Getting started with MindManager

Welcome to MindManager, where innovation meets efficiency. Our intuitive platform empowers individuals, teams, and enterprises to streamline workflows, collaborate seamlessly, and achieve their goals faster.

From concept to completion, MindManager offers a dynamic suite of features designed to simplify complex tasks and drive productivity.

Get started with a free MindManager trial today.

What is MindManager?

MindManager software helps you and your teams work more efficiently and streamline the way you capture, process, and share information.

Using MindManager’s flexible and intuitive design, you can better communicate, organize and execute your ideas and plans through visually appealing and dynamic diagrams, charts, and mind maps.

MindManager offers cross-platform functionality and substantial integrations that help streamline and ease your project planning and task management processes.

Every day, 2+ million global users brainstorm ideas more creatively, plan, and execute projects more efficiently, and communicate knowledge more effectively with MindManager.

How to get started with MindManager

There are different options available to get started with MindManager.

To get started, visit our Resources section.

For example, you can begin with the MindManager Starter Academy to learn the basics of MindManager in five on-demand tutorials.

These tutorials are designed for new or experienced users who want to learn the basics of MindManager or who are looking to fine-tune their skills as a mapper.

Participants gain access to:

  • Five guided training sessions from MindManager product experts and customer success managers.
  • Live customer Q&A sessions with MindManager experts that take place monthly in English, French, and German.
  • Free, downloadable map samples so that you can easily apply the session learnings to your work.

With Meet the Experts, get the most from your MindManager experience. Join us for a dynamic live discussion with MindManager experts.

Ask questions, get answers, and increase your knowledge.

Don't forget to join our free live webinars or view recorded webinars.

And check out our free MindManager templates.

There are also learning tutorials directly in MindManager for the Windows version:

  • Open MindManager for Windows
  • Click on File -> Learning

How to get started with MindManager

MindManager software offers a free, full-featured, 30-day trial, so you can try our features for yourself and see how they work. No credit card required! After your trial is over, plans start at $99 per month.

How to register for MindManager

Registering for a MindManager account is straightforward. Follow the steps below to get started.

Create a new account

To create a new account, click Create Account, enter your email address, and choose a password.

Create a new account

Check your email for a confirmation email

Once complete, you will receive a confirmation email from noreply@mindmanager.com to the specified email address.

Check your email for a confirmation email

Click the link to complete the account creation process

In that email, you must click the link to complete the account creation process and verify your account.

Click the link to complete the account creation process

In MindManager, click Continue

Return to MindManager and click Continue.

In MindManager, click Continue

Enter the corresponding license key

After successful registration, you should see the following message: You do not have a license for this product. Click on the Enter License Key and then enter the corresponding license key for your MindManager version.

Enter the corresponding license key

This will activate your MindManager account and assign the license key to your account.

How to create a MindManager board

Whether you need inspiration or organization at work, in your personal life, or for a particular project, creating a board in MindManager can help bring your idea to life.

Sign in to MindManager to get started

Start by signing up for your free trial of MindManager.

Sign in to MindManager to get started

Make a list of key concepts and ideas

Organize your information. Reflect on your objectives, desired outcomes, and project purpose.

What results would you like to see?

Make a list of key ideas and concepts to include on your board.

Select goals that are attainable and key to your project’s success.

Make a list of key concepts and ideas

Choose a board template

Explore our gallery, filled with dozens of premade mapping templates, to find a layout and design that suits your needs.

Using the radical map, you can quickly start with your central topic and branch out on each topic, objective, or idea accordingly.

Other board templates include concept maps, mind mapping templates, whiteboards, tree maps, organization charts, timelines, flowcharts, Venn diagrams, and more.

Choose a board template

Upload text and images to your template

Once you choose your board template, you can start filling it in with meaningful images and text that help to motivate you toward your end goal.

Find inspiring pictures and symbols to represent the visions you want to materialize.

You can quickly locate images by scrolling through the library on the right-hand side of your template.

Upload text and images to your template

Customize your board

Personalize your MindManager board using customizable tools.

Add subtopics to help you go further into detail by clicking the plus signs attached to your main central bubbles.

Next, choose different fonts, colors, and backgrounds to make your board unique.

You can customize your board with whatever fonts, colors, bubble shapes, and sizes you’d like by clicking the format button on the right-hand side.

Customize your board

Utilize MindManager’s visual tools

Play around with MindManager’s visual tools.

By clicking the smaller bubbles, you can hide and show different levels of details within your board.

These will enable you to see the big picture of your project or the specific details of each item on your map.

Utilize MindManager’s visual tools

Share, display, or print your board

You can easily display, share or print your MindManager boards once they’re complete.

Click File and then Export to save it as a HTML5 Interactive Map, Word Document, Image/PDF, or a Text/Outline.

Share, display, or print your board

How to start collaborating in MindManager

MindManager offers many ways to collaborate with team members. From MindManager Files to real time co-editing and the Microsoft Teams integration, MindManager makes collaboration seamless.

MindManager Files

MindManager Files serves as the nerve center of collaborative endeavors, providing teams with a centralized cloud repository for storing and accessing MindManager maps.

MindManager Files ensures team members can securely access, share, and collaborate on maps and set up daily digests with updates about map Edits or Views.

To use MindManager Files, start a new map, click Share, select the My Files folder, and save the file.

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Then it will open the Share window, and you can select editing/view permissions just as you would a Word document.

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Real-time co-editing and cloud integration

MindManager's co-editing capabilities enable real-time collaboration on maps stored in supported cloud storage platforms. Whether brainstorming ideas, conducting team meetings, or refining project plans, teams can co-create and iterate on maps with unparalleled agility and precision.

Invite colleagues across departments, offices, and time zones to collaborate on any platform in real time or asynchronously.

Simplify storing and sharing files using MindManager Files integrated cloud file storage, or seamlessly connect with your preferred cloud storage platform.

Click Co-Edit, then Enable Co-Editing to get started.

Real-time co-editing and cloud integration

MindManager for Microsoft Teams

MindManager for Microsoft Teams lets you unleash the power of mapping directly into your Teams environment.

Launch MindManager files within Microsoft Teams, work on them, and share them with your team.

MindManager for Microsoft Teams unlocks the potential of MindManager for collaboration and remote work in new ways.

It allows you to facilitate dynamic planning sessions, knowledge sharing, brainstorming, whiteboarding, and more without leaving the Microsoft Teams app.

Click on the MindManager icon directly in Microsoft Teams to start collaborating.

MindManager for Microsoft Teams

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