![]() ![]() You also have options to insert clip-art and images to help you increase the options for presenting the mind map. ![]() (I’ve personally found it to be very useful.) If your map gets large, you can choose a compact view which reduces spacing between elements (while still keeping it quite readable) if you like to see a stronger sense of hierarchy you can also choose an option to justify topic alignment, which results in a view such as the following: Using the “Justified Topic Aligment” option. You can apply a number of different ‘stamps’ to entries to help you organise yourself or plan prioritisation.īy default it will auto-balance your mind maps (as applicable to the style) so that the left/right sides are relatively similar in size as you add or fill out details - though if you find this distracting you can turn it off. You’ll have noted a red dot on the “Duke’s Coffee Beans Subscription” item, too. For instance, you can create relationships between items - which is quite handy when topics overlap: Mind Map with relationships shown XMind has a bunch of useful drawing tools available. Style: Mind Map (with the default template applied) Style: Logic Chart (with an informal template applied) Style: Fishbone (with a relatively formal template applied) Style: Tree Table (default template applied) Below I’ve exported a basic mind map covering the start of some freeform planning around my husband and I moving next year, using a mix of the different styles. Not all styles suit each type of mind-map you want to do - an Org Chart is going to suit an organisational hierarchy considerably better than it would suit a free-form exploration of a novel you’re thinking about, for instance. XMind supports a variety of mind-map style formats, including:Įach one of those styles includes at least a couple of pre-made templates, and you can add more/create your own as well. That’s a good way of letting you test it out without feeling like you’re not getting the full picture of what the strengths of the product are. ![]() It has a try-before-buying mode that gives access to most functions, though exports have watermarks attached. XMind can be installed on Windows, macOS, iOS/iPad OS and Android, in addition to a cloud offering. So I threw the question to my Twitter followers and XMind was the answer that came back the most. Many of them seem to be SEO optimised links to products like Miro, Lucid Chart, etc., but I wanted something more guaranteeably installable - and cheaper. (Oh my it makes my skin crawl when I open up Word and it defaults to Calibri.)Ī casual search for “mind mapping software” on Google brings forth a bewildering array of options. My husband is a designer so after all these years I appreicate options for making my work look good, even if I’m not so great myself at the base design. I use WIndows for work, but a mix of macOS, Windows and iPad OS for productivity away from work. That way I could get benefit from it personally in addition to work.
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