Enter notes

You can enter notes by simply typing them in, or you can paste them from another note or document. You can select an automatic font for the all the notes on your map by modifying the map style before you begin.

Add notes to a topic

1. Select the topic.

2. Do one of the following:

• On the Home tab, in the Topic Elements group, click  Notes.

• Right-click the topic and click Add Notes.

• In Outline View, click in the Notes column.

• Press CTRL+T or F11.

3. The Topic Notes window opens. (You can control its size and orientation ▼).
   Note that it has its own toolbar.

   Choose to display this window vertically or horizontally by default using one of the following methods:

   •  Right-click on the window then click  Window Placement.

   • On the Home tab in the Topics Elements group, click the Notes arrow and select the orientation.

   • Set the Notes window placement in the MindManager Notesoptions.

   To expand the vertical window, click the bigger button on the top toolbar. You can also drag the left-hand or top border to see more of the note and less of the map.

4. Enter your text. Text will automatically be formatted using the default font ▼.

   Change the default notes font

   • On the Format tab, click Map Style, then click Notes.

   This setting applies to the current map only.

   To save this setting as part of a map style that you can apply to other maps, change the default notes font in the Modify Style view. The setting will be saved with the style.

• If you are exporting your map to Web pages and want to insert line breaks in your text, press SHIFT+ENTER where you want the line break.

• A quick way to add notes is to paste them from another application.

5. Use the commands in the Topic Notes toolbar to format the text. Notes can also contain tables, hyperlinks and images.

• You must use this toolbar to format the notes text. The Font options on the Ribbon are for formatting the map text only.

6. When you are finished entering the note you can:

• Close the Topic Notes window by clicking x Close on the Topic Notes Toolbar.

• Click on the map to leave the Topic Notes window open. It will show the notes content for each topic you select.

• Click Next topic (or press SHIFT+PG DN) or Previous topic (or press SHIFT+PG UP) on the Topic Notes toolbar to move through the map.

A Notes icon will appear on the topic to show that it contains a note. You can show or hide these icons using the Show / Hide command.