Freemind: Open Source Mind-Mapping Software
Freemind User Guide
(Version 0.8.0)
By Shailaja KumarUnder the guidance of:Beth AgnewProfessor, Technical CommunicationSeneca College of Applied Arts & TechnologyToronto, ON
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Freemind: Open Source Mind-Mapping Software
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: WELCOME TO FREEMIND................................................................5
1.0 Introduction to Freemind......................................................................................6
1.1 What Freemind is good for...........................................................................61.2 Features...........................................................................................................7
2.0 Installation............................................................................................................9
2.1 Basic requirements of Freemind..................................................................92.2 Downloading and installing JRE.................................................................92.3 Downloading and installing Freemind.....................................................11
CHAPTER 2 : GETTING STARTED.........................................................................13
3.0 Exploring the Freemind interface.......................................................................14
3.1 Creating and deleting nodes......................................................................163.2 Saving your mind map................................................................................183.3 Editing node text..........................................................................................193.4 Formatting a node........................................................................................213.5 Using the Physical Styles............................................................................273.6 Searching nodes............................................................................................29
CHAPTER 3 : ADDING CLOUDS, LINKS, AND ICONS...................................31
4.0 Adding clouds, links, and icons..........................................................................32
4.1 Highlighting nodes with clouds................................................................324.2 Adding hyperlinks.......................................................................................334.3 Adding icons.................................................................................................354.4 Adding graphical links................................................................................37
CHAPTER 4 : ADVANCED OPERATIONS............................................................39
5.0 Features that simplify your work........................................................................40
5.1 Selecting multiple nodes.............................................................................405.2 Dragging and dropping..............................................................................415.3 Copying and pasting...................................................................................425.4 Folding and unfolding................................................................................455.5 Using Undo...................................................................................................46
6.0 Navigation features.............................................................................................46
6.1 Moving around.............................................................................................466.2 Changing to a different mind map............................................................476.3 Scrolling the map.........................................................................................47
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