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Posted by Graham Rhind
Jun 28, 2013 at 02:38 PM
I mentioned the problem of the manual being meaningless to us mere mortals to the ThinkComposer developer. He responded:
“The product manual: It is mainly focused in explain the structure and relation between the base documents (Compositions and Domains) in order to model a user domain and reuse the semantics and graphics of that domain. From your comment, it’s clear that a How-To or Quick Guide is a pending documentation improvement.”
Graham
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 28, 2013 at 07:06 PM
... and you smacked your forehead and said, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 28, 2013 at 07:09 PM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>- If printing is important, most mind mapping software will fare better.
>However, since your diagrams will probably be more complex, Inspiration
>http://www.inspiration.com/visual-learning/concept-mapping might be the
>better suited.
Alexander, you and I think alike. I was just about to suggest Inspiration as an option myself, and then saw your post.
Steve Z.
Posted by Dr Andus
Jun 28, 2013 at 08:05 PM
JerryNotts wrote:
>I tried to formulate my needs in one sentence and came up with
>
>Flowchart capable of linking to specific text.
>
>Do I need a graphical version of CT?
If you want to keep both the learning curve and the cost down, then I’d recommend CmapTools or VUE if you need a concept map, or Freeplane, if a mind map suffices.
Here is an example of CmapTool’s output, with links and published to the net (incidentally explaining how to share it online).
http://cmapskm.ihmc.us/rid=1064009710027_1644256618_27087/CmapTools%20-%20HTML%20Generation.cmap
And with VUE, it’s possible to save a concept map as an interactive web graphic - HTML (though I’ve never tried it), obviously with links to resources:
http://vue.tufts.edu/index.cfm
Posted by JerryNotts
Jun 29, 2013 at 08:15 AM
Dr Andus,
I had already followed your own CT blog and tried every piece of software you had mentioned, without success, except for CT.
Like many potential users of CT I had skirmished with it over some time without fully realising its potential. Your posts showed me the way into it, for which many thanks.
I had used CMap some time ago, I thought I had found the answer until I could not ‘attach’ sufficient text at some points. So my search for an alternative began. I tried Outline 4D following your mention and illustration. I tried that over May and into the first half of this month but found it too textual.
ThinkComposer looks very capable but I am somewhat put off by the creators use of jargon. I am just a simple chemist turned to legal adviser who finds it a problem to remember what the reaction between hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide yields, so the meaning of his terms is forgotten before I come to use the related functions.
Hey ho, I shall just have to persevere. Incidentally cost is not an issue. I have a nasty feeling that I might need to use Visio, but I shall have the learning curve with that.
But thank you.
Jerry