Mind Mapping + OneNote

Anonymous
2011-02-21T06:30:31+00:00

Hello, I really enjoy OneNote 2010 however I'm a bit curious if anything that mashes OneNote and Mind Mapping technology exist. The only thing I've found is for an older version of OneNote and for a ludicris price of $350. Any leads would be greatly appreciated, Thanks and Best Regards, Howard

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Anonymous
2011-04-27T13:19:00+00:00

You could do it with OneNote - use the hyperlinks in OneNote to connect ideas.  You could even use the Wikilinks feature to create new pages and link those.

If you want to draw boxes and lines you can do it, though OneNote isn't perhaps the most elegant solution for that and occasionally the lines can get moved awkwardly if you add things above or around them.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-12-03T15:10:56+00:00

    Yes Microsoft please listen to this and get a mindmap capability for One Note.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-12-26T11:33:48+00:00

    Why Is it still not available? Can't be that hard for a company like Microsoft.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-06T21:00:05+00:00

    OMG!!! I was thinking exactly the same thing. This would rock. jensness, you are sooo right! MS had its head up its for such a long time they might not even see it (years long self-repetition chokes creativity), but whoah, mindmapping in onenote would be a killer feature. I came across lots of people on internet forums who like me want a paperless life, a streamlined creative process - and many of them are aiming for a windows tablet just for the inking capability in onenote. And this is the real market for the overpriced windows tabs, not the hipsters - but business/academics/artists. I'm myself a physics student, I have no need for a toy like ipad or the surface (laptop+android smartphone has me covered), I don't subscribe to the hipster crowd, but for many people like me, inking seals the deal. That I can use! I've also been using onenote for a while and it's a fine note-taking app, a little less of a content collection app (evernote does it better with a website clipper that works in every browser, not just IE... I'm NOT gonna switch to IE, forget about it, like my firefox with addons better), but one thing I miss tremendously is mind-mapping. Jesus, onenote needs mindmapping sooo much, every time I use it, it begs for it. Would be so handy. Mindmapping is just how people think. And it should be said out loud. Anyway, just wanted to tell you jensness: 1. you're right as 2. you and I could start a company, write an addon to onenote, put it on MS own app store and rip all the money they wanna let sip through their fingers :P Just kidding, but seriously, MS - as it is right now, onenote is a full-baked note-taking app but only half-baked killer app that it could be. Don't put your future on half-baked killer apps and don't rely on 3rd party devs to do the job only you can do right.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-01-06T23:28:19+00:00

    I also agree, OneNote on Surface, accepting pen input easily, performing OCR on the Pen Input and doing mind map would be a KILLER selling point.

    Until that happens, here are some tips for doing Mind Mapping in Office that I've collected:

    Using Connectors with Shapes – Mind Map

    http://wordribbon.tips.net/T006277_Using_Connectors_with_Shapes.html

    Mind Map example using SmartArt

    http://school-maths.com/microsoft\_math/Word%202010%20for%20mathematics%20teachers%20-%20Gerrit%20Stols.pdf

    8 MS Word Templates That Help You Brainstorm & Mind Map Your Ideas Quickly

    http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-ms-word-templates-brainstorm-mind-map-ideas-quickly/

    How To Build a Mind Map In Microsoft Word

    http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/build-mind-map-microsoft-word/

    Mind map Using a SmartArt Graphic from Microsoft Office Word

    http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ssbi/pdf/mindmapusingasmartartgraphic\_bi.pdf

    PS: just because the tips are for Word, SmartArt works in Excel and PowerPoint.

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