Category Archives: Shortcuts/Gaps & Tricks

MindManager Gaps and Tricks 3: Preserving line breaks and other formatting when exporting topic text to Word

Posted on 2 January, 2023 by Alex

In the third article of this occasional series looking at some of the gaps in MindManager’s extensive feature set and a few “tricks”, or workarounds, to deal with them, I’m offering some options for dealing with a question that gets … Continue reading →

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MindManager Gaps and Tricks 2: Importing a list of websites using MM 22 and later versions

Posted on 2 November, 2022 by Alex

In this occasional series I’m looking at some of the gaps in MindManager’s extensive feature set and describing a few “tricks”, or workarounds, to deal with them. In this post I’m actually talking about a gap which the company itself … Continue reading →

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MindManager Gaps and Tricks 1: Exporting and printing topic notes

Posted on 23 October, 2022 by Alex

MindManager is one of the most comprehensively-featured mind mapping applications around, but there are a few things it doesn’t do well or at all, despite some of these features being available in competing products. However, MindManager’s versatility means that you … Continue reading →

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MindManager Shortcuts: 6 –Import and Export Options (part 1: Microsoft Word)

Posted on 31 August, 2018 by Alex

As part of an occasional “series within a series” I’ll be looking at shortcuts to help manage MindManager’s relationships with other programs. With a few significant exceptions MindManager (MM) does not provide a wealth of ways to exchange information with … Continue reading →

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MindManager Shortcuts: 5 – Colouring topics by category

Posted on 1 July, 2018 by Alex

Colouring topics based on tags or icons is an effective way to visually categorise them in a complex mind map. However, while the ability to colour text tags has been added to MindManager, the program still does not provide direct … Continue reading →

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MindManager Shortcuts: 4 – the power of Power Select

Posted on 27 June, 2018 by Alex

Most MindManager (MM) users are acquainted with the program’s Power Filter feature, which provides a facility to show, hide or (from MM2017 onwards) fade topics which match filter criteria. However, a lot of people overlook the Power Filter’s close cousin, … Continue reading →

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MindManager Shortcuts: 3 – filtering with conditional formatting UPDATED

Posted on 2 May, 2018 by Alex

In this the third in an occasional series of articles on MindManager shortcuts I’m describing how to use conditional formatting as a more user-friendly alternative to power filters. Many of these posts are based on solutions I’ve suggested in response to … Continue reading →

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MindManager Shortcuts: 2 – using “secret” markers

Posted on 17 April, 2018 by Alex

MindManager is a great program but it has its shortcomings; this is the second in an occasional series of articles on how to overcome some of these. Many of these posts are based on solutions I’ve suggested in response to questions … Continue reading →

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MindManager Shortcuts: 1 – selecting topic levels

Posted on 17 March, 2018 by Alex

MindManager is an incredibly versatile and useful program but it has its shortcomings, so I thought I’d start an occasional series of articles on how to overcome some of these. Many of these posts are based on solutions I’ve suggested in … Continue reading →

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