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Creating a custom Map Template

You can create a custom Map Template of your own design from a map or by modifying an existing Map Template.

To create a custom Map Template from a map:

  1. Begin a new map or open an existing map.

  2. Edit the map to change the formatting and content as needed. Topics and elements (relationships, boundaries) included on the map will be included in the Map Template.

    HinT:To define the default formatting for a topic or element in this Map Template, choose Format > Set As Default Format after you've changed its formatting. When the Map Template is used to create a new map, new topics and elements will use this formatting. You can define the default formatting for subtopics by level up to level 4.

  3. Choose File > Save As.

  4. In the File Format list, choose MindManager Map Template.

  5. Enter the name of the Map Template. It will automatically be assigned the extension .mmat.

    To make the Map Template available in the MindManager Template Chooser, MindManager automatically saves it in the default folder:
    ~/Library/Application Support/Mindjet/Mindjet MindManager/13/{language}/Library/Templates

    - where the tilde (~) character indicates your home folder
    - where {language} is the language name for your installed copy of MindManager, for example, English.

To customize an existing Map Template:

  1. Choose File > Open and navigate to the Map Templates folder, usually:
    ~/Library/Application Support/Mindjet/Mindjet MindManager/13/{language}/Library/Templates

    - where the tilde (~) character indicates your home folder
    - where {language} is the language name for your installed copy of MindManager, for example, English.

  2. Choose the Map Template you want to modify, and then click Open.

  3. Edit the Map Template as you would any map. You can change the formatting and content as needed. Topics and elements (relationships, boundaries) included on the map will be included in the new Map Template.

    Hint:To define the default formatting for a topic or element in this Map Template, choose Format > Set As Default Format after you've changed its formatting. When the Map Template is used to create a new map, new topics and elements will use this formatting. You can define the default formatting for subtopics by level up to level 4.

  4. Choose File > Save As.

  5. In the File Format list, choose MindManager Map Template.

  6. Enter the name of the Map Template. It will automatically be assigned the extension .mmat.

    To make the Map Template available in the MindManager Template Chooser, MindManager automatically saves it back to the default Map Templates folder.

The new or modified Map Template will be available from the Template Chooser's selection of Map Templates when you start a new map. You can distribute this Map Template to other MindManager users. They should copy it to the default Map Template folder on their systems to make it available in the Template Chooser.

You can use your new Map Template as the default Map Template for each new map you create. To learn more, see the Related Topics below.


Related Topics

About Map Templates

Creating a new map

Using Map Templates to create new maps

Changing the default formatting for topics and elements

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