Search for a map or document

The Search feature is particularly helpful for finding a map or workspace that contains some specific text. You need only to specify the text you want to find, the folder(s) or Mindjet Catalyst workspaces to search through, and the topic fields to check. You can also use this feature to search through a set of linked maps.

When the search is completed, you can click on a topic in the Search Results window to open the map and jump to the matching topic. You can also display the search results as topics in a map.

• MindManager makes map content available to the Windows Search feature and to other desktop search engines like Google desktop search. This means you can also search for maps based on their content using these methods.

What do you want to do?

• Open the Search pane
• Search through maps in folders
• Search through a set of linked maps
• Search through documents in workspaces
• Display Search Results in a map

Open the Search pane

You enter your Search information from the Search task pane.

To open the Search task pane, do one of the following:

• Click the Search task pane tab.

• Click the Task Panes button on the bottom status bar then click Search to open the Search task pane.

• You can also conduct a search from the top menu bar: Enter the search text in the Find box , and choose your search type from the icon's pull-down menu, or click Search to open the Search task pane.

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Search through maps in folders

1. In the Search task pane, under Define Search, enter a word or phrase in the Look for box.

2. You can enter a sub-string of the text you want to match. The Search function will show any word that contains this string as a match.

2. Select a location to search, or enter the name of the folder you want to search in the Look in box. Select the Include subfolders checkbox to search subfolders as well.

3. To specify which topic fields to search, click More search options and select the checkboxes for the fields you want to inspect. (By default, only the topic text is searched).

4. Click Search to start the search. To stop the search, press ESC.

5. The Search Results window displays a tree with the map names and topics that are positive matches.

6. To see any matching topic click the topic name in the Search Results window.

• If your map is very large, or if you are searching through many maps, the search may take some time. You can click Stop at any time to stop the search.

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Search through a set of linked maps

1. Open the main map that links to the other maps

2. Switch to Linked Maps View. You'll see thumbnails of the open map and all the maps it links to.

3. On the Linked Maps View tab in the Linked Maps group click Search.

4. In the Search task pane, under Define Search, enter a word or phrase in the Look for box.

5. You can enter a sub-string of the text you want to match. The Search function will show any word that contains this string as a match.

5. By default, only the topic text in maps is searched. To specify which topic fields to search, click More search options and select the checkboxes for the fields you want to inspect.

6. Click Search to start the search. To stop the search, press ESC.

7. The Search Results window displays a tree with the map names and topics that are positive matches.

8. To see any matching topic click the topic name in the Search Results window.

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Mindjet Catalyst
Search through documents in workspaces

1. In the Catalyst Workspaces window, in the Workspaces list, right-click a workspace name and point to Search, then click Selected Workspace or All Workspaces.

2. In the Search task pane, under Define Search, enter a word or phrase in the Look for box.

3. The Search function for workspaces will show only items that contain the whole word or phrase as a match.

3. The Look in list already shows where you want to search - you can change this location.

4. Click More search options and select the checkboxes for the fields you want to inspect.

5. By default, only the topic text in maps is searched. You can also choose whether to search Attachments, and whether to include workspace files, hidden workspaces, and hidden maps within workspaces in the search.

5. Click Search to start the search. To stop the search, press ESC.

6. The Search Results window displays a tree with the map names and topics that are positive matches.

7. To see any matching topic click the topic name in the Search Results window.

• Workspaces are indexed on a continual basis, but there may be a delay in updating the index if you have many workspaces and / or workspaces that contain large documents. As a result, it is possible that some recently-added text may not be found.

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Display Search Results in a map

1. Once you have completed the search, in the Search task pane, click Send to.

2. Choose to create a new map, or to add the search results to the selected topic.

3. A new map or topic is created, with the search results as subtopics. Each result topic contains a link to the map and to the topic that contains the search text.

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See also:

Use Linked Maps View