Hyperlinks

Hyperlinks can be added to map topics and notes to serve as references to external documents (including other maps), Web addresses or email addresses. This lets you avoid including or duplicating information that would clutter the map, and ensures that you see an updated document or page each time the link is activated (just click to jump to the destination).

This is also a good way to reduce map complexity by dividing a single, large map into several smaller linked maps.

• If you want to include a document as part of the map file itself, use the Attachments feature.

Hyperlinks can be added in Map View or Outline View. Once a hyperlink is added you can jump to that destination by clicking it.

You can add links that point to:

• an existing file (including another map), or a Web page

• another topic within the current map

• a new document (which is created when you add the link)

• an email address

You may add multiple links per topic. Once a hyperlink is inserted, a hyperlink icon, file-type icon, generic browser icon, or a favicon (e.g. for Google) will appear on the topic. When you rest your pointer on the icon you'll see the link destination.

You can suppress the display of hyperlink icons on topics in Map View (for example if you want to print the map without them) using the Show / Hide command. In Outline View, right-click on the column header and uncheck the Hyperlinks checkbox to hide the Hyperlinks column.

Mindjet Connect
You can include links to Mindjet Connect files on your maps.

• You can use the Power Select and Power Filter commands to select and filter topics that have hyperlinks attached.
  
  Hyperlinks to other maps can be automatically created when you export topics to a new linked map.

What do you want to do?

• Link to a file, folder, or Web page

• • Create hyperlinks automatically

  • Use the built-in browser

• Link to a topic in this map

• Link to a new document

• Link to an email address

• Manage hyperlinks

• Check for broken file and folder hyperlinks

Link to a file, folder, or Web page

Use this option to link to an existing file (including another map), Web page, or folder. If you link to another map, you can select a specific topic to link to.

1. Select the topic or click the location in a topic note where you want the link.

2. Do one of the following:

• On the Home tab or Insert tab, in the Topic Elements group, click Hyperlink.

• Right-click the topic and click Add Hyperlink .

• • Press CTRL+ Shift + K

3. In the Add Hyperlink dialog click Existing File or Web Page.

4. Do one of the following:

• Link to a file, folder, or web page ▼

  In the Link to box enter the file name and path, the folder path or the URL, or click the browser buttons for Mindjet Connect  , File , Folder , and URL to find the destination. (For a Web page copy and paste the URL from your browser into the Link to box.)

  You can choose whether the hyperlink path is stored as absolute or relative to the location of the parent map.

• Link to another map ▼

  Browse to or enter the name of a MindManager map file in the Link to box.

  Optional Select a specific topic to link to

  5. • Click Select Topic then click a topic or label.

  If you link maps together you can use Linked Maps View to see all the linked maps at once, execute commands to open, print and export them, or combine the linked maps into one large map.

5. Click Options to set special options used when you export your map to another document format or to a web page, or when you want to pass arguments with the hyperlink.

6. A link icon appears on the topic, reflecting the type of link you've added - for example if you link to a map, a map link icon appears; if you link to a Word document, the Word icon appears, and so on. Some web addresses may use favicons (custom icons) when you link to them. A topic with multiple hyperlinks displays this icon: .

To see the link's target location(s), point to it.

5. If you create a map with web page hyperlinks, favicons are displayed for these links by default, and MindManager will attempt to connect to the Internet whenever you open the map. Use MindManager's Visual Effects options to disable this behavior.

Create hyperlinks automatically

Here are some shortcuts for creating hyperlinks:

• Copy and paste a link to a map:
  In Map View right-click on the map's document tab at the bottom of the window, and then click Copy as Hyperlink. You can then paste the link into a MindManager map or another document. In MindManager, right-click on a topic, and then click Paste Hyperlink. In other applications, select a location in the document and use the Paste command.

• Copy and paste a link to a topics:
  In Map View or Outline View right-click the target topic and select Copy as Hyperlink, then right-click on a topic and select Paste (pastes source text and link) or Paste Inside (pastes only the link).
  You can also paste the link into another document or into an email or chat message.

• Paste a link to a file or web page:
  Copy the location text, for example C:\My Documents\myfile.doc or http:\\www.mindjet.com\.
  In MindManager, right-click on a topic, and select Paste Hyperlink.

• Send a link to a from the internal or external browser to your current map:
  If you are viewing a Web page or file within the MindManager browser, on the Browser task pane toolbar, click the Add to Map button.
  To create a hyperlink to a Web page from your external browser, click the Send to Mindjet MindManager button in the browser toolbar to create a new topic with a hyperlink to the page you are viewing

• Drag and drop links to files or web pages:

• • To create a hyperlink to a file, drag it from Windows Explorer or other external source (like the desktop, or a dialog with a file list) and drop it into the map. Alternatively, you can add it as an Attachment.

  • To create a hyperlink to a web page, drag the link icon from the browser address bar and drop it into the map.

A  visual cue ▼ shows you how the link will be added.

Use the built-in Browser

You can display supported hyperlink targets in the MindManager Browser pane. Supported targets include any files (such as HTML files) that can be opened by the browser.

To use the built-in browser to view hyperlinks:

• On the Home tab or Insert tab, click the Hyperlink arrow, and then click Use Built-in Browser for Hyperlinks.

• The Browser uses your system's Microsoft Internet Explorer security settings.
  
  If you do not see this option, check to see that you have the corresponding add-in installed and enabled.
• If you navigate to a different page, and you want to add the link to your map, on the Browser task pane toolbar, click the Add to Map button. The link is added to the map on the currently selected topic, or on the Central topic if nothing is selected.

Override the Use Built-in Browser for Hyperlinks option

To open a hyperlink outside of MindManager when the Use Built-in Browser for Hyperlinks option is enabled:

• when the topic contains a single link, right-click the hyperlink icon, then click Open Hyperlink Outside MindManager, or press CTRL while you click the hyperlink icon.

• when a topic contains multiple links, click the hyperlink icon, point to the link you want to open, and then click  Open Hyperlink Outside MindManager.

Open a page displayed in the MindManager Browser window externally

If you want to open a page that is displayed in the built-in Browser externally in your system browser, click the Open Outside MindManager button on the Browser toolbar.

Show target files or folders in Explorer

When a hyperlink points to a file or folder on your local system, you can show the link's target in Windows Explorer.

• when the topic contains a single link, right-click the hyperlink icon, and then click Show in Explorer.

• when a topic contains multiple links, click the hyperlink icon, point to the link whose target you want to see, and then click  Show in Explorer.

Link to a topic in this map

You can link from one map topic to another, or copy a link to a map topic to another application.

1. Select the topic, or click the location in a note where you want the link.

2. Do one of the following:

• On the Home tab or Insert tab in the Topic Elements group click Hyperlink.

• Right-click the topic, and then click Add Hyperlink

• • Press CTRL+SHIFT + K

3. In the Add Hyperlink dialog click Topic in this Map. A list of all map topics will appear.

4. If you have already created labels in the map you can choose to see only labeled topics in the topic list. (This is especially convenient for large maps.)

5. Click the map topic or label you want to link to.

6. Click Options to set special options used when you export your map to another document format or to a web page, or when you want to pass arguments with the hyperlink.

7. The topic hyperlink icon appears on the topic, or (on a topic with multiple links) in the hyperlink icon pull-down.

To create a link to a topic from the context menus use the Copy and Paste Hyperlink ▼ commands.

Link to a topic in this map from another document

1. Right-click the topic you want to link to and select Copy as Hyperlink.

2. Switch to the other application and click at the location for the hyperlink.

3. Press CTRL+V .

The topic text is pasted into the document and includes a link to the map topic.

Mark topics with labels

In MindManager, labels are used to identify a specific topic on a map. This can be helpful when a map has several topics with similar names. When you create a hyperlink to another map you can include the label name to jump directly to that topic. Hyperlinks to topics on the same map can use labels as well.

Add a label

1. Click the topic that you want to label.

2. Do one of the following:

• On the Home tab or Insert tab, in the Topic Elements group, click Label.

• In Outline View, click the label column for the topic.

• Press CTRL+SHIFT+F5.

3. By default, the label name uses the topic text, but you can change this by entering a new name.
   Label names cannot contain spaces, numbers or special characters - these are converted to underline characters.

4. Click Add.

5. You can use the Power Select and Power Filter commands to select and filter topics that have labels attached.
   
   You can choose whether to show Labels using the Show / Hide command.

Modify or remove a topic label

1. Do one of the following:

• Click the label icon .

• On the Insert tab, in the Topic Elements group, click Label.

• • Press CTRL+SHIFT+F5.

2. Click the label in the list of labels.

3. Do one of the following

• To remove the label click Remove.

• To modify the label, enter new text for the label name and click Modify.

• Right-click the label icon, then click Modify Label or Remove Label.

• To remove several (or all) labels, select the topics (press CTRL+A to select all topics). On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the Clear arrow, and then click Labels.

Link to a new document

You can create a hyperlink to a new document that is created at the same time as the link. You can add content to the new document immediately or edit it later.

1. Select the topic or click the location in a note where you want the link.

2. Do one of the following:

• On the Home tab or Insert tab, in the Topic Elements group, click Hyperlink.

• Right-click the topic and click Add Hyperlink

• • Press CTRL+SHIFT+K.

3. In the Add Hyperlink dialog click New Document.

4. Enter the file name in the Name of new document box. Use an appropriate extension such as .doc for a Word document or . xls for an Excel spreadsheet.

5. Full path shows where the document will be stored. Click Change to specify a different location.

6. Click Edit now to switch to the appropriate application and add content to the file immediately, or click Edit later to just create an empty document.

7. Choose whether the hyperlink path is stored as absolute or relative to the location of the map.

8. Click Options to set special options used when you export your map to another document format or to a web page, or when you want to pass arguments with the hyperlink.

9. The document hyperlink icon appears on the topic, or (on a topic with multiple links) in the hyperlink icon pull-down.

Link to an email address

You can use an email address hyperlink to automatically create an email message each time you click on it.

1. Select the topic or click the location in a note where you want the link.

2. Do one of the following:

• On the Home tab or Insert tab in the Topic Elements group click Hyperlink.

• Right-click the topic and click Add Hyperlink.

• • Press CTRL+SHIFT+K

3. In the Add Hyperlink dialog click Email Address.

4. Enter the address, or click it in the list of Recently used email addresses.

5. Enter a Subject to use for messages created by this link.

6. Click Options to set special options used when you export your map to another document format or to a web page, or when you want to pass arguments with the hyperlink.

The email hyperlink icon appears on the topic, or (on a topic with multiple links) in the hyperlink icon pull-down. Click on it to begin a new email message.

Manage hyperlinks

Topics with single links

Edit a hyperlink

1. Do one of the following:

• Right-click the topic hyperlink icon (for example or ) in Map View or Outline View, or right-click the linked text or image in a topic note , and then click Edit hyperlink.

• Click the map topic, or click the note text or image with the link. Then, on the Insert tab, in the Topic Elements group, click the Hyperlink pull-down, and then click Edit Hyperlink.

• • Press CTRL+K

2. Make the changes, and then click OK.

Cut or copy a hyperlink from one topic and paste to another

1. Right-click the topic hyperlink icon, and then click Cut hyperlink or Copy hyperlink.

2. Right-click the topic or location where you want to add the link, and then click Paste Hyperlink.

Remove a hyperlink

• Right-click the topic hyperlink icon, or on the linked text or image, and then click Remove hyperlink.

• To remove several (or all) hyperlinks, select the topics (press CTRL+A to select all topics). On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the Clear arrow, and then click Hyperlinks.

• You can suppress the display of hyperlink icons on topics in Map view (for example if you want to print the map without them) using the Show / Hide command.

Topics with multiple links

When a topic has multiple hyperlinks, it displays this icon: . You can manage the links by doing the following:

• To remove all the hyperlinks, click the multi-link icon, and then click Remove All Hyperlinks.

• To add, edit, remove or re-order the links, click the multi-link icon, and then click Manage Hyperlinks.

• The first link in the list is the "primary link". Only this link is included in exports to Microsoft Project. Other exports include all the links.

Check for broken file and folder hyperlinks

If you move, rename or delete a document that is a link destination all hyperlinks to it will be "broken". You can check the map for broken links to files and folders.

• This command does not check links to web sites or other web locations.

1. On the Insert tab, in the Topic Elements group, click the Hyperlink arrow, and then click Check File & Folder Hyperlinks.

2. If a broken link is found, you can choose to browse for the file to repair the link or remove the link from the map.

3. If you click a broken hyperlink you'll get a message that offers you the opportunity to repair it immediately.
4. You can set an option to check file links dynamically. A broken link icon will be displayed for file links that cannot be validated. For topics with multiple links, the broken link icon is only displayed in the list of links - it does not change the multi-link icon.

See also:

Attachments

Show or hide map elements

Select topics and objects

Filter topics

Use Linked Maps view