Buzan's iMindMap Ultimate 4.0

Buzan's iMindMap Ultimate 4.0 is known as a new desktop application supported for Mind Mapping, developed by Tony Buzan and Buzan Online. The software uses Tony Buzan's organic Mind Mapping methods to create brain-friendly maps for brainstorming, organizing, creative thinking, and planning.

Two main modes are provided: Mind Mapping Mode allows personal organic, curved Mind Maps to be produced. Speed Mapping Mode allows users to capture information quickly, for example for note-taking in meetings or for recording telephone conversations. Buzan's iMindMap is integrated with Microsoft Office allowing Mind Maps to be exported to programs like Word and Excel as well as PDF, image files, and Web pages.

Additional capabilities include an image and an icon library; attach notes, images, sketches, hyperlinks, Mind Maps and documents to branches; relationship arrows; highlight clouds and different views including text, Web text and full screen.

Major Features:

1. World’s only official Mind Mapping® software
   • iMindMap is the only software product that fully duplicates Tony Buzan's renowned Mind Mapping techniques
2. Fully organic
   • iMindMap allows you to create completely organic looking Mind Maps
3. AutoLayout & Styles
   • Automatically organise your maps and choose one of 10 different styles settings from organic to radial to linear
4. Expand and collapse branches
   • Show or hide branches whilst you work or present, maximising your workspace
5. Focus in and out
   • ‘Focus in’ to make a branch your central idea whilst you map, ‘focus out’ to add your new ideas to your Mind Map
6. Child Maps
   • Create Child Mind Maps for any branch(es) within your Mind Map any bi-directionally link between them
7. Microsoft Office integration
   • Complete Office integration for ALL users (including Mac and Linux) even if you don’t have Office installed
     
   • Word®
   • PowerPoint®
   • Excel®
   • Outlook® (Windows Only)
   • Project®
   • OpenOffice.org integration
   • Complete OpenOffice.org integration for ALL users (including Mac and Linux) even if you don’t have Open Office installed Writer
   • Impress
   • Calc
8. Export as SVG
   • Export your Mind Maps as scalable vector graphics to use in packages such as Adobe Illustrator
9. e learning content and courses
   • e Learning Content Viewer
   • • Supports integrated e learning courses
   • Create and deliver your own
   • e learning courses
   • • Create your own content in Flash. Then integrate into iMindMap via a simple API and deliver to your audience
10. Import M.Manager Maps (.XML)
11. Import Free Mind Maps
12. Visual Features
13. Tablets and Interactive Whiteboards
    • Allows freehand drawn Mind Maps to be created using tablets or whiteboards
14. Imporved Feature
15. Relationship arrows
    • Visually show connections between different topic branches using the editable relationship arrow tool. Add keywords to your arrows
16. Highlight Clouds
    • Add emphasis to key concepts and ideas by adding a highlight cloud to a branch. Improved look and user flexibility
17. Tools
    
18.  Sketch Tool
    • Create your own personal drawings to insert into your Mind Map. Greater drawing options and ability to re-edit your drawings for ultimate creativity
19. Links
    • Link to files: including Word, Excel & PDFs
    • Link to media: including video, audio clips or pictures
    • Link to html: link to any website
    • Link to iMindMap files: link directly to other iMindMap files
20. Notes
    • Notes can be attached to a Central Image or branch using a built in, feature rich word processor. Option to display as pop ups within your Mind Map
21. Branch Sorter
    • Option to automatically sort branches in alphanumeric order
22. Thesaurus & Spell Checker
23. Update Checker
    • Check for any iMindMap update at a click of a button
24. Search Tool
    • Search for keyword(s) within iMindMap files or directories of iMindMap files
25. Screen capture tool
    • Instantly capture parts of your map and paste into other programs in a graphic format
26. Exporting
    
27. PDF
    • Share your Mind Maps in PDF format
28. Images
    • Export your Mind Map as an image in either .png or .jpeg format
29. Views
    
30. Text View
    • Displays all branches as a text document including underlying notes
31. Overview Navigation Map
    • Gives miniature view of all open MindMaps. Useful for navigating in larger Maps
32. Web Browser View
    • Preview your Mind Map in a Web browser and see your animations come to life
33. Images
    
34. Image Library
    • Consists of transparent image files: clipart, photos, animations and 3D stills. Access to over 6000 images offline and thousands more when connected to the Internet
35. Icon Library
    • A thorough categorised library of simple icons to enhance your Mind Map messages
36. Import your Own Images
    • Easily import your own images and attach them to branches or add as free-floating images
37. Languages
    • New Feature
    • English
    • Welsh
    • German
    • French
    • Spanish
    • Italian
    • Russian
    • Dutch
    • Polish
    • Traditional Chinese
    • Chinese Simplified
    • Thai
    • All include Help & Support documentation in the supported language
    • The below languages are coming soon:
    • Korean
    • Swedish
    • Portugese
    • Lithuanian
38. Help & Training
    
    • Software is 'brain friendly' and intuitive
    • • Allowing you to focus on the creation of your Mind Maps, and not on how to use the software
    • Flash Based Video Tutorials
    • • Supported by a range of free Macromedia Flash based video tutorials to explain how to use individual features within the program, including ‘Let’s Get Started’ to help you with your first Mind Map
    • Help Documentation
    • • A comprehensive integrated Help feature allows you to search or drill down for particular keywords or functions.

Enhancements:

• Adds audio notes,
• Presentation mode,
• Pop-up toolbar,
• Box branches,
• Freeform brainstorming.
• Create Stunning Presentations in Minutes Not Hours or Days!
• • Now you can design, create and deliver dynamic presentations all from within iMindMap. Impress, inspire, and inform your audience in a way they will have never seen before. Standout and get your message remembered.
• Keep the Creative Process Flowing - Never Forget a Thought!
• • Mind Mapping is a fantastic way to quickly capture and generate ideas. Now we have added another dimension which makes capturing the underlying detail even quicker. Our new Audio Notes allows you to add verbal recordings directly to your branches without slowing your creative process. No longer are you forced to stop and ‘type’ your detail. Using the additional auto-record facility you now also have the freedom to continue drawing new branches and radiate your thoughts whilst in the background iMindMap listens to what you ‘say’ and records it for later review. Useful in group brainstorming sessions where lots of ideas are being captured - just click on a branch to hear what people were saying at the time the branch was created! Never forget an idea!
• NEW Box Branches - Additional Flexibility for Your Mind Maps
• • New to iMindMap 4.0, this feature offers the perfect solution for adding lots of information to a single branch. Ideal for those occasions when you cannot immediately think of a ‘single key word.’ Boxed branches allow you to capture your ideas as sentences allowing you to go back at a later date to refine them into more powerful single key words. Boxed branches are also useful when adding quotes, product names, processes or definitions to your Mind Map.
• Need to Edit Your Map in Text Mode? Now You Can!
• • The revamped Text Mode allows interactive editing of your Mind Maps with ease. Fully edit any text, graphics, or links whilst in Text Outline Mode; these changes will then be incorporated within your Mind Map itself.
• Freeform Brainstorming - A Quick Fire Way of Capturing Lots of Ideas Fast
• • Want to capture lots of ideas quickly and add them to your Mind Map afterwards. Well, now you can! Using Freeform Brainstorming just press Alt-T and you can add any number of free floating ideas to your map. When you are ready to provide more structure to your thoughts simply drag the floating ideas on to any branch. Ideal for group brainstorming sessions where you wish to capture as many ideas as possible or when you don’t have the time to put them into a structured form immediately.
• Interface Enhancements - More Features, Less Buttons, Better Thinking!
• • We set our development team an almost impossible mission for version 4.0 - provide more features with even fewer buttons! Unbelievably they managed it! Some may call the iMindMap interface too simple, we say that is exactly the point.
• Enhanced Word Import - Turn Your Documents into Mind Maps
• • For the first time you can convert any MS Word document into an organic Mind Map using our new MS Word Import feature. Now you can convert any text into the ultimate brain-friendly format: the Mind Map!
• Attaching Information to Branches Just Became Even Easier
• • iMindMap’s drag and drop capabilities have been completely redesigned. Drag files, text, images and web links directly onto your Mind Map. No longer do you have to copy and paste. Now simply select the files or links and drag them onto your branches. This allows you to link your thoughts with existing information in the fastest way possible.
• Intelligent Printing - Printing Big Maps Becomes Even Easier
• • At last! You now have an intelligent way to print out large maps.
• Auto Branch Image - Let iMindMap Find the Right Image For You
• • The new Auto Branch Image Find feature links your branch to our massive online image library. Select your branch, click the ‘find image’ icon on the new branch pop up menu and iMindMap will automatically try and find appropriate images. Remember, every picture is worth a thousand words. Stimulate your creativity and at the same time use these visual links to improve your memory.
• Built in Tutorial - Get Started with Computer Based Mind Mapping Quicker Than Ever
• • iMindMap 4.0 includes an integrated walk through tutorial to help you open your eyes to a new way of thinking.
• Improved Project Management System - Essential for anyone who needs to manage people or tasks
• • Create Mind Maps to scope projects then add your tasks, dates, predecessors, milestones and durations. Task progress icons are displayed within your Mind Map.