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| style="padding-left:2px;"| Go back to <br/>[[ICT student textbook]] <br/> [[ICT teacher handbook]]

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=Introduction=

=Introduction=

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|style="width: 50%;|{{ext-img|450px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Freeplane_main_page_new.png}}

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|style="width: 50%;|{{ext-img|450px|[[File:FreeMind_2_Save_as_Window.png]]}}

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|style="width: 50%;|Step 1 - Once Freeplane is open  you will see a window like this.   

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 1 - 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.

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 2 - Once you click on save, you will see a window like this.

You can save the folder you want to select the folder you want to save it on.

You can save the folder you want to select the folder you want to save it on.

Here the mind map is named Food and is saved under home/ranjani/Documents

Here the mind map is named Food and is saved under home/ranjani/Documents

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|style="width: 50%;|{{ext-img|450px|[[File:FreeMind_3_Insert_Child_nodes.png]]}}

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|style="width: 50%;|{{ext-img|450px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Food_details.png}}

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|style="width: 50%;|Step 3 - Now you 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 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.

| 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.

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|style="width: 50%;|{{ext-img|450px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Food_link.png}}

| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Food_link.png}}

|style="width: 50%;|{{ext-img|450px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Food_freeplane_open.png}}

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|style="width: 50%;|Step 5 - When you discuss concepts, we notice that sometimes concepts are connected, and we want to link them to study in detail.  For doing this we can add a graphical link (an arrow) to connect two nodes.   

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 5 - When you discuss concepts, we notice that sometimes concepts are connected, and we want to link them to study in detail.  For doing this we can add a graphical link (an arrow) to connect two nodes.   

To do this select two nodes and select Insert Option from the menu bar, and add graphical link.  You can click on the arrow and move it around.

To do this select two nodes and select Insert Option from the menu bar, and add graphical link.  You can click on the arrow and move it around.

|style="width: 50%;|Step 6 - We will also see that sometimes these concepts are very large and we may want to create a new mind to study them.  For example, in this mind map we may want to create a new mind map called agriculture to study.  After we create a new  mind map called agriculture, we can insert a "file link" to open the new mind map when the node "agriculture" is clicked.  To do this, we 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 - We will also see that sometimes these concepts are very large and we may want to create a new mind to study them.  For example, in this mind map we may want to create a new mind map called agriculture to study.  After we create a new  mind map called agriculture, we can insert a "file link" to open the new mind map when the node "agriculture" is clicked.  To do this, we 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%;|{{ext-img|450px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Food_hyperlink.png}}

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|style="width: 50%;|{{ext-img|450px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Food_note_panel.png}}

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|style="width: 50%;|Step 7 - We can also insert weblinks to any node for additional information.  To do this, you select the node to which additional information is to be added and click on "Insert".  Under Insert, click on "Hyperlink  - Text field".  It will open a window in which you can enter the hyperlink manually.

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 7 - We can also insert weblinks to any node for additional information.  To do this, you select the node to which additional information is to be added and click on "Insert".  Under Insert, click on "Hyperlink  - Text field".  It will open a window in which you can enter the hyperlink manually.

|style="width: 50%;|Step 8 - You can also add notes to a node to add more description to a node.  To do this, you need to go to "View" and select "Note Window".

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 8 - You can also add notes to a node to add more description to a node.  To do this, you need to go to "View" and select "Note Window".

This will open a box where you can enter text.  You can adjust the size of this box.  To enter a note, select a node and  enter the notes below in the note window.

This will open a box where you can enter text.  You can adjust the size of this box.  To enter a note, select a node and  enter the notes below in the note window.

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|style="width: 50%;|Step 9 - The completed mind map with links and notes will look like this below.

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 9 - The completed mind map with links and notes will look like this below.

You can select the Format and Navigate to change colours, layout and also to move the nodes around.   

You can select the Format and Navigate to change colours, layout and also to move the nodes around.   

You can also export your mind map to Image or Text Document using File → Export As.

You can also export your mind map to Image or Text Document using File → Export As.

==Advanced features==

==Advanced features==

=Installation=

=Installation=