A marker is an icon, text annotation, font color or fill color with an associated name or meaning (i.e. Michael's tasks). You can use markers to code your map by applying them to specific topics. Markers are stored in a map marker list, and the current list is shown in the Map Markers task pane.
Do one of the following:
On the Home tab, click the Map Markers group dialog launcher.
On the Status Bar, click the Task Panes button, then click Map Markers.
Right-click a text marker on a topic, and then click Organize.
The markers are organized into groups based on their type (icon, text markers, fill color or font color). A default set of marker groups is always included in the list. Markers can also be added to topics from the pane.
You can create additional groups for icons and text markers, organize (move, add, remove), name and group markers.
Each map markers list is pre-populated with groups of markers of a single type (Task info, icons, text markers, font color, fill color). Some groups are default groups (they appear in every map markers list) and may be empty in some lists. Markers within the group can be mutually exclusive (only one marker from this group can be used on a topic) or not (multiple markers from this group can be used on a topic). You can change this attribute for user-defined icon groups and for text marker groups.
Unnamed markers (without assigned meanings) are not included in the legend and disappear from the list when they are no longer used on the map. Named markers remain in the markers list whether or not they are used on the map. You can modify their meaning and content, or remove them from the list (and legend) if they are not used. See Modify the map markers list for details.
The Task priorities, Task complete (%), and Resources are default groups that work in conjunction with MindManager's Task info features. When you add a marker from one of these groups to a topic the corresponding task info is also added to the topic.