Use the Map Themes Organizer

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Map theme files (*.mmas files) contain settings for default formatting that you can re-use by applying them to other maps. This makes it easy to standardize the formatting of maps for your project, department, or company. MindManager comes with a good variety of themes. In addition, you can create a new map theme by saving the automatic theme settings from the current map to a file. You can modify an existing map theme directly.

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You can use the Template Organizer's Map Theme tab to manage your map themes.

Use the Organizer
Create or add new map themes from the Organizer
Modify a map theme from the Organizer

Use the Organizer

On the Design tab, in the Templates group, click the Template Organizer pull-down, and then click Map Themes. Options

Collections and folders

The list shows all the available collections and the map themes they contain. You can add or remove entire collections from the Organizer using the Package folders option. To further organize your themes, you may create folders within the collections.

Click the commands under Folder Commands to create a new folder, rename a folder, or delete a folder.
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Delete and Rename apply to entire folders. If you delete a folder, all the templates it contains will also be deleted.

Reorganize map themes

Move themes by dragging to a new folder or collection.
To modify, duplicate, delete or rename a theme, select it in the list, and then use the Template Commands.

Manage map themes

Right-click on the theme preview, then click Rename, Modify, or Delete.
The Template command Delete removes the Theme from the Organizer and deletes it from disk.
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You cannot Rename, Modify, or Delete the map theme Default .

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Create or add new map themes from the Organizer

You can add map themes in the Organizer for re-use on other maps. You can add:

A "blank" map theme that uses the system defaults and contains no additional formatting. This is a good way to start from scratch to create a new theme. You can go on to modify this theme and save it for re-use.
A new map theme that uses the automatic theme settings of the current map. Use this option if you modified the current map theme and want to save it as a separate map theme for re-use on other maps.
A theme from a theme file. This may be a file that you have received from a colleague, or a standard theme that's been designed for use on all corporate maps or just for a particular project. Adding it to the organizer makes it easier to locate and use.

Add a new theme to the Organizer

On the Design tab, in the Templates group, click the Template Organizer pull-down, and then click Map Themes.
Select a folder where you want to add the new theme. (You can always drag it to a different folder later.)
Click Add New Map Theme.
Then click on:

New Blank Theme to add a theme that uses the system defaults for all formatting.
From Theme of Current Map to save the theme settings from the current map as a discreet theme and add it to the organizer list.
From Existing Theme to add a theme from a file to the organizer. Choose the theme file from the dialog that appears.

Once the theme is added to the list, you can rename it by clicking Rename under Template commands.

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Modify a map theme from the Organizer

On the Design tab, in the Templates group, click the Template Organizer pull-down, and then click Map Themes.
In the Template Organizer, on the Map Themes tab, select the theme you want to edit.
If you want to keep the original theme you can modify a copy of it: select Duplicate and give the theme a new name.
Click Modify.
Use the Modify Theme view to set the new automatic formatting options.

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