Attach Files

Attach a file to a topic

1. Click the topic where you want to attach the document(s).

2. Do one of the following:
   

   Right-click, then click Attach Files.

   Or

   On the Home tab or Insert tab, in the Topic Elements group, click Attach Files.

   Or

   In Outline View click the Attached files column for the topic.

   Or

   Press CTRL+SHIFT+H

3. Then, either:
   

   Click Attach one or more existing files and browse to select the file(s).

   Or

   Click Create new empty document as attached file. Enter the name of the new document to be stored inside the map (without an extension). Then, choose an extension. 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.

4. Click Edit attached file now if you want to open the document(s) immediately to view or edit them.
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   The attached document must be associated with an application on your system that can view and edit it.

    

   The attached document must be associated with an application on your system that can view and edit it.

5. 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 an attached file. Topics with multiple attached files show this icon: . You can hide or show these using the Show / Hide command.
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   Use the Power Select and Power Filter commands to select and filter topics that have attached files. Type your drop-down text here.

Attach 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 attached file in your map.

• You need to modify the attached document  using MindManager. Modifying the original document will not affect the attached file.

• If you keep and modify the original, the changes will show in MindManager only if you remove the attached file and then re-attach it.

 Create attach files with drag and drop

Create a new attached file

• If you attach a new document, you can enter its content immediately, or wait until later

• The document exists only as an attached file inside the map file—to make it accessible outside of MindManager, you need to save it as a separate file on disk

Export Maps with Attached files

Note: You may not have access to MindManager's online features. However, if you have a MindManager Plus, Mindjet for Business, or ProjectDirector account, you can turn on MindManager's online features using Options.

• When you export your map to Word, you can choose whether to export the attached files. The attached documents are saved in individual files in the export folder, and a link to the attached file is inserted in the Word document at the appropriate location.

• Attached files are ignored when you export your map or tasks to Project and PowerPoint.

• Attached files are included when you Save as Web Pages. The attached files are saved in individual files in the export folder, and a link to the attached file is inserted on the Web pages at the appropriate location.

• Attached files are included, unchanged (they remain as part of the map) when you send a packaged map to a mail recipient or use the Pack and Go command to package the map in an archive.

• Attached files are not included when you share your map, or send or export your map as a Export as an HTML5 map or OPML file.

Open attached files

You can view an attached document in either the standalone application or within the built-in MindManager Browser pane.

Open an attach file in the associated application

• Click on the topic's attached file icon and click Open: filename where filename is the document you want to open. (If there is only one attached file it opens automatically.)  
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  You cannot open an attachment unless it is associated with an application installed on your system that can edit and view this file type.

Open an attached file using  the built-in Browser

You can open attached files of supported file types (Microsoft Office documents, text files, and any other files, such as HTML files) in the MindManager Browser pane. Attachments that cannot be viewed by the Browser will open outside of MindManager in their native applications.

To use the built-in browser for attached files:

• On the Home tab or Insert tab, click the Attach Files arrow, and then click Use Built-in Browser for Attached Files.  
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  If you do not see this option, check to see that you have the corresponding add-in installed and enabled.
  The Browser uses your system's Microsoft Internet Explorer security settings.

Override the Use Built-in Browser setting for Attached Files option

To open an attached file outside of MindManager when the Use Built-in Browser for Attached Files option is enabled:

• For a topic with a single attach file: right-click the attach file icon.
  For a topic with multiple attached files, click the attached file icon.

• Click Open Outside MindManager: filename (where filename is the document you want to open), or, press CTRL while you click the attachment icon.

Open a page displayed in the MindManager Browser in its default application

If want to open an attached file that is displayed in the Browser externally in its native application, click the Open Outside MindManager button on the Browser toolbar.

Edit an attached file

You cannot edit an attachment in the built-in Browser.  Instead, open and edit it in the associated application, then refresh the Browser to reflect the edits.

Edit an attached file that is displayed in the Browser:

• Click the Open Outside MindManager button on the Browser toolbar.

• Edit and save the document in the native application.

• Click the Refresh button To update the attached file displayed in the MindManager Browser.

Manage attached files

The Manage Files shows a list of all the documents attached to a topic and gives you commands to manage the attachments.

1. Do one of the following:
   

   In Map View click the topic's attached files icon , and then click Manage files.

   Or

   In Outline View click the Attached files column for the topic.

2. In the Manage Attached files dialog select one or more documents from the list. You can now do any of the following:

Open Opens the selected attached file for viewing or editing.

Save as Saves the attached document in a separate file on disk so that it is accessible outside of MindManager. This external file has no connection to the attached file—it can be edited independently and will not change the content of the attachment.

Add Inserts a new attached file on the topic

Rename Renames the selected attached file

Remove Removes the document from the list of attached files

Copy or move attached files by dragging in Map view

• To copy, drag the attached file to the new topic or into another application.

• To move, press CTRL while dragging.

• You can drag single and multiple attached files.

• For targets that already contain attached files, the dragged attachment is added to the topic's list of attached files.