Help | Ruisheng Wang

Getting Started (tap on the cross next to a topic to reveal more information)
1. Create a new map
  1. Tap the + icon on the (left hand end of the) toolbar
2. Deleting an existing map
  1. Display the map list
  2. Tap on the No Entry symbol next to the target map
  3. Tap Edit
    1. ...or swipe across the map name
3. Create a new topic
  1. Double tap the canvas and a new topic will be created at that point or....
  2. Tap one of the topic creation buttons on the right of the toolbar - corresponding to...
    1. Add new CHILD
    2. Add new SIBLING
    3. Add new CALLOUT
      1. This is a callout
    4. Press and hold one of the buttons for more options
  3. Topic
  4. Topic
    1. Topic
4. Delete a topic
  1. Tap the selected topic and the cut/copy/paste/delete menu will be displayed
  2. Tap on the Delete option
  3. If the topic has children then there will be an option to delete topic or delete branch.
    1. Delete topic will delete just that topic and reattach the children to the parent of the deleted topic.
5. Edit an existing topic
  1. Double tap the topic and the keyboard will be displayed
6. Add a note
  1. Select the topic by tapping it once
  2. Pull down the tab just below the title on the toolbar to open the note view window - tap on it to edit.
    1. The + and - symbols can be used to adjust the font size of the note
  3. Flick the tab upwards to close.
7. Change the shape/colour/icon
  1. Select the topic by tapping it once
  2. Tap the i button on the right hand side of the toolbar to display the Inspector
  3. Set the various attributes as required
8. Move a topic/branch
  1. Press and hold the topic until the link to its parent disappears
  2. Drag and drop it onto another topic
9. Change the text size
  1. Drag the pointy finger horizontally to change the topic width and vertically to change the topic size
  2. The width and font size will be displayed as numerical values next to the topic during resize
  3. Tap on the finger to reset the font size and width to the default
10. Insert an image
  1. Open the Inspector
  2. Select the Images tab
  3. Select Images from the lower toolbar of the Inspector window (adjacent to the Icons button)
  4. Choose one of the 'stock images' or select the bookmarks button on the lower toolbar to select a photo from the album
    1. To copy an image FROM a topic (eg extract from an imported map) select + from the lower toolbar
  5. Once inserted, drag the pointy finger to resize the topic/image
11. Re-centre the map (it's disappeared off the screen)
  1. Tap on the map title in the toolbar to re-centre on the currently selected topic.
  2. Double tap the map title in the toolbar to re-center on the root topic.
12. Import/export maps
  1. 4 methods
    1. Cloud (box.net/ Dropbox/ MobileMe/ WebDAV)
    2. Browser/WiFi
    3. Email
    4. iTunes
    5. Press me to visit the website for more details
13. Undo/Redo
  1. To undo the previous operation tap on the toolbar button named undo
  2. To redo an operation (after having undone it) press and hold the Undo toolbar button then select Redo.
14. Link from one map to another
  1. Open the link tab in the Inspector
  2. Browse to the map to link to and its path will be added to the link field (it's case sensitive)
    1. Links can also be 'relative'
  3. To follow the link PRESS on the topic with the link
    1. A PRESS is longer than a tap but shorter than a long press...!?
      1. For example, PRESS this topic to jump to the What's New map
  4. After jumping to a link, press the back button to return to the original map (the map picker toolbar button will change to a back button automatically)
    1. To open a map when the toolbar is showing the back button press and hold the back button.
Futures?
1. More desktop formats
2. Attachments
3. Calendar and ToDo sync
4. Search/Filter
5. Outline View
6. More online collaboration
Quick Tips
1. Keyboard shortcuts?
  1. Hit SPACE 3x to create a new child
    1. Must be quick - 3 in under a second
  2. Hit RETURN 3x to create a new sibling
  3. Hit SPACE/RETURN 3x in the middle of a topic to split it.
  4. Hit BACKSPACE 3x in an empty topic to delete it
2. Single tap the canvas to cancel (or complete) what you are doing.
3. Double tap the canvas to create a new topic
4. Press and hold one of the topic create toolbar buttons for more otions - for example to create a parent or sibling above the selected topic
5. Merge 2 topics by dragging one on top of the other
6. Float a branch by dragging/dropping to a blank area of the canvas
7. Relationships (links between topics)
  1. To create...
    1. Tap the first topic
    2. Tap the 'chain link' icon on the toolbar
    3. Tap the second topic (and a relationship will be created)
    4. To cancel the operation tap anywhere on the canvas
  2. To edit/remove
    1. Tap one of the linked topics
    2. Tap the 'chain link' icon on the canvas
8. Double tap the expand/collapse icon next to a topic to show 1,2 or all sub topics (good for slowly revealing information)
9. To override the back button (after following a link) press and hold it - this will display the map list.
10. Extract images from imported maps for later use
11. Paste Tricks
  1. Paste Style
    1. Copy a topic which has attributes that you'd like to propagate
    2. Select another topic then 'Paste Style'
    3. Choose the individual styles to paste
    4. Choose which topics to apply the style to (select, children, siblings etc.)
    5. ...enables 'template topics'
    6. Great way to assign resources and other task info to a group of topics
  2. Copy text from another app and...
    1. Paste directly into a topic text
    2. Paste onto a topic itself - resulting in child topics being created to contain the information
      1. New child topic for each newline
  3. Paste a branch and then...
    1. Tap the pasted topic and select 'Delete' and then 'Delete Topic'
    2. ...provides a way to move a bunch of sibling topics
  4. Copy images from the web
    1. Press and hold the image in Safari
    2. Open up iThoughts then tap on a topic and choose paste.
12. Take a look in the iThoughts section of the Settings App (there are lots of config options to tweak!)
  1. Set word/sentence capitalisation options
  2. Turn on/off various ui elements such as tapered links.
  3. Email outline options
  4. Change the pointy finger to something else
  5. etc.etc.etc
FAQ
1. The crosshair - why?
2. Importing/Exporting
  1. Methods
    1. ITunes Sharing
    2. Email
    3. WiFi/browser
    4. Cloud
      1. WedDAV
      2. MobileMe/iDisk
      3. Dropbox
      4. Box.net
    5. Save Image to Camera Roll
  2. Formats
    1. Freemind 0.8.x / 0.9.x (and Freeplane)
    2. Mindmanager v6 and above
    3. Novamind 4 / 5
    4. XMind
    5. Mindview 3 / 4 (Windows ONLY)
    6. iMindmap v4 and above
    7. ConceptDraw MINDMAP 6 / 7
    8. OPML
      1. Omni Outliner
      2. Scrivener
    9. MindGenius 3.71
    10. Outlook CSV
    11. Markdown (export only)
    12. PDF (export only)
    13. PNG (export only)
  3. Caveats?
    1. Not all attributes are supported in all formats.
    2. Unsupported/recognized attributes and data will be discarded.
3. Old versions
  1. Maps are auto-saved and periodically snapshot'd - previous snapshots can be recovered.
4. Backup
  1. Do NOT rely on iTunes backups - they are overwritten each time - please take the time to backup your daily archive 'off device'
5. Cloud Synchronisation
If you find iThoughts useful then please do leave a review on the AppStore...any issues, queries or suggestions just email me (I can't respond to AppStore reviews - Apple doesn't tell me your email address!) Press this topic to leave a review on the AppStore
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