Think Bigger From EdrawMind User Guide

1. Abundant Templates

The software has many ready-made templates that cover different topics. It gives you lots of options to be creative and come up with new ideas. You can explore and let your imagination soar to new heights!

EdrawMind Templates

2. Gantt Chart

In the Advanced function, there's something called the Gantt Chart. It helps you manage tasks for your projects while making mind maps.

Gantt Chart Mode

3. Show Feature

Click the Show tool to access Full Screen, Focus On, Drill Down, Display Branch, Display Level, and Map Overview features.

Slide Presentation

4. Styles and Themes

EdrawMind offers many beautiful styles and designs for you to choose from. You can pick different fonts, shapes, colors, and line sizes that match your own style.

Styles and Themes

5. Powerful Toolbar

EdrawMind has a special toolbar that helps you get more things done and be really productive.

Quick Access Toolbar

Relationship Line

Users can connect two subjects using a Relationship Line to show they're related. EdrawMind will adjust the arrow direction automatically, and users can change the line's appearance, color, and add text to explain the relationship.

Relationship Line

Callout

Callouts are additional information on a particular topic and can form their branches.

EdrawMind Callout

Boundary

The Boundary feature in EdrawMind helps show the connection between topics. It creates outlines around a specific area on the map to group related topics and highlight important content. EdrawMind offers different styles of frames to choose from for this purpose.

EdrawMind Boundary

Summary

The Summary feature in EdrawMind allows you to add a summary for several topics. This makes it easier to understand the main idea.

EdrawMind Summary

Mark

In EdrawMind, you can use special icons called Marks to add visual elements to your topics and make your mind map more interesting. These icons help explain the content and make the map look more colorful. EdrawMind has lots of different icon groups to choose from, and you can even create your own custom icons.

EdrawMind Mark

Clipart

In the software, there is a Clipart gallery with professionally designed clip art. These clip arts can be used to make your maps look visually appealing and exciting.

EdrawMind Clipart

Picture

To add pictures to your map, you can choose any image from your computer. Just click on Picture and insert it directly into your map. If the image is too big, you can make it smaller to fit the map without losing its clearness.

EdrawMind Picture

Hyperlink

Hyperlinks are like shortcuts that take you to other files, websites, or pages. They help keep your map clean by letting you access information without cluttering the map. When you click on a hyperlink, it will open the updated file or page.

EdrawMind Hyperlink

Attachment

Users can add external documents to their mind maps by clicking on Attachment.

EdrawMind Hyperlink

Note

Insert a note to the outline by clicking on Note.

EdrawMind Hyperlink

Comment

To leave comments on a subtopic, click on Comment.

EdrawMind Comment

Tag

Adding tags to topics is possible by clicking on Tag to mark task information.

EdrawMind Tag

Formula

If you need to include mathematical formulas, you can insert  EdrawMath formulas.

EdrawMind Formula

Table

Tables can be inserted directly into the map using the Table feature. You can also customize colors and font sizes.

EdrawMind Table

6. Rainbow

With the Rainbow function, you can quickly change the color scheme of the map.

EdrawMind Rainbow Colors

7. Magic Hand Drawing

Switching between Paint Bucket Style, Charcoal Style, Pencil Style, Watercolor Pen Style, Graffiti Style, and Vertical Scribble can be done with one click.

EdrawMind Hand-drawn Style

8. Outliner

The Outliner feature displays the map's content in a text outline format for easy understanding.

EdrawMind Outline Mode

9. Encrypt File

You can encrypt your files with the Encrypt File function to protect them.

EdrawMind Encrypt File

10. Display Level

Use the Display Level function to collapse or expand topics, helping you focus on specific areas.

Edrawmind Display Level

11. File Recovery

If the software unexpectedly closes without saving your map, you can easily recover the unsaved file with one click using File Recovery.

Edrawmind File Recovery

12. Share

Sharing your maps on social media is possible with the Share function.

Edrawmind Share

13. Import

EdrawMind supports importing mind maps from other software and file formats, such as MindManager, XMind, FreeMind, Word, HTML, MarkDown, and more.

Edrawmind Import

14. Export

You can export your maps to various image formats, PDF, Word, Excel, PPT, HTML, SVG, and MindManager.

Edrawmind Export

15. Shortcuts

Shortcut keys greatly improve drawing efficiency.

Edrawmind Shortcuts

16. Brainstorming

The Brainstorming function in the Slideshow panel provides a creative solution for teams and individuals.

Edrawmind Brainstorming

17. Mind Map Gallery

The Mind Map Gallery offers thousands of original mind maps for reference and inspiration. To publish your work in the Community, click on the plane icon in the upper right corner and fill in the relevant information in the Publish Your Mind Map window before clicking Publish.

Edrawmind Publish Mind Map

18. Pitch

Pitch Mode gives provides a variety of ways to showcase your mind maps beautifully and uniquely. Among the styles you can use are Light Animation, Dark Animation, Dark, and Light.

Edrawmind Pitch Mode