When you attach a document to your map the document content is stored as part of the map file. This keeps the document(s) together in a single file with your map. This makes it easier to assure that the documents go along when you move the map to a new location or distribute it to coworkers. You can attach several documents to a single topic.
You can attach either an existing file or a new, empty document that you create on the fly.
What do you want to do?
Click the topic that you want to attach the document(s) to.
Do one of the following:
Right-click, then click Add Attachment
On the Insert tab, in the Topic Elements group, click Add Attachment.
In Outline View click the Attachments column for the topic.
Press CTRL+SHIFT+H
Then, either:
Click Attach one or more existing files and browse to select the file(s).
Click Create new empty document as attachment. Enter the name of the new document to be stored inside the map (without an extension). Then, choose an extension. The document's type will be determined by the filename extension you use, for example a .doc extension indicates that this is a new Microsoft Word file.
Click Edit attachment now if you want to open the document(s) immediately so you can view or edit them.
Click OK. If you chose to edit the document now, edit the document in the application, then save it. You'll return to MindManager
An icon 
appears on the map to show that
the topic has attachments. You can hide or show these using the Show /
Hide command.
If you attach an existing file the document is copied and stored as part of the map file, and the original document it is no longer used. You can delete the original once its been attached without affecting the attachment in your map. If you want to modify the attached document you need to do this using MindManager. Modifying the original document will not affect the attachment. If you keep and modify the original, the changes will show in MindManager only if you remove the attachment and then re-attach the file.
Mindjet Catalyst
Virus protection
If you are editing a workspace map and you add an infected file
to it as an attachment, only the attachment is affected. You will be notified
of the virus, and you can choose to destroy the attachment to remove it
from the map when it is detected.
If you do not remove the attachment immediately, a placeholder is added
to the Attachments list for the topic.
To remove this placeholder attachment from the topic at a later time, right-click
the attachment icon, and then click Remove
Infected Attachments.
If you attach a new document you can enter its content when you create the document or later on if you prefer. The document exists only as an attachment inside the map file, but you can save it as a separate file on disk to make it accessible outside of MindManager.
When you export your map to Word, you can choose whether or not to export the attachments. The attached documents are saved in individual files in the export folder, and a link to the attachment file is inserted in the Word document at the appropriate location.
Attachments are ignored when you export your map or tasks to Project and PowerPoint.
Attachments are automatically included when you Save as Web Pages. The attachments are saved in individual files in the export folder, and a link to the attachment file is inserted on the Web pages at the appropriate location.
Attachments are included, unchanged (they remain as part of the map) when you send a packaged map to a mail recipient or use the Pack and Go command to package the map in an archive. Attachments are not included when you Share your map, or send or export your map as a MindManager Viewer file.
To edit or view an attached document you must open it from within MindManager. The document will open in its associated application. It can be opened in either the standalone application or within the built-in MindManager Browser pane.
Mindjet Catalyst
Attachments in Mindjet Catalyst workspace maps open as read-only files:
You can view them but you cannot edit them.
Click on the topic's attachment icon
and click Open: filename where filename
is the document you want to open. (If there is only one attachment it
opens automatically.)
You can open attachments of supported file types in the MindManager Browser pane. Supported file types include Microsoft Office documents, text files, and any other files (such as HTML files) that can be opened by the browser. You can edit Microsoft Office attachments directly in the browser, then save them to include the changes in the map.
To use the built-in browser for attachments:
On the Insert tab, click the Attachment arrow, and then click Use Built-in Browser for Attachments.
If
you do not see this option, check to see that you have the corresponding
add-in installed and
enabled.
The Browser uses your system's Microsoft Internet Explorer security
settings.
Attachments that cannot be viewed by the Browser will open outside of MindManager in their native applications.
To open an attachment outside of MindManager when the Use Built-in Browser for Attachments option is enabled:
Right-click the attachment icon, then click Open Outside MindManager: filename where filename is the document you want to open.
Press CTRL while you click the attachment icon.
If the topic has a single attachment it will open outside MindManager in its native application.
If the topic has more than one attachment, in the pop-up menu, click Open Outside MindManager: filename where filename is the document you want to open.
If want to open an attachment
that is displayed in the Browser externally in its native application,
click the 
Open
Outside MindManager button on the Browser toolbar.
The Manage Attachments command shows a list of all the documents attached to a topic and gives you commands to manage the attachments.
Do one of the following:
In Map View click the topic's
attachments icon , and
then click Manage Attachments.
In Outline View click the Attachments column for the topic.
In the Manage Attachments dialog select one or more documents from the list. You can now do any of the following:
Open Opens the selected attachment for viewing or editing.
Save as Saves the attached document in a separate file on disk so that it is accessible outside of MindManager. This external file has no connection to the attachment - it can be edited independently and will not change the content of the attachment.
Add Inserts a new attachment on the topic
Rename Renames the selected attachment
Remove Removes the document from the list of attachments
