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Once Freeplane is open you will see a window like this.
Once Freeplane is open you will see a window like this.
The new mind map is the root node and you can give it any name you want. The name of this root node will be the name of the mind map. Once you have given it a name, you can save the mind map.
The new mind map is the root node and you can give it any name you want. The name of this root node will be the name of the mind map. Once you have given it a name, you can save the mind map.
| style="width: 50%;" |Step 2 - Once you click on save, you will see a window like this. By default it will take root name as file name, if u want to change the name you change it here. Then you can select the folder and then click on SAVE.
| style="width: 50%;" |Step 2 - Once you click on save, you will see a window like this. By default it will take root name as file name, if you want to change the name you can change it here. Then choose your folder and then click on SAVE.
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| style="width: 50%;" |[[File:Freeplane1.png|450px]]
| style="width: 50%;" |[[File:Freeplane1.png|450px]]
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 3 - Now you can see that the mind map is named Food and the root node is called Food. To insert other words that are connected, you can enter them as child nodes. To enter these nodes, you can use the "Enter" key or "Insert" key after selecting the node to which the child nodes must be added. Here, the child nodes have been added after selecting the node "Food". The child nodes added are called sibling nodes and the main node is called parent node.
| style="width: 50%;" |Step 3 - Now you can see that the mind map is named Food and the root node is called Food. To insert other words that are connected, you can enter them as child nodes. To enter these nodes, you can use the "Enter" key or "Insert" key after selecting the node to which the child nodes must be added. Here, the child nodes have been added after selecting the node "Food". The child nodes added are called sibling nodes and the main node is called parent node.
| style="width: 50%;" |Step 4 - You can keep adding child nodes to any node. For example you can add child nodes to the node called environment by selecting and using "Insert" key. You can also add a sibling node to environment by selecting the node environment and using "Enter" key. "Plants" and "Animals" are child nodes for "environment" and "agriculture" is sibling node for "environment. You can create categories of information using the nodes and child nodes. Each node can signify a category with the sub nodes as the examples of that category, or sub-categories of that category. For example, "Animals" can be a category, under which we can create child nodes for 'vertebrates' and 'invertebrates'. Under 'vertebrates' we can create child nodes for the sub categories of vertebrates - pisces, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. In this manner, a mind map can be used to classify and categorise information.
| style="width: 50%;" |Step 4 - You can keep adding child nodes to any node. For example you can add child nodes to the node called environment by selecting and using "Insert" key. You can also add a sibling node to environment by selecting the node environment and using "Enter" key. "Plants" and "Animals" are child nodes for "environment" and "agriculture" is sibling node for "environment. You can create categories of information using the nodes and child nodes. Each node can signify a category with the sub nodes as the examples of that category, or sub-categories of that category. For example, "Animals" can be a category, under which we can create child nodes for 'vertebrates' and 'invertebrates'. Under 'vertebrates' we can create child nodes for the sub categories of vertebrates - amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. In this manner, a mind map can be used to classify and categorise information.
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| style="width: 50%;" |[[File:Food_link.png|450px]]
| style="width: 50%;" |[[File:Food_link.png|450px]]
| style="width: 50%;" |Step 5 - When you discuss concepts, you can notice that sometimes concepts are connected, and you want to link them to study in detail. For doing this you can add a graphical link (an arrow) to connect two nodes.
| style="width: 50%;" |Step 5 - When you discuss concepts, you can notice that sometimes concepts are connected, and you want to link them to study in detail. For doing this you can add a graphical link (an arrow) to connect two nodes.
To do this select two nodes, then go to Menu Bar and choose EDIT > CONNECT option. then you can see graphical link which is connected to two nodes. You can click on the arrow and move it around.
To do this select two nodes, then go to Menu Bar and choose EDIT > CONNECT option. then you can see graphical link which is connected to two nodes. You can click on the arrow and move it around.
| style="width: 50%;" |Step 6 - You will also see that sometimes these concepts are very large and you may want to create a new mind map to study them. For example, in this mind map you may want to create a new mind map called agriculture to study. After you create a new mind map called agriculture, you can insert a "file link" to open the new mind map when the node "agriculture" is clicked. To do this, click on node called agriculture and click on "Insert". Under Insert, click on "Hyperlink - File chooser". This will open a window from where you can select the document name to be opened. This can be a mind map. The file can be a picture or video also.
| style="width: 50%;" |Step 6 - You will also see that sometimes these concepts are very large and you may want to create a new mind map to study them. For example, in this mind map you may want to create a new mind map called agriculture to study. After you create a new mind map called agriculture, you can insert a "file link" to open the new mind map when the node "agriculture" is clicked. To do this, click on node called agriculture and click on "Insert". Under Insert, click on "Hyperlink - File chooser". This will open a window from where you can select the document name to be opened. This can be a mind map. The file can be a picture or video also.
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| style="width: 50%;" |[[File:Food_hyperlink.png|450px]]
| style="width: 50%;" |[[File:Food_hyperlink.png|450px]]