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MindMapper 2008 includes all the great features of MindMapper v5.0 Professional plus adds many more exciting features and improvements to help you become even more productive in your job or with everyday life.
MindMapper 2008 comes in 3 editions to fit everyones MindMapping needs and budget: Professional, Standard, and Lite. Please click here to see which features are in each edition.
To see a complete list of new features in MindMapper 2008, please see the What s New in MindMapper 2008 document by clicking here.
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| 1. Mind Map + Concept Map |
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To maximize your potential thought process and easily visualize them, you simultaneously need disseminating, converging, innovating, and logical way of thinking. MindMapper 2008 added concept map features into existing map structure. You can now go beyond mapping and creative idea creation, to easily, quickly and logically visualize them in real time.
MindMapper 2008 helps make Concept Maps and Flow Charts easier. New branch designs allow creation of Concept Maps, and new flowing elements allow creation of Flow Charts. |
| 2. Personal Knowledge Management |
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| Mind mapping software can effectively help you visualize and easily organize your thoughts for complex tasks such as To Do Lists, Brainstorming, and Project Planning. However, to go beyond simple Mind Mapping, and fully utilize your intellect, you need the ability to manage and recycle your mapping information for optimal synergy. MindMapper 2008 is your Personal Knowledge Management. We added and improved the following PKM features to support knowledge generation to synergy creation. |
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Create a visual diagram of your folder structure in your hard drive, and visualize the folders by folder size or by number of files, allowing you to practically view your bulky or massive folder structure in one view. |
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Search and extract specific themes and subjects from your map and view the results in a hyperlinked document. |
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Search other map files for specific text or condition and extract the topic satisfying these conditions. |
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Support for multiple ways to sort your map (Basic Ordering Information) to easily reconfigure and reorder maps for quicker information analysis. You can sort using a wide range of conditions, including even text colors and schedule. |
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| 3. Improved Project Management |
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Projects can mean simple items such as cleaning a home, repairing a garage, planning a summer vacation, or large tasks such as installing a CRM system or constructing a 4-lane bridge. But they all share common items such as a goal, start and an end.
MindMappers built-in scheduling feature can take a brainstorming-session map and immediately add scheduling information. This allows for creative and logical thinking process to naturally lead into executing the tasks involved.
MindMapper 2008 made these tasks even simpler by improving Scheduling and Resource related UI and features. Here are some highlights: |
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Schedule Windows now shows Resource and Summary Pane in addition to the Task List and Gantt Chart. Each pane can be enabled or disabled for viewing. |
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Resources for each Task can now be assigned straight from the Schedule Window. |
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Summary pane has user customizable columns for viewing or hiding. |
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Gantt Chart visually differentiates between task and sub tasks so you can quickly observe this information graphically. |
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Scheduling Windows support various Color Themes |
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| 4. Windows Vista |
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| Windows Vista introduced new graphical user interface, connectivity options, and compatibility to give the user a new dimension in user experience. MindMapper 2008 includes these sample features to support these concepts and environment: |
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Search the internet or your MindMapper files quickly and easily. |
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Utilize live icons and images |
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| 5. Design & Details |
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MindMapper 2008 modifies the overall design to give better look and feel for menus and icons. Revamped menu structure gives you more logically placed commands in one place, and brings more popular commands at your fingertips. This gives more consistency and stability throughout the entire program.
Right off the bat, MindMapper 2008 offers more and better designed map styles such as three new Process Tree styles to get you started effortlessly.
For viewing your maps, new features such as zoom area, zoom previous and other navigation features make viewing and navigating your map a breeze. We even incorporated more Mouse controls, such as controlling font size with the Mouse wheel. And features such as choosing different arrow styles on the Relation lines are just a few of the many small changes that offer improved productivity and user experience. |
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