Jump to: Most used, Moving the blue box, Viewing, Reorganizing, Add info, Tasks and ToDos, Help and Shortcuts
I grouped the features according to natural usage, not as they found in the menus.
I have included ribbon/local menu shortcuts to some frequently used features that have no shortcut. Some keystrokes are repeated.
Previous and Next means topic level in the mindmap. This can be horizontally up-down-left-right depending on the structure of the map.
1.1 Same level
Enter | Add topic (sibling, next, same level) |
Shift+Enter | Add topic as previous (sibling, same level) |
Delete | Delete (and all subtopics) |
1.2 Previous/next level
Insert | Insert subtopic (next) |
Ctrl+Shift+Insert | Iinsert parent topic (previous) |
Ctrl+Shift+Delete | Cut-out (delete topic, and shift-up subtopics one level; good to remove an accidentally inserted parent) |
Arrow Keys | move in direction |
Home/End | uppermost/bottom on the same level |
Tab/Shift+Tab | previous or next (often same as arrows) |
Ctrl+Home/End | central/lowest |
Shift+Arrow Keys | select while moving |
Ctrl+Shift+[+]/Ctrl+- or ctrl+Mouse wheel | Zoom |
Ctrl+D | Expand (re-close at end) |
F11 | Notes |
F4 | Isolate/Others (good for focusing in a branch in a large map) |
4.1 Mouse
Shift+Drag | Break off (becomes a floating topic) |
Alt+drag | Position (preserves link) |
Ctrl+Drag | Duplicate (either as sibling, or floating topic) |
Right click+Drag | Drag map |
Ctrl+Wheel | Zoom |
4.2 Box formatting
Ctrl+B/I/U | Bold, Italics, Underline (common in Windows) |
Ctrl+Shift+F/C | Font and Background |
Ctrl+Shift+</> | Font size |
4.3 Move topics
Ctrl+Alt+arrow up/down | Move topic up/down one position (remains on same level in hierachy) |
Ctrl+Alt+Home/End | Move topic top/bottom (remains on same level in hierarchy) |
Ctrl+X/V | Cut/paste as sub |
Ctrl+Shift+V/Ctrl+Alt+V | Paste as callout/same level (this latter is rarely used) |
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab/Alt+arrow left/right | Next/previous open map (Tab: Win default to cycle open documents within a program.) |
4.4 See maps better
Ctrl+F5 | Fit-to-screen |
Ctrl+F3 | Collapse-and-center |
Ctrl+D | Expand |
Ctrl+Arrow Keys | Scroll page |
4.5 Branches into maps
Shift+f10, d, m | Break off big chunk to a new map, hyperlinked back-and-forth |
Shift+f10, s, a | Insert map as new subtopic, hyperlinked back-and-forth (for big files, or to keep separate) |
Ctrl+Shift+H/T | Insert map as attachment/manage it (for small files, or to keep together) |
Ctrl+J/K | Hyperlink open/create |
4.6 Relationship, boundary
alt,n,r,n | Relationship new |
Ctrl+Shift+B | Boundary inserting |
Ctrl+T | Notes (add extra details as notes to keep the map short) |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Callout topic (bubble box) |
Shift+f10,a,a | Add a new tag (little yellow label-box) |
Ctrl+Shift+K/Ctrl+K | Hyperlink (local files, http; good for big files) (MS Office uses the ctrl+shift+k shortcut) (can point to maps, too) |
Ctrl+Shift+H/T | Attachment / manage attachment (stored as part of the mmap file, good for small files) |
Ctrl+Shift+N | Add a complete map-part from the Map Parts pane |
Ctrl+Shift+0...9 | Priority (zero removes priority icon; click to cycle it) |
alt,h,o,arrow up/down,enter | Progress (click to cycle it) |
Ctrl+0...9 | Icons |
Ctrl+Shift+S | Strikethrough (to cross out in a todo list) |
F1 | Help (Windows default) |
alt,e,h | Shortcuts |
alt,f,t | Options (Useful to bring back the options pane when when checking the effects of changing options, as there is no 'Apply' button on options, only OK). |
alt,r,s | Spelling dialogue (to turn-off spell checker for non-English languages) |
Advertising for Consideration:
Ads for Consideration:
Please kindly review and accept Terms of Use and Cookie & Policy Policy