Working with FreeMind and MindManager files
Posted on January 3rd, 2013 in Featured | 11 Comments »
- When your colleagues are using different kinds of mind mapping software, how can it achieve for your team to share mind maps? Will you all have to install multiple software or ask some to give up their favorite mind mapping software?
- You used to be a user of FreeMind or MindManager and you have adopted XMind for its features and easy-to-use. How can you check the previously saved mind maps?
- You’ve found a valuable and essential document on the Internet and downloaded it. What a pity. It’s not created by the mind mapping software, you’re using. Do you have to download and install the corresponding software for just opening the document?
- …
For the above situations, you may meet some blocks on the way to success. With XMind, the feature of import and export can help you to clear them, and Collaborate without boundaries.
Import FreeMind and MindManager
First thing to know, these two features are both free. For importing the files of FreeMind and MindManager, you may operate like below.
- Choose “File – Import – FreeMind or MindManager” from menu,
- Click the “browse” button and select the target file,
- For the option of “the current workbook”, XMind will append the imported file to a newly created sheet in your current workbook. For the option of “a new workbook”, XMind will append the imported sheet to a newly created workbook. The difference is the sheet and workbook.
- Click the “Finish” button and end the import operations
Beautify the appearance
If structure of the imported file has been changed manually before, it may show chaotic after being imported in XMind. How to beautify the imported mind map? Actually, XMind has offered an effective approach for you.
- Select the topics of the imported mind map by clicking “Ctrl + A”
- Click “Modify – Reset position” and XMind will reset the structure the position of the topics
- For further modification, please just select topic or line and change font, size, color or shape in the properties view.
Export FreeMind and MindManager
For exporting XMind document into FreeMind and MindManager file type.
- Choose “File – Export” from menu
- Select the target file type and click “Next” button
- Browse the destination file and click the “Finish” button.
- Then you will get .mm or .mmap files.
One more thing, actually, you can export .xmind file into 10 different formats, like image, txt, html, whereas only a few export features are on charge. Have you tried the import and export features?
11 Responses
Hi, I really like xmind BUT I am missing one feature: The ability do define margins around Texts. (If I would have the possibility to send you a hardcopy I could explain it in more detail…)
I would request the ability to link from Map A’s node B to Map C’s node D. Map A & C are in different files.
thx
great idea
Hello,
I really love Xmind. But it’s not available on Android and i have to bring my maps with me. The new version of Mindmanager needs connexion for working ! It would be so nice if Xmind could be available for Android
It would be nice if we could paste images into the notes without having to specify an external file. MindManager allows this and when converting MindManager files with note embedded images they are lost.
Once a Xmind map is made, is there a way i can publish this to an Intranet site, so the user can expand the various aspects online?
I am using this to create a Quality System showing who does what in their roles. I can then hyperlink to procedures etc.
Hello Andy,
The Share feature supports you to upload your mind map to XMind official website, and you can choose to share to the public or the pointed people for viewing and downloading.But it can’t support the viewers to expand or collapse the topics online.
1. Sign in your XMind ID within XMind (Help-Sign in), which is free to get from our website
2. Click the “Share” button at the tool bar
3. Make personal settings
4. Click the “Upload” button
Hello Jim
First of all, thank you for your advice.
I’ve added your suggestion into XMind development plan. You know, we are always committed to make XMind more user-friendly. But lack of develop resource, we may can’t achieve this improvment for the next XMind version.
Thank you again for your support.
Hello Val,
Thanks for your suggestions.
For lack of develop resource, the Android version is not on our plan. But I would love to recommend the 2 solutions for you. One is to upload your mind map to our serves by the “Share” feature, and the other is to try iThoughts, which support XMind file on the portable device.
Have a nice day.
I’ve used XMind for a long time, but the export to FreeMind feature seems broken. For example, I just exported an XMind file to FreeMind, and tried to open it in FreeMind 0.9.0. But FreeMind gives me an error saying it cannot read the file. In addition, I’ve tried to open the exported file into other programs that import FreeMind file format, and they can’t read it either. Everyone on my team that uses XMind has the same problem. Are we missing something?
Hello Kris,
Sorry for the delay reply.
I’m afraid that the question is that the file format is not compatible for FreeMind. We will fix this ASAP.
If possible, I would love to offer you an passby for your consideration. You may copy the main topics of XMind and paste them to the central topic of FreeMind.
At last, beg your understanding.
Have a nice day.