Mindjet MindManager 8

Mindjet MindManager 8 is an innovative business collaboration application designed to improve creativity, highlight and streamline decision making and planning, and manage collaborative business meetings. A powerful tool for the creative professional, MindManager 8 is perfect for presentations, investor meetings, and creative businesses.

Creativity is a major factor in business success, with many of today's most successful companies having invested heavily in creative ideas in the past. From product creation to marketing and PR planning, almost all major business decisions require extensive creative input and interpersonal collaboration.

MindManager 8 streamlines the creative process, giving professionals a visual record of their ideas, discussions, and developments. By allowing users to attach separate MS Word, Powerpoint, and Excel documents to their map, MindManager 8 provides seamless integration of supporting data, planning documents, and reports.

Users can export their maps to an interactive Adobe .PDF file, or even publish their maps online. Perfect for presentations, MindManager 8 allows professionals to export their data to an interactive Adobe Flash file ready for conference presentations, investor meetings, and even online viewing. Links can be added to websites, online media resources, and even local video and audio files.

While MindManager 8 provides a non-linear interface for preparing ideas and strategies, it still requires a reasonable degree of attention and care to present ideas effectively. Users may become frustrated with the relatively rigid interface, and at times visually arranging data can become quite taxing and difficult.

When it comes to creative software, it's very difficult to find something that fits everyone's needs. Creativity is presented differently amongst different people, and while MindManager 8 provides a great canvas for presenting ideas and concepts, it's certainly not a tool that everyone can pick up and get used to instantly.

Mindjet MindManager: What We Liked

• Creative planning software, on the whole, is difficult to find, and MindManager 8 is one of the best applications in its field.
• Integration of MS Office files, online resources, and digital media make it relatively easy to create dynamic maps and planning documents.
• PDF exporting makes sharing digital and physical copies of information simple, and web publishing options are great for sharing data amongst a large range of users.

Mindjet MindManager: What We Didn't Like

• Creative software requires a great interface, and while MindManager runs quite smoothly, it's not a particularly easy program to use.
• Arranging data on the interactive canvas can be difficult at times.

Mindjet Support

MindManager 8 comes with offline documentation, including a user guide and troubleshooting tips. Online support is provided, with a knowledge base, software FAQs, online training and tutorials, and email support available.

About Mindjet

With software used by Fortune 500 companies such as Coca-Cola, IBM, and Philips, Mindjet are a leading company in the creative software field. Offering collaborative tools, creative applications, and presentation software, Mindjet enjoy use from executives, strategic marketing planners, and students worldwide.

  

MindManager 8 for Windows is award-winning mind mapping software that lets you create big picture maps to brainstorm, organize information, manage meetings, deliver presentations, manage projects and much more. Now enhanced with a map player, integrated Web browsing and search, automated task management and real-time database linking. MindManager 8 for Windows comes with powerful new features to help you tame the information overload beast so you can focus on what you do best.

Do you harness the wealth of data, Web pages, and other input that comes your way every day? Is there a way to use it more effectively to formulate new ideas, sharpen your focus, and ultimately drive your success? New MindManager 8 for Windows is the answer. Communicate your vision and ideas with the world by transforming your map into a fully interactive Adobe PDF file. Or publish it as an interactive Adobe Flash file to a Web page or blog. Recipients do not need to download and install any software - most desktops are already equipped for consuming these standard file formats.

Unlike the usual linear-based approach of most productivity tools, MindManager 8 uses mind-mapping technology to let you capture, organize, and communicate information using an intuitive visual canvas. You'll be able to work smarter and transform your ideas into action more quickly. View and edit attached Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint files within MindManager. No need to disrupt your focus by constantly switching between applications - it can all happen from your map.

A mind map is a visual diagram that looks like a tree with a main topic in the middle and as many sub-topics exploded out in branches. Sub-branches can have mini-branches. The branches are easy to add or move. Information in a visual format makes it more memorable, gives it context, and unveils patterns and relationships that are difficult to see in a linear document.

MindManager 8 lets you quickly gather relevant information from the Internet and other resources.

• Consolidate vast amounts of data and ideas from multiple sources onto a single map
• Surf or search the Web from within MindManager 8, adding links to your map for future reference
• Add dynamic content from customer databases, internal applications and other company resources

The integrated browser, search, and editing features, MindManager 8 eliminates these types of distractions so you can stay focused on the work at hand.

• Navigate quickly through all your data and other assets
• Find just what you need with powerful filter and search functions
• View and modify Microsoft Office documents right within MindManager

MindManager 8 lets you really strut your stuff by helping you connect and communicate your ideas with others.

• Transform your maps into fully interactive Adobe PDF or Flash files-there's no special software required for viewing
• Post your Flash maps on Web sites or your blog
• Collaborate with others on maps in real time, or present your ideas on the Web, using Mindjet Connect