Mind Map

Sharing Mind Maps

Sharing a jointly created mind map with all participants is easy by email. The receivers do not need to have Compendium installed on their computers: If required, you can export mind maps into various formats, including JPEG and HTML, with the usual File | Export.

If you choose the JPEG format, the software simply generates a graphic with the appearance of the main window. It only maps the individual nodes and their connections to each other, but not the contents of the nodes. Exporting to HTML format does more: The hypertext page contains the contents of the nodes, which you can display by clicking on the corresponding anchor.

Conclusions

Mind maps are an excellent way to connect and interlink information to give you an overview and simplify your evaluation process. Compendium is a good tool for the job. It collects and combines information structured as a classic mind map, adds keywords, searches the information on the basis of various criteria, and focuses the information more sharply. The ability to export mind maps to HTML makes them easy to share. Because Compendium is platform-independent, it opens further possibilities by letting you use the program on different computers and work in groups without any compatibility problems.

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