Exporting to PowerPoint

You can export your mind map as a Microsoft PowerPoint document.

Choose Export | PowerPoint in the map workspace or Export | Export to Microsoft PowerPoint from the Backstage view.

Select settings as described below, or leave the default settings unchanged.

By default, all text notes, pictures, hyperlinks, branch connections and empty sub-branches are included.

Select whether you want to store the exported file on a local drive or on a cloud-based drive using Google Drive or Microsoft Live.

Click Export, and select a location for the exported file. If you chose to store it online, you may be asked to sign in to the selected storage service.

Selecting an export template

On the Templates tab, select the template you would like to use.

Selecting general options

On the General tab, select which elements of the mind map should be included in the export.

If you include a map image and have used the Branch Focus or Detail Level options to show fewer branches before exporting, the image in the exported file only shows the currently visible branches. The text of the exported file, however, includes the text of all branches in the map. For more information, see "Viewing a mind map" and "Focusing on a branch".

Click Document Information to enter information about the document such as title, subject and keywords. Use commas or semicolons to separate keywords.

More information on the PowerPoint export feature

You do not need to have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer in order to export to PowerPoint. However, you need PowerPoint 2007 and above to open the exported document. You can also open the document in an earlier version of PowerPoint if you have installed the Microsoft Office Compatibility pack, available free from the Microsoft web site.

By default, the exported file will have the same name as the MindView Online document.

The branches of the map are exported to PowerPoint in the order in which they are displayed, starting from the top right in a clockwise direction. The root makes up the first slide, with the root label as the slide heading, followed by a list of the main branches. Each branch is then exported as a slide, with any sub-branches listed below the slide heading.

Text notes are inserted directly on the slide to which it belongs.

Attached objects are not included in the export. Instead, the exported PowerPoint file contains hyperlinks to the attached objects in the original MindView Online document. The hyperlinks can be used when presenting the PowerPoint presentation. When the reader clicks a hyperlink to an attached object, he or she is taken to the MindView Online site where the attachments can be downloaded to his/her computer, network or device.

The reader can only access the online document on MindView Online and download the attached objects if he or she has a MindView account, and if the online document has been shared with the reader. For more information, see "Sharing files and folders".