The Mindjet Labs

The Mindjet Knowledge Base has an extensive list of keyboard shortcuts. Following are a few other handy shortcuts that can accelerate your mapping:

•  CTRL-SHIFT-INSERT (& CTRL-SHIFT-DELETE) - these shortcuts allow you to create (or delete) a subtopic below the current one and automatically move all of the existing content below the new subtopic. I find this to be very useful if I decide that I need to place an entire section of a map into its own category. Before I knew about this shortcut I ended up dragging and dropping all of the topics.
• CTRL-drag - Holding down the CTRL key while moving a topic is an easy way to make a copy of that topic. This method of copying a topic can be very handy when you want to keep the formatting of the original topic with as little fuss as possible.
• Icon or Image-drag - If you select an icon or image contained in a topic you can drag it to another topic. This will save the time it takes to look for the image again.  Additionally, if the icon is for task completion or a flag you can click on the icon and cycle through the other options without your focus leaving the map.

I’ve been with Mindjet just over 5 years now and worked in: Customer Support, IT, Marketing, Business Development and R&D. Based on my experience, I’d like to use this blog to share my opinions of the best practices for using MindManager in business and in life.

In the future I hope there will be an “Elements of Style” for MindManager so that we can all speak the same language, share our knowledge and collaborate effectively.

Tom Blossom