Visio export hints

What's exported? ▼

Hyperlinks

Hyperlinks to external files and web sites are exported to Regular links to files and web sites in Visio.

Hyperlinks to topics within the map are exported as Visio shape hyperlinks to the corresponding shape.

Topic notes

Topic notes are exported to Visio as a special shape property that can be viewed by right-clicking the shape and choosing MindManager Notes.

Not exported

Attachments

Font color, line color, fill color

Task Information

Images

 

Use start and stop markers ▼

When you export your map to Visio the topics are exported in clockwise order, starting with the topic at the 1 o'clock position. Topic trees are exported from the center outward and from top to bottom.

When you select a Microsoft Visio stencil you can choose to import Start and Stop markers. These are imported to the Export Control map marker group.

You can apply Start and Stop markers to indicate where you want to start and stop the export. In this way you can export only a portion of the map, selected sections of the map, or spit the map into several drawings.

To export:

Place start markers:

Place stop markers:

Part of a map

At the first topic to export

At the last topic to export

Selected sections

At the first topic for each section to export

At the last topic for each section to export

Split map

At the first topic for each drawing

(not needed)

Indicate process flow

You can use summary boundaries and relationships to indicate process flow types when you export a flowchart drawing.

Sequential process flow example ▼

Use summary boundaries to indicate sequential process flow.

MindManager Map:

Visio Drawing:

Parallel process flow example ▼

Structure your map in this way for parallel process flow.

MindManager Map:

Visio Drawing:

 

Unstructured process flow example ▼

MindManager Map:

Visio Drawing:

A connector will be drawn from the "Repeat" step back to S1.