Edit topic text

You can replace or modify the text of any topic in Map View or Outline view.

Edit the topic text

Select the topic.
Do one of the following:

To replace the entire topic enter the new text. (Map View only).
To edit the current text, click again or press F2. Position the cursor and type the new text.

Press SHIFT+ENTER to create a line break.

Press ENTER when you've finished.

See Keyboard Shortcuts for more info on keystrokes used in text editing mode.

You can also use the Cut, Copy, Paste and Paste Inside commands ▼ to modify the topic text. You can paste text from MindManager or another application into your topics.

Cut or copy text from a topic

Select the topic.
Click again on the topic text, and highlight what you want to cut or copy.
On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Cut or Copy.

Press CTRL+C

Append cut or copied text to an existing topic.

Select the topic.
On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the Paste arrow, and then click Paste Inside.

Right-click on the topic and click Paste Inside.

Paste cut or copied text at a specific location inside a topic

Select the topic.
Click again to begin edit mode.

Click at the location you want to paste the text.
On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Paste.

Press CTRL+V

Create a new topic from cut or copied text

Select the parent topic.
Do one of the following:

On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Paste.
Right-click, then click Paste.

To paste the new topic without formatting (so its formatting is determined by the Map Style). Click Edit - Paste Special and choose Unformatted Text.

Control the topic width

The topic width determines whether the text will wrap.

Change the width of a single topic by dragging the outside edge.

To the reformat topic text to a single line, rest the pointer on the outer edge of the topic so that the resize cursor shows and double-click.

Control the preferred width for all topics using the size formatting options.

Split a topic into multiple topics

You can split a topic into multiple topics or multiple subtopics using spaces as a delimiter.

Select the topic.
On the Ribbon's Home tab, click Split.

Right-click, and then click Split.

To split into multiple topics press CTRL+ALT+ENTER.
To split into multiple subtopics press CTRL+ALT+INSERT.

Or, you can split the topic at a particular location, using the text to the right of the cursor for the new topics.

Select the topic, and click inside the topic at the location where you want to split it.
On the Ribbon's Home tab, click Split.

Right-click, and then click Split.

Click the topic type you want to create with the text to the right of the cursor. If you choose one of the "Multiple" options, the text is split at the cursor location, and then using spaces as the delimiter.

To split and create a sibling topic press ALT+SHIFT+Down.
To split and create a subtopic press ALT+SHIFT+Right.