Add new Outlook items

Using the Outlook Linker you can create a new Outlook item (e.g. Note, Task, Folder) and include it on your map as a Smart Map Parts. You can then edit the item from within MindManager or from Outlook and the changes will automatically be reflected in the other application. You can disconnect the Map Part  from Outlook: It will no longer be linked to an Outlook item and its content will be converted to a Custom Properties set.

Create a new Outlook item from within MindManager

1. Do one of the following:

• On the Insert tab, in the Microsoft Outlook group, click the item you want to add.

• Insert an Outlook Linker Map Part from the MindManager Map Parts task pane into the map. These are organized in the Outlook Linker folder, and are named for the Outlook item they create - New Note, New Task, New Appointment., New Contact.

• Right-click on a topic, click Send to, and then click Microsoft Outlook as Task or Microsoft Outlook as Appointment.

•  If you do not see these commands or the map part, see Troubleshooting Office add-ins.

2. A new Outlook item is created and the appropriate Outlook form pops up to let you enter the necessary item data.

3. Then:

• Click Save and Close to save the new item in Outlook. A new Outlook linker Smart Map Part appears on the map populated with the item data

• Click Cancel to cancel creating the Outlook item and remove the MindManager Map Part.

Send an existing Outlook item to MindManager

1. Open the map in MindManager or, if this is a new map, save it. Select a topic if you want the new Outlook item topics to become its subtopics.

2. In Outlook do one of the following:

• Select one or more items, then click Export selected items to Mindjet MindManager on the Standard toolbar.

• Click on a folder and then click Export folder to Mindjet MindManager on the Standard toolbar.

•  If you do not see these buttons in Outlook, see Troubleshooting Office add-ins.

The Outlook items are added as Smart Map Parts: as subtopics below the selected topic, or as main topics if nothing is selected.

Disconnect a Map Part from Outlook

1. Right-click on the topic's Outlook item icon.

2. Click Disconnect from Outlook.