Work with Microsoft Office

MindManager provides a variety of ways to integrate data from Microsoft Office applications into your maps, or add map content to new or existing Office documents:

Excel	Create an active link from a map topic to a range of Excel data.
Outlook	Create an active link from a map topic to an existing Outlook item, or to a new Outlook item that you create on the fly.
PowerPoint	Export your map (or a selected portion of it) to a single slide as a set of graphical objects, or to a complete multi-slide presentation.
Project	Import tasks from a Project file to a map, or export tasks from a map to Project
Word	Import a Word document (or a selected portion of it) to a map as topics, or export a map (or selected topics) to Word.
Visio	Export a map as a Visio flowchart or org-chart, and optionally code topics with specific shapes from a Visio stencil

The Microsoft Office integration features are provided by add-ins that are installed when you install MindManager.

Missing commands in MindManager

The Microsoft Office add-ins add buttons to:

The MindManager application menu - Import menu, Export menu, Save As - Other formats - Save as type: list.
The MindManager command ribbon - Insert tab, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Outlook groups; Export tab.
Topic shortcut (right-click) menu - Send to ... command.

If you do not see the commands you want to use the add-ins may be disabled, and you must enable them in MindManager.

Click the MindManager Button , and then click Add-ins.
Verify that the add-ins you want to use are checked.

If you do not see the add-in you want to use listed it may not have been installed properly: Perform a repair of MindManager as detailed in our online support article on repairing MindManager. This will attempt to re-install and re-register the add-ins in the Office programs. It is very important that all Office programs are closed at the time of installation or repairing.

Missing commands in Office applications

The Microsoft Office add-ins add "Send to Mindjet MindManager" buttons to the interfaces of the Office applications. Depending on which version of the applications you are using, you'll see these buttons either on the main toolbar, or on the Ribbon's Add-ins tab. If these commands are missing from the Office application you want to use, the add-in may be disabled, and you must enable it in the Office application.

Outlook

Outlook 2002 or 2003 users: Click Help - About Outlook - Disabled Items
Outlook 2007 users: Click Help - Disabled items
If you see MindManager listed, click to enable it and then restart Outlook. The add-in button should reappear in Outlook.

Other Office applications

For other Office programs, perform a repair of MindManager as detailed in our online support article on repairing MindManager. This will attempt to re-register the add-ins in the Office programs. It is very important that all Office programs are closed at the time of installation or repairing.

Additional steps for troubleshooting add-ins can be found in the Support section of our website.