Category Archives: Mind Mapping

Addendum to exporting a simple task or to-do list from MindManager

Posted on 26 November, 2015 by Alex

A little while ago I outlined a process for exporting a simple flat table of tasks from MindManager using the Gantt chart table. After describing this process I commented that there was one drawback, which was that the copying options … Continue reading →

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Follow-up to exporting a simple table or to-do list from MindManager

Posted on 5 November, 2015 by Alex

I’ve been exploring the process I described in my last post to produce simple to-do lists or task tables from MindManager maps by copying the Gantt chart table and then pasting it in Excel or Word. But first, a clarification in … Continue reading →

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Exporting a simple task table or to-do list from MindManager

Posted on 4 November, 2015 by Alex

While there are numerous options for exporting MindManager maps to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other destinations, one thing the program lacks is an easy way to print or export a simple table or to-do list of tasks with just four … Continue reading →

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MAP for MindManager – image exporting with the Swiss army knife of mindmapping

Posted on 12 March, 2015 by Alex

The world of add-ins for MindManager has always been interesting, if a bit fluid. MindManager (MM) is one of the few desktop mind mapping programs with an API which allows the development of third-party add-ins and as a result a few great examples have appeared … Continue reading →

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Creating collapsible and expandable “many-to-one” relationships in MindManager mindmaps

Posted on 2 March, 2015 by Alex

One of the things most mindmapping programs are not really designed for is showing “many-to-one” relationships and MindManager (MM) is no exception. Like most of its competitors, the essential paradigm of MM is a set of topics branching out from a … Continue reading →

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How to create maps in MindManager from directory-style tables

Posted on 27 January, 2015 by Alex

Update: Recently I published a series of articles covering the import of a range of material from Word, outlining some techniques which update the methods discussed below. Part A looks at the import of standard (non-table based) Word documents, Part B specifically … Continue reading →

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Using MindManager dashboard maps with Outlook: part 4

Posted on 22 January, 2015 by Alex

Having described how to sync MindManager (MM) tasks with Outlook and then how this relationship could be used to create an interactive dashboard as well as some of the limitations and issues involved in this approach in my earlier posts, … Continue reading →

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Using MindManager dashboard maps with Outlook: part 3

Posted on 21 January, 2015 by Alex

In my previous posts I covered how to sync MindManager (MM) tasks with Outlook and then how to use this relationship to create an interactive dashboard which can provide a basic snapshot of progress across multiple projects and maps. Once … Continue reading →

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Using MindManager dashboard maps with Outlook: part 2

Posted on 19 January, 2015 by Alex

In the previous post I demonstrated how MindManager (MM) tasks could be integrated with Outlook categories when tasks are synced between the two programs. In this article I’ll show how a single dashboard map can be created to provide a … Continue reading →

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Using MindManager dashboard maps with Outlook: part 1

Posted on 19 January, 2015 by Alex

Do you use MindManager, and have you always wanted to have one map to rule all the other ones? This series of posts outlines an approach that can be used to provide such a map, or at least one that would give … Continue reading →

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