Use Slide Decks

Work with Slide Decks

By default, new slides are automatically added to the active Slide Deck. If no Slide Deck is open, a new one is created. You can also create Deck files from scratch. All the slide-editing capabilities in a map file are available when working with a Deck file.

When a Deck file is opened in MindManager 21.1, Slide view is automatically displayed. If you created the Deck from slides connected to map topics, none of the changes you make to the Deck file will affect the Map file.

A Deck file open in MindManager 21.1 has a Deck icon on its Workbook tab. A Map file has a map icon .

Save existing Map Slides as a Deck

1. In the Slides pane, click the Slide Settings button , and choose Save as Deck.

2. Choose the location to save the Deck.
   If you choose Local, the default save location is My Maps/My Slide Decks folder, which is created when you install MindManager 21.1.

3. Enter the File name, then click Save.

Create a Deck

1. Do one of the following:

2. Choose the location to save the Deck.
   If you choose Local, the default save location is My Maps/My Slide Decks folder, which is created when you install MindManager 21.1.

3. Enter the File name, then click Save.

Open a Deck file

1. Do one of the following:
   

   On the Quick Access Toolbar, click Open .

   Or

   Click the File tab, then click Local or the name of a cloud storage service in the Open pane.

   Or

   Press CTRL+ O.

2. Navigate to the Deck file.
   By default, Deck files are saved to My Maps/My Slide Decks folder, which is created when you install MindManager 21.1.

3. Choose MindManager Slide Deck (*.mDeck; *.xmDeck) from the file type drop-down.

4. Click Open.

Set the aspect ratio for slides

You can change the aspect ratio for slides. Any changes you make are applied to all slides in the map. The default aspect ratio is 16:9.

• In the Slides pane, click the Slide Settings button , choose Aspect Ratio, and choose one of the following:

• 16:9

• 4:3

Create a slide

Do any of the following:

• To create an empty slide, click the New Empty Slide button in the Slides pane.

• To create a slide from a topic, a right-click topic in the map, choose Create Slide, and do one of the following:

• To add the slide to an existing Deck, choose the Slide Deck.

• To add the slide to a new Deck, choose New Deck.

• To create a slide for every topic in the map, do one of the following:

• In the Slides pane, click the Slide Settings button , and choose Auto Create Slides.

• On the View tab, in the Slides pull down, choose Auto Create Slides, and choose the Slide Deck to which to add the slides.

• To create a slide from selected map content, select the content, then do one of the following:

• In the Slides pane, click the Slide Settings button , and choose Create Slide from Selection.

• On the View tab, in the Slides pull down, choose Create Slide from Selection, and choose the Slide Deck to which to add the slides.

• To create a slide from a topic container and its contents, right-click the topic container, choose Create Slide, and choose the Slide Deck to which to add the slides.

• To create a slide from an object, right-click the object and choose Create Slide, and choose the Slide Deck to which to add the slides.

• To create a duplicate of a slide, right-click the slide in the Slides pane and choose Duplicate Slide.
  You can also create a new slide by dragging a piece of content from the map to an empty area of the Slides pane.

The new slide thumbnail will appear in the Slides pane. Each slide you create is the same size, but you can adjust the size and position of its content.

View, edit and adjust slides

When you click a slide thumbnail in the Slides pane it is displayed in the main window. The title bar at the top of the main window displays the name of the slide you reviewing, and the Pin button to unpin the boundary and adjust the size and position of the slide content.

Edit slide content

You can change how branches are displayed (expanded or collapsed) on the slide, and edit topics using the normal editing commands.

Add content from maps to slides

You can add topics and objects to slides, whether the slide is empty or already has content, by dragging the content from the map onto a slide in the Slides pane.

Change the size and position of slide content

When you are viewing a slide, the gray box indicates its boundary. The boundary is like a window through which you view the map content. Slide boundaries are fixed or "pinned" as indicated by the Pin button on the Slides view title bar. In "pinned" mode, the zoom and pan controls adjust your view of the slide. When boundaries are unpinned, you can zoom and pan to adjust the position and size of the content on each slide.

It's easiest to adjust slide content when you can see the entire slide. Before you begin, pan and  zoom the view to see all 4 boundaries of the slides you want to modify: While still in "pinned" mode , use the zoom control on the bottom toolbar, the zoom commands on the ribbon's View tab, or use zoom keyboard shortcuts (CTRL + = , CTRL + -), and use the scrollbars to pan the slide.

Unpin all slide boundaries

On the Slides view top toolbar, click the Pin button

The Pin button changes to  to indicate that the boundaries are now unpinned, and each boundary is highlighted in blue in the main window.

In "unpinned" mode , you can drag the boundary to change its position, or drag its corners to resize it:

• You can drag the slide boundary to change its location relative to the map content.

• Drag the corners of the slide boundary to change its size relative to the map content. the aspect ratio of the slide always remains constant.

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Refresh slide thumbnails

To ensure that your slides reflect the current state of the map, you can refresh them.

•  In the Slides pane, click the Slide Settings button , and choose Refresh Slide Thumbnails.

Export slides as images

You can export a slide to a range of image file formats. You can also export all slides in a deck or a range of slides as PNG image files.

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Export a slide as an image

1. In the Slides pane, right-click the slide, and choose Export as Image.

2. In the Image Export Settings dialog box, do any of the following:

●        Export the slide content without the slide background by checking the Transparent background box.

●        Specify the size of the image in the Width and Height boxes.

●        Automatically open the image file by checking the Show image after export box.

3. In the Export Slide as Image dialog, do the following:

●        Enter a file name in the File name box and location.

●        Navigate to the location where you want to save the image.

●        Choose an image file format from the Save as type drop-down menu.

4. Click Save.

Export multiple slides as images

1. In the Slides pane, click the Slide Settings button  and choose Export as Image(s).

2. In the Image Export Settings dialog box, do one of the following:

• Enable the All Slides option to export all slides in the Deck.

• Enable the Range option, and choose which slides to export.

If you want to export the slide content without the slide background, check the Transparent background box.

You can specify the size of the image in the Width and Height boxes.

3. Click OK.

4. Navigate to the location where you want to save the images, and click OK.

Print slides

You can print a single slide, a range of slides, or all slides. Each slide is printed on a separate page. The gray box on each slide indicates the area that will be printed.

1. On the View tab, in the Presentation group, click Slides.

2. Do one of the following:
   

   In the Slides pane, click the Slide Settings button , and choose Print Slides.

   Or

   On the View tab, click the Slides pull-down arrow, and choose Print Slides.

3. In the Print dialog, under Print Range, select All Slides, Range, or Selected Slide.

4. Click Preview if you want to verify what will be printed.

5. Click OK to print the slide(s).

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Display a slide show

1. Do one of the following:
   

   In the Slides pane, click the Play Slide Show button .

   Or

   On the View tab, click the Slides pull-down arrow, and choose Play Slide Show.

   Or

   Press Shift + F9.

2. Use the controls at the bottom of the screen to step through your slides and zoom in or out.
   While you're displaying a slide show, you can launch the slide editor by clicking the Open Slide Editor button .
   Press Esc to exit the slide show.
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   You can start a slide show with any slide in your map by right-clicking the slide in the Slide pane and choosing Start Presentation Here.
   
   Your slides are dynamic in slide show mode: you can pan the slide by dragging on the background, or expand / collapse / edit topics, but changes to topics will not be reflected on all the slides until you refresh them.
   
   The underlying map is changed when you edit topic text, add or remove topics, or change topic formatting, and these changes are also shown on slides that contain the edited topics.
   
   You can hide the slide icons and other map elements when you play a slide show by using the Show / Hide command.

Manage slides

• Click and drag to re-order your slides.

• Right-click a slide in the Slides pane, and use the context menu to Rename or Delete the slide.

• To remove all slides from the map, click the Slide Settings button in the Slides pane, and choose Delete All Slides.