ConceptDraw MINDMAP: Product Overview

Use ConceptDraw MINDMAP for personal planning and note-taking, team brainstorming and demonstrations to audience. Personal version offers versatile mind mapping and drawing tools, and a rich collection of pre-drawn shapes. Professional version supports extra file formats, multi-page documents; it has extended capabilities for creating web sites and PowerPoint presentations.

Key Features Personal Professional
Mind mapping and Brainstorming Tools    
Brainstorming mode lets capture ideas in both Outline and MINDMAP views. Use timer to limit your brainstorming session.
The Mind Map View is synchronized with Outline allowing to switch between graphic and text views and work with the map and outline simultaneously.
Add new topics with just a double click over the place where you would like it to appear.
Add topics in free hand mode by dragging them out of the selected topic.
Choose between using MINDMAP or MindManager symbol sets, in particular, when working with maps created in MindManager. On the whole, the MINDMAP set of symbols exceeds 3000 icons.
Use text notes to supply additional information where necessary. You can edit them in the floating window. When exported to HTML, notes come up as hints in the browser.
With the single click on Arrange or Sort tools you can rearrange topics, lay out them in different directions, sort by priorities or alphabetically.
Select among multiple pre-set map styles. Change the style of the entire map with just two clicks.
Multi-page Documents let create highly detailed, multi-level maps. You can produce a complete multi-page website by exporting such a map to HTML and easily navigate through its pages in the browser.
You can add your comments to the topics using Callouts. The Floating topics allow placing random ideas that do not concern the map subject matter outside your map and then go back to these ideas later.
Business Diagramming Tools    
Besides mind-mapping tools, ConceptDraw MINDMAP features powerful flowcharting tools: vector drawing tools, automatic shape connectors and more for creating pro-quality flowcharts and diagrams.
Extensive Shapes Libraries offer the choice of mind-mapping, business, technical, flowcharting and other shapes that can be used for both mind-mapping and flowcharting.
MS Office Compatible    
ConceptDraw MINDMAP lets export its outlines to MS Word, Import MS Outlook tasks and create maps of your scheduled activities.
The advanced export to MS PowerPoint allows opening and animating maps created ConceptDraw MINDMAP in the popular presentation software.
ConceptDraw Line Compatible    
You can open MINDMAP files in ConceptDraw VI. You can also export your maps to ConceptDraw Project.
Project Planning Features    
The task information dialog allows adding start and due dates, duration, percentage completed and resources to the topics. This feature enables project managers to generate and analyze task lists of their projects in MINDMAP and then export the lists to project management applications such as MS Project XML, ConceptDraw Project and LeadingProject file formats.

You can use ConceptDraw MINDMAP together with MS Project and ConceptDraw Project. Use MINDMAP to brainstorm project tasks lists and work with task information, then simply export your task list to MS Project XML and ConceptDraw Project.

Import/export capabilities    
Export to PDF
In Professional version you can save your files as PDF (Portable Document Format). This format is perfect for exchanging and printing documents across different platforms.
MindManager Import
You can seamlessly open the files created by MindManager users on both Windows and Mac OS.
The OPML support
You can open outlines in OPML format (Outline Processor Markup Language - the native file format for outliner applications) as concise visual mind maps and vice versa, save mind map outlines to the OPML files.
Support for popular file formats:
BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, TGA, EMF, PICT, EPS, HTML. Export to PDF allows to create compact and platform-independent documents.
IPod your MindMap features
Saving mind map outline and text notes directly to iPod, without using iTunes allows iPods to carry out plans and tasks outlines or other valuable information usually stored in the notes.
Converting mind maps into slideshows that are synchronized with iPod makes it possible to view maps on the move and make presentations for friends and colleagues.
Cross-platform compatibility    
It's the first program devoted to mind mapping that supports both Macintosh and Windows platforms. All documents and libraries can be freely exchanged between versions.



System Requirements:


Macintosh Version: Windows version:
  • Mac OS version Mac OS X
  • PowerPC G3 processor
  • 256 MB of RAM
  • 100 MB of free hard drive space
  • CD-ROM drive (for installation)
  • Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
  • Pentium or higher processor
  • 256 MB of RAM
  • 100 MB of free hard drive space
  • CD-ROM drive (for installation)

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