According to NovaMind founder Gideon King, his development team decided to implement this functionality using the former technique, because it retains the context of the currently-selected topic by showing its siblings in relationship with it. Hoist, on the other hand, is when only the currently selected topic and its children are visible in the work space. In their view, focus in is when the currently selected topic and its children are expanded while all other topics are contracted. When it comes to zeroing in on a topic in your mind map, NovaMind distinguishes between focus and hoist. ![]() Unfortunately, NovaMind doesn’t remove the rest of your map from the workspace, but only collapses the other branches. If you’re ADD like I am, this feature is quite valuable. As you may know if you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, I’m a big fan of the focus in/focus out capabilities of certain mind mapping programs, because it enables you to remove all other distractions from view and concentrate on the topic you’re currently trying to develop. There is no focus out command, because NovaMind is still displaying your entire mind map, but with only the currently-selected branch open. You can also use another hotkey to toggle through each level setting until you find one that meets your needs.įocus in: As part of the detail level controls, NovaMind 5 for Windows now enables you to “focus in” on a specific topic – which expands the selected topic and collapses all others. Each of these new toolbar commands has a corresponding Windows hotkey (for example, show only the first level of topics is Shift+Alt+1), so you can quickly change your view of your mind map without touching your mouse. Your choices include showing only the first level of topics, the first two levels, show all levels of subtopics or collapse a topic. New detail levels: The latest update of NovaMind 5 adds a set of controls that enable you to quickly adjust how many levels of your mind maps are being displayed. I may use this mode for any complex mind maps I create in NovaMind 5 from now on. I tried this on the big flat screen on my home PC, and it really does make the workspace appear to be much more spacious. When you’re done with it and mouse away from it, the toolbar slides back into hiding. If you’re operating in full screen mode and need to access a command on the ribbon toolbar, you simply move your mouse cursor to the top edge of the screen, and the toolbar slides quickly into view. ![]() This should be especially useful for those of you who frequently work with large mind maps. Here’s what’s new and improved in NovaMind 5 for Windows:įull screen mode: The NovaMind Pro and Platinum editions add a full-screen editing feature, which hides the toolbar and footer to give you more screen real estate in which to edit your mind maps. Within the last week, they announced a major update to NovaMind 5 for Windows, which itself was launched last April. ![]() They’re always improving their mind mapping products on a regular basis. I’ve never known the developers at NovaMind Pty.
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