Mindjet visits Tabletology.com
Posted by Olga Kits under Tablet PC Software , PDF related , MindManager
After our podcast with James Kendrick and March Orchant, Michael Scherotter (Business Solutions Architect) from Mindjet dropped by and wrote a couple of words on Tabletology.com. During our podcast we were explaining how we wished we could pen all over
our mindmaps. Currently, penning all over the map is impossible and, from our vantage point, something that really needs to be integrated into MindManager. We hope this is possible in future versions. When the new version of Mindmanager was recently released (along with Mindjet’s nice new logo) we were surprised that the entire Mindmapping canvas was not inking sensitive.
This reminded us a bit of how few robust inking capabilities are integrated into Adobe Acrobat. This had always baffled us because PDFs are perfect for inking! This gaping hole by Adobe has left the door open for software like PDF Annotator. I have used PDF Annotator on and off and have wrestled between the shortcomings in both PDF Annotator and Adobe Acrobat. We wrote a little review of it here.
Back to MindManager. Michael Scherotter from Mindjet dropped by to let Tabletology know about a plugin for MindManager where you can export a mindmap into Microsoft OneNote. This is a good start, though for now this is obviously a workaround for having the entire MindMapping canvas inking sensitive.
I tried to export 2 mindmaps I have been working on to OneNote and have mixed results. The first map (see below) worked fine. The map was successully exported into OneNote. I can now draw all over it. Of course if I want to make changes to my original mindmap I will have to switch back and forth between MindManager and OneNote.
Then I tried to export another map I have been working on. It is a large map and while I tried to adjust the zoom function, as you can see from the photo it produced a fuzzy non-workable OneNote page. This is too bad. Does anyone know whether there is a workaround for this? Do let us know.
Download the OneNote MindManger plug-in here and let us know your experiences.
We have some other wishes for MindManager which we’ll write about in future posts.
December 2nd, 2005 01:18
The map is an image in OneNote so can you drag the lower right corner down to make it big enough to read?
December 2nd, 2005 08:01
Thanks James. I tried it -and yes the image can be stretched - but it remained unreadable. I’ll try it again this weekend and play with different MindManager images/resolutions/sizes/ export settings etc. Olga
December 2nd, 2005 09:49
Ladies…er…girls…er??
Enjoyed your visit with James and Marc and your site and am eager to learn more about your use of MindManager. But, could you share a little more info on how Lynette uses Brain? Like James, I have tried using it several times in the past but actually found it too restrictive for my workstyle. Your description - piles of papers on the desk - caused me to download the demo, again, but I guess I’m locked in my old paradigm and still can’t see it as useful.
Thanks
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December 2nd, 2005 10:29
Hi Stan,
Lynette and I discussed this morning how to proceed with a post on TheBrain and we’ll try and do something shortly. It takes a bit of time and our jobs stand in the way!! One challenge is to show the dynamic nature of TheBrain with jpegs or to find an alternative.
Thanks for the comment! Olga
August 1st, 2006 14:22
Great site! Who would’ve thought that I would find out the link to Mindmapping and OneNote on a site from Halifax!
Cheers from a fellow Haligonian!