Add task information

Use the Task Info task pane to enter task information for the selected topic.

Enter task info

  1. Select the topic(s) you want to define the task info for.

  2. Do one of the following:

  1. Use the Task Info pane to define any or all of the task properties for the selected topics.

The Category information for maps from previous versions of MindManager is automatically converted to Text Markers.

  1. Task information that is not shown by marker icons is displayed in a small window below the topic text. To show or hide task information in Map View, select or clear the Show Task Info checkbox , and choose whether to include the year in the displayed dates. The date format is determined by your system's Control Panel - Regional and Language options. If you change the date display format there you should re-start MindManager.

Use the Show / Hide command to show or hide the task info in Map View.

If you use the Icon Markers command to add task icons (Priority, Task Complete %) to topics, the corresponding task information is automatically assigned to the topic.

You can use the Power Select and Power Filter commands to select or filter topics based on their Task Information settings.

Copy or move task info

You can copy text-based task info (start date, due date, duration, resources) from one topic to another.

  1. On a topic, click the task info item you want to copy and drag it to the destination topic.

Hold CTRL as you drag to move, instead of copy, the task info.

  1. Release the mouse button to drop the task info on the topic.


Selecting a task info item

If you drag a start date or due date to a topic that already has this info assigned, the date will change.

If you drag a resource to a topic that already has one or more resources assigned, the new resource will be added to the list.

Remove task info

To remove all task info from a topic, right-click the topic and then click Remove All Displayed Task Info.

To remove a specific task info item, right-click the item and then click Remove {item name}.