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🏆 Best Practice: Share mind maps with collapsed / expanded topics (even public)
Today I'd like to show you how to share mind maps (even public) with predefined collapsed or expanded topics. Let's go: Think about, how your audience should see the map, when it gets the share-link Let's say, you want the actually expanded topics to be seen collapsed Press and hold CTRL (Windows) or CMD (iOS) + A to…
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How do I get the previous version to work?
Hi! Yesterday I used Mindmeister to make a mindmap. It was not a lot of work but there were a LOT of good thoughts in there. I closed the mindmap once before and got to work on it later without a problem. I checked previous versions, and there was a timetable which I could click. Imagine my surprise, when I gotten a paid…
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🤓 MeisterHacks: Take the Shortcut
MindMeister offers a variety of shortcuts, covering basic, advanced and everything in between. In fact, there's almost a shortcut for every functionality. I really recommend you take some time to get to grips with these shortcuts so that you can create professional mind maps without lifting your fingers from the keyboard.…
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[RESOLVED] Error when trying to restore previous versions
A very important part of my mind map disappeared and I'm trying to search previous versions for it, after duplicating the map. However, every time I go down to older versions, it gives an error that refreshes the page and prevents me from continuing. Do you know how I can resolve this? Thank you very much! A very important…
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⭐️ Get Started with Mind Mapping (Best Practices)!
Hi Community! In the United States, the summer marks the end of the previous year’s Supreme Court term, and lots of court decisions are announced. These decisions can be extremely lengthy and complex. As a retired judge, I have no problem understanding them when I read them but remembering them and all of the case’s…
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How to completely rearrange topics with (often desired) impact on the outline mode!
Quick tip: If you want to completely rearrange topics, you can hold the key's STRG/cmd + A deselect the main topic by clicking on it once and then choose detach topic's in the opening menu Now the topics are detached This way you can rearrange all topics and assign them to the main topic in a different order This…
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Using MindMeister with ChatGPT
If you've spent any time on the internet the last few months, you know that everyone's talking about ChatGPT, the groundbreaking AI chatbot and language model from OpenAI. Personally, I've been super fascinated with the tool ever since it launched at the end of November last year, especially its ability to so quickly…
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🤓 MeisterHack: Add Depth to your Map with a Color Legend
Hey Community 👋, One of my favorite things about MindMeister is how much detail you can add. With notes, connections, comments, attachments, there's a wealth of information you can present within a single mind map. Recently, I came across a way of adding even more detail: Check out the image below for an example from @Olaf…
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🤓 MeisterHacks: Use "Show as Boundary" to Distinguish Between Different Points
Hey, Mind maps can become overwhelming when you have ideas scattered all over the place. To bring some structural organization to your ideas, try to: Check out the picture below to show how @Olaf Roeb has used this feature in his brilliant shortcuts mind map: You can see that the Learning Process on the right is a…
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🤓 MeisterHacks: Turn Ideas into Action
Hey! Mind maps are so brilliant because of their versatility - you can use them to jot down scattered thoughts, find new ideas, organize your days and plan your projects. With MindMeister, you can take these processes to the next level without ever leaving the mind mapping tool. Simply click the ellipsis (...) on any topic…
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🤓 MeisterHacks: creating a mindmap while watching a YouTube video in MindMeister
You can embed a Youtube video in the center of the map and then note useful information around it as you listen. You can check out an example here:
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🤓 MeisterHacks: Making Presentation Notes with a Bulleted Outline
Making a mind map can help you get your thoughts in order when preparing for a presentation or speech. However, some users find it's not that easy to read from a mind map during a presentation. Outline mode lets you turn your visual mind map into linear form, making it ideal for presenting. Do you already use outline mode?…
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🤓 MeisterHacks: Turn a Topic into a New Mind Map
Hey! Have you ever had an idea that's so good you just need to explore it in a new mind map? Or maybe you've been making a mind map and it's getting so cluttered you want to make a new one? Well, Simply: Click the ellipsis on the topic you want to convert. Click the ... More icon. Click Create as Map. Choose your…
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🤓 MeisterHacks: Using Focus Mode for Presentations
Hello everyone, As a teacher I always use MindMeister for create my class content and also for presenting that's why I highly recommend to right click on your mindmap when you're going to start a presentation and activate focus mode that way you only will see your MindMap you can also zoom in and out while you're talking.
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🤓 MeisterHacks: Optimizing Collaborative Brainstorming
Have you ever sat in a meeting and been so focused on your own points that you completely ignore what others are saying 😅? This is a common risk of collaboration, and it appears in collaborative mind mapping too. That's why I wanted to advise: This is a key step in the principles of brainstorming - developing your…
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🏆 Best Practices: the Principles of Proper Brainstorming
Hey! I’m sure there are many avid brainstormers amongst MindMeister users, but for those of you who aren’t quite there yet worry not 🤗! In this best practices article, we go through the four principles of proper brainstorming: Don’t Judge 🚫 Be Visual 👀 Collaborate 🤝 Turn Ideas into Tasks ✅ Make some guesses below as to…
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🤓 MeisterHacks: Adding Colored Backgrounds
It's no secret that MindMeister is full of extensive customization options 😍, but did you know that you can: All you have to do is: Select the parent topic . Click on the ellipsis in the top-right corner. Under Shape , click Show as Boundary and choose a color. There's no denying that this is decorative 💅, but you can also…
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🤓 MeisterHacks: Collaborating with Comments
Although MindMeister is designed for seamless collaboration, it's still easy to miss things sometimes - after all, we're only human 😅! This inspired me to share the following tip: But "why?" you may ask. Collaborators receive notifications whenever comments are added - this is not the case with notes. Therefore, by adding…