Tag Archives: Mind Mapping

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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Strong growth in Sociamind visits

Posted on 18 January, 2018 by Alex

While I would like to claim all the credit for the strong growth in the number of site visitors and page views for the Sociamind website in 2017 I suspect that part of the story is an increasing interest in MindManager itself, especially since the … Continue reading →

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See Sociamind articles on MindManager organised by category

Posted on 17 January, 2018 by Alex

In addition to the new online map of Sociamind posts on MindManager, all articles relating to MindManager can now be accessed by category. Simply select Posts by Category from the main menu to access the drop-down list.

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Explore MindManager Articles in new Sociamind Map

Posted on 16 January, 2018 by Alex

Almost all MindManager-related posts on Sociamind since early 2014 have been incorporated into a new map, available via the Sociamind menu or here. The new map also demonstrates the Publish feature which has been further enhanced  with the release of … Continue reading →

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Getting On Track with MindManager 2018 – part 2: tracking in sub-project roll-ups

Posted on 10 January, 2018 by Alex

Like my previous post on how to show the degree that tasks in a MindManager project map are “On Track”, this article was prompted by a query on the MindManager Community Forum. In this case the question was whether it … Continue reading →

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Getting On Track with MindManager 2018 – updated

Posted on 22 December, 2017 by Alex

Update: since posting  the first version of this article I discovered that the MAP add-in Extended Properties feature which this approach relies on counts task days differently to MindManager. I’ve developed a workaround which is incorporated into this updated version. … Continue reading →

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Corel and MindManager 2018 – adding the new, transforming the old (part 2)

Posted on 1 December, 2017 by Alex

In this series I’m exploring some of the new features as well as a few improvements to older ones in the recently-released MindManager 2018. In the first part I looked at improvements to a recently-introduced feature, Map Roll-ups, as well … Continue reading →

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