Open or close a map

You can open a map for editing to change the original map. To avoid changing the original you can open a copy or open the map as read-only. If you open a map that is password-protected you may be asked to enter a password to open or edit the map.

What do you want to do?

• Open an existing map

• Open a map as a copy or open as read-only

• Open a password-protected map

• Close a map

Open an existing map

1. Do one of the following:

• On the Quick Access Toolbar, click Open .

• Click the File tab, and then click Open.

• Press CTRL+O.

2. The standard Windows Open dialog appears so you can navigate to the map file, and then click Open. (You can open a map from an earlier version. See Compatibility with earlier versions .)

• You can double-click on a map (.mmap) file in Windows Explorer to open it.

Mindjet Catalyst
You can open a map in a Mindjet Catalyst workspace by clicking Open from Mindjet Catalyst, then select a workspace and the document to open. You can also open workspace maps and other workspace documents directly from the Catalyst Workspaces window.

Open several maps at once

You can have multiple maps open in MindManager. (To open several at once, press CTRL as you select their names in the Open dialog, then click Open.) If you are using Workbook Tabs you'll see a tab for each open map at the top of the map window. (Note that you can choose to see workbook tabs with either the map title or the map file name using the MindManager View options.)

If a map is already open, you cannot open a second copy of it, but the Split map view allows you to work on one section of the map while viewing a different section.

• Hints:
  
  You can direct MindManager to automatically open an existing map on startup using the MindManager General options.
  
  You can set up shortcuts to frequently-used maps and folders in the My Maps task pane and open them with a single click.
  
  You can open other file types (Word, Project) to help you create a map quickly. See Import content for details.
  
  If you are working on a map with links to other maps, you can open the linked maps from the Linked Maps View.
  
  If you want to find a map containing specific content, you can use the Search Files option to find it.

Open a map as a copy or open as read-only

When you open a copy of a map, MindManager creates a duplicate map with a new name (prefixed by default with Copy (1) of...). Any changes you make are saved to the copy, not the original. When you open a map as read-only, you can view and edit the map but you cannot save it with the same name.

1. Do one of the following:

• On the Quick Access Toolbar, click Open .

• Click the File tab, and then click Open.

• Press CTRL+O.

2. The standard Windows Open dialog appears so you can navigate to the map file.

3. Click the Open arrow, and then click Open as Copy, or click Open as Read-Only.

• The Recent Files list (click the File tab, and then click Recent) , displays the list of the last few files that you have opened. Click the file name to open the file. You can control the number of recent documents that appear: use the MindManager General options.

Open a password-protected map

If you open a map that is password protected, you'll be prompted to enter the password. Maps can be assigned two types of passwords:

• A password which allows you to open the map. If you don't know the password you cannot open the map

• A password to modify the map. If you don't know this password you can open the map as Read Only: you can view and modify the map, but you cannot save it with the same name.

The first time you open it a password protected map you are given the option to remember the password. You will not be asked for the password again unless you open the map on a different computer. The MindManager Security option lets you clear all remembered passwords.

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Close a map

Do one of the following:

• Click the map's close button (the "X" on the right side of the toolbar below the main application minimize, restore and close buttons).

• Click the close button on the workbook tab

• Right-click the map's workbook tab, and then do one of the following:

• Click Close to close this map

• Click Close Special and then click Close and Delete Map, or click Close All But This

• Click the File tab , and then click Close to close MindManager and all open maps.

• You can set an option to warn you if you have maps open when you close MindManager.

Before closing, you will be asked to save any new or changed maps. If you do not save them, your changes will be lost.

Mindjet Catalyst
Changes to workspace maps are saved in real time, as you make them. There is no need to save the map when you are finished editing - your changes have already been saved and you can simply close the map.

• If you are working on a linked map, you can also close maps from the Linked Maps View.

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