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==== Advanced features ====
==== Advanced features ====
# You can insert images directly in your nodes by drag and drop or copy and paste.
# You can insert images directly in your nodes by drag and drop or copy and paste.
# You can create visual representation using 'Cloud' etc. You can enter detailed notes for any node. When you export it to a ODT, you can see this as a document, with the 'note' information being the text in the note, and all the nodes will become headings. This way you can even write a document using Freeplane.
# You can create visual representation using 'Cloud' etc.
# Our aim here is to get you started with concept map OER creation using Freeplane. For advanced functions, you should refer to the User Manual for the application. The Freeplane tutorial is available within Freeplane itself, which you can access any time by pressing the F1 function key. The tutorial itself is a concept map, and you should browse this concept map, not only to get help that you may require, but also as a lesson on how a concept map can communicate so much information in such a simple manner!!
# Our aim here is to get you started with concept map OER creation using Freeplane. For advanced functions, you should refer to the User Manual for the application. The Freeplane tutorial is available within Freeplane itself, which you can access any time by pressing the F1 function key. The tutorial itself is a concept map, and you should browse this concept map, not only to get help that you may require, but also as a lesson on how a concept map can communicate so much information in such a simple manner!!
Once you have completed your concept map you can share it with your colleagues for feedback with which you can refine the concept map still further.
Once you have completed your concept map you can share it with your colleagues for feedback with which you can refine the concept map still further.
===== Exporting a concept map to a document for further fleshing out =====
The advantage of a concept map is that you can categorise and arrange your thinking the way you want to. You can enter detailed notes for any node. When you export it to a ODT, you can see this as a document, with the 'note' information being the text in the note, and all the nodes will become headings. This way you can even write a document using Freeplane. Use this whenever you are writing an essay or an article or a paper
*'''Note''' - Before exporting it into ODT you should format freeplane file to automatic layout for all nodes. To do this follow this step. '''Go to Format-> Automatic Layout-> for all nodes''' and select it. This will format nodes to headings, child nodes to sub headings and notes to text source.
===Frequently Asked Questions===
===Frequently Asked Questions===