Note Talkers

MindJet Lab is going to announce a MindManager Add-In for Word 2007 today. It allows you to use Word 2007 to edit MindManager Maps.

• To create the Word Doc (.docm file, m for macros) you do not need Office 2007 installed.
• To edit the map in Word you do not need MindManager installed.
• It creates a tab in the Ribbon Bar and lets you see an image of the original map, set the start/stop dates and see map markers, emoticons, comments, etc…
• There are many cool features, including the ability to sync topics from document back with the original map and include an image repository. You really need to watch the demo video to get a good idea of all the things they thought of.

The official announcement will be posted on the MindJet Blog today.

Now for my experience…

• I like it. It’s simple, effective, and works great. I’m impressed.
• I can’t wait to share more of my maps with co-workers. Of course no one else has Word 2007 and it will be years before it is a “corporate standard”, but I can get them to convert to 2007 much easier than to MindManager.
• The Gyronix ResultManager’s “Dashboard” maps come across very nice. Especially the Committed Next Actions and Deadlines I’ll Accomplish (which contains the date as the topic)
• The two minor improvements I would like to see…
• Option in the Export to set Outline options, like bullets and indenting.
• MS Word - Ability to Print the Outline View. This may be possible, but I don’t know how. This is by far the best view of the imported document.