

• Click the My Maps task pane tab.
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  You can set an option to automatically open the My Maps task pane on startup.

Create and manage map shortcuts

First, you create a collection to hold the shortcuts, and then you create the shortcuts for that collection.

Create a new collection of map shortcuts

1. In the My Maps task pane, under Map Shortcuts, click Add new collection.

2. Enter the collection name.

Add map shortcuts to a collection

1. In the My Maps task pane, under Map Shortcuts, click the collection name.

2. Do one of the following:
   

   Click Add shortcut to existing map, select the map in the dialog, then click Open.

   Or

   Open a map and click Add shortcut to current map.

Move or copy shortcuts

• To move map shortcuts to a different collection click and drag the shortcut (hold down CTRL as you drag to copy the shortcut).
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  You can save a shortcut to the same map in several different collections.

Rename a map shortcut

1. In the My Maps task pane, under Map Shortcuts, right-click the shortcut and click Rename.

2. Enter the new name for the shortcut. (Note that this does not change the name of the map itself.)

Create folder shortcuts

Create a shortcut to a folder

• In the My Maps task pane, under Folder Shortcuts, click Add folder shortcut and navigate to the folder.
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  If you save a new map in a shortcut folder, the My Maps pane is not automatically updated. Right-click the folder shortcut and click Refresh to see a current listing.

Rename a folder shortcut

1. In the My Maps task pane, under Folder Shortcuts, right-click on the shortcut and click Rename.

2. Enter the new name for the shortcut. (Note that this does not change the name of the folder itself.)

Use shortcuts

Open a map using a shortcut

1. Open the My Maps task pane.

2. Under Map Shortcuts open the collection that contains the shortcut, or under Folder Shortcuts open the folder that contains the shortcut.

3. Click the shortcut for the map you want to open.

See properties (size, type and location) of a map or folder shortcut

• Right-click on the shortcut and then click Properties.

Repair broken shortcuts

You can set an option to update the shortcuts dynamically. If you move, rename or delete a map all shortcuts to it will be "broken" as indicated by a special icon. If you do not set this option, you will not be informed of the broken shortcut until you click on it. You will have the opportunity to repair it at that time.  
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1. Under Map Shortcuts, click the broken shortcut.

2. You can choose to browse for the map to repair the shortcut or you can remove the shortcut from the collection.

Use default collections and shortcuts

• The Map Shortcut collection My Projects is added by default. You can rename or delete this folder.

• The folder shortcut "My Maps" is added. This special folder is created and used by MindManager as the default document folder for opening and saving maps.

Pin frequently-used maps to the Recent Files list

Another way to make frequently-used maps easy to find is to pin them to the Recent Files list.

1. In the Files tab, click Open.

2. Click the name of the map you want to pin, the click the pin icon to the right of the name.

The file will appear in a separate section at the top of the recent files list with the pinned icon to the right. To unpin the map, click the pinned icon.