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Posted by Franz Grieser
Jun 18, 2014 at 07:14 AM
Dr Andus wrote:
>Sorry, what do you mean? I’m just using the default setup I think,
>except that I only allow nodes to go towards the right from the first
>main node, as opposed to going in all directions, as mind maps tend to
>do.
In my setup the nodes are going in all directions and I couldn’t find a command to keep them from doing that. Neither could I find a way to position the nodes free-style (as e.g. in Xmind when holding the ALT key while dragging a node).
Posted by Dr Andus
Jun 18, 2014 at 12:49 PM
Franz Grieser wrote:
>In my setup the nodes are going in all directions and I couldn’t find a
>command to keep them from doing that.
For me the left-to-right direction is now default behaviour when I start a new map, and I can’t remember if I had to save it as a special style. I think I just manually dragged any branches that went from right-to-left back to left-to-right, and it just stayed that way. I just tried dragging them now back manually to right-to-left, and it works, so give it a try. BTW, I only create new nodes either by using a hotkey (CTRL=) or by selecting an existing node and hitting Enter, which for me always adds new nodes left-to-right.
>Neither could I find a way to position the nodes free-style
Sorry, I don’t use that at all, so I don’t know. I tried it in the past but didn’t like it. I prefer to use VUE if I need free-style concept mapping.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Jun 18, 2014 at 04:33 PM
Strange. Doesn’t work in the German edition. At least I found a way to add a free-form node (but no keyboard shortcut). But I’ll uninstall Freeplane as I find it more cumbersome to use than Xmind 2013 (which is faster and consumes less resources than vs 2012).
Posted by Jon Polish
Jun 18, 2014 at 08:46 PM
Franz Grieser wrote:
>
>Dr Andus wrote:
>
>>I use it in mind map mode (not outline mode) with nodes going from left
>>to right, which effectively is a horizontal outliner. I like the
>>horizontal layout because more can be seen of the outline in a
>landscape
>>mode monitor.
>
>How do you do that?
Instead of pressing Enter, try Insert. You want to create subtopics which will be arranged horizontally as Dr. Andus described.
With regard to creating a free positioned node, that is easy. CTRL + Double Click on an empty area of the map will accomplish that. Both have their advantages but overall I find Freeplane much more powerful.
Jon
Posted by Franz Grieser
Jun 18, 2014 at 11:06 PM
Jon Polish wrote:
>Instead of pressing Enter, try Insert. You want to create subtopics
>which will be arranged horizontally as Dr. Andus described.
Strange. I do that and end up with nodes arranged vertically on the left and right of the central node.
>With regard to creating a free positioned node, that is easy. CTRL +
>Double Click on an empty area of the map will accomplish that.
Nice to know.
>Both have
>their advantages but overall I find Freeplane much more powerful.
Maybe. But I find it visually the least appealing mind mapper. And for me mind mapping has a lot to do with visuals. So: Back to Xmind. Escpecially after I found out that exporting a mindmap to Word gave me a Word/LibreOffice DOC file with the correct heading styles.
Nevertheless: Thanks for the hints.