![]() The browser opens and immediately performs a search on the topic text. Research mode is an in-app browser with customizable search engines (configurable in the settings app). In iThoughts HD for iPad, access the research mode by tapping on a node: With support for hyperlinks and text notes on each node in iThoughts, it also makes a great research tool. I use the Send to App… function and the OPML document directly to iThoughts, which is automatically converted to a new context map. If I’m working in an outlining app on iOS that supports OPML export, such as OmniOutliner, it’s extremely easy to generate a new context map in iThoughts. Tap the “+” icon to create a new map and choose the Based Upon… option: Once the text is on the clipboard, it can be pasted into the current map as a new branch or create a new document with the pasteboard contents. The lines are automatically converted to new nodes and indents are evaluated as child nodes. I create a plain text outline in any other iOS app and then copy and paste into iThoughts. For example, I also like to work in plain text lists and so do my collaborators. While iThoughts is a joy for quickly getting ideas and information into a structured layout, sometimes circumstances dictate another app or format. Importing Data: Making Diamonds from Dust If you’ve never explored the file import and export options in iThoughts, then you are in for a treat. They are utilities for getting your ideas down and then out to somewhere else. IThoughts for iOS and Mac are not just about making beautiful context maps. I also use it on my iPhone and Mac and sync everything through Dropbox. I use more than almost any other app on my iPad. All of the ideas and words in this article are mine. This article is about a sponsor's product. iThoughts is my go-to context mapping software because it works and does so much more than make a pretty map. NovaMind makes Mind Mapping intuitive and fun.įor more information about NovaMind, please visit or e-mail Gideon King at gideon(at) to iThoughts for sponsoring Macdrifter this week. NovaMind has been the top Mind Mapping program available on Mac computers for the last 6 years, and is rapidly gaining recognition in the Windows market. The updates to the Windows versions are available for immediate download through the "check for update" feature within NovaMind or by downloading the software from the NovaMind web site. ![]() ![]() Mind Manager import and export has been in the Mac version of NovaMind for several years, but the techniques used in the Windows product gives a better result, so this code will be ported to the Mac, and it will be available shortly in the Pro and Platinum editions for Mac. This capability has been built in to the Windows version of NovaMind Pro and Platinum to address this need. A lot of users have old Mind Maps that they want to convert to NovaMind format and work with in NovaMind, and sometimes people receive Mind Manager files from colleagues. The Pro and Platinum editions of NovaMind for Windows also now have the capability of importing Mind Manager files. The Microsoft Project import and export functionality is available immediately as a free update for NovaMind Platinum for Windows users, and will be integrated into the NovaMind Platinum Mac product shortly. This makes it a powerful tool for both understanding where all the different pieces of the project fit together, and also for designing solutions to project related issues. Using the Mind Map format makes it easy to see the interrelationships between objectives and requirements and tasks within the scope of the project. The Microsoft Project file format has become the de facto standard for project management applications, so just about any project management software will be able to use the MS Project format.ĭuring the project, if it is necessary to bring someone new on to the project or brainstorm solutions to particular problems in the project, the whole project file can be imported into NovaMind, or a portion of the project plan can be exported from the project management package and opened in NovaMind. This means that it is possible to carry out the project inception phases in NovaMind, brainstorming your ideas and working out the project's scope and objectives, then export into Microsoft Project format for detailed project management. ![]() Now that has all changed with the introduction of both import and export of Microsoft Project XML files. Unlike the Mac version of NovaMind which can be imported directly into Merlin, the Windows edition did not have any way of getting the information over into a project management package. Brisbane, Australia J- For some time, the Windows edition of the NovaMind Mind Mapping program (Platinum edition) has had the ability to add project related information like start and finish dates, percentage complete, priorities, and assign resources to the branches on the Mind Maps.
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