![]() ![]() ![]() This is pretty rudimentary functionality for most mind mapping programs. Clicking on it collapses the levels below it. Show and hide detail: Topics which have sub-topics now display an icon. Promote and demote commands: The mind map dialog box in SmartDraw 2009 now includes buttons that enable you to promote and demote topics within your map, one level up or down. The topic’s shape, color and font style changes to match the style of other second-level topics. For example, let’s say you drag and drop a sub-topic from the fourth to the second level of your mind map. The upgrade page contains a video that shows how these new capabilities work:Īutomatic styling: This new capability, which can be toggled on and off, automatically alters the size and shape of topics to correspond to the level they are within a map. With each new version, the developer has added new capabilities to create this type of diagram, and SmartDraw 2009 is no exception. Enhanced mind mapping capabilitiesįor a number of years, SmartDraw has been able to create rudimentary mind maps. It looks very simple and intuitive to work with. The “what’s new” page on the SmartDraw website contains a brief video demonstration that clearly depicts how this works. You can also manually tweak what appears at each step in your diagram’s sequencing by selecting a “frame” number from a drop-down list and then manually editing your diagram’s content in that step of the animation. ![]() ![]() Many types of diagrams in SmartDraw 2009 are “pre-sequenced” so they will display their contents in the most advantageous way possible when you export them to PowerPoint. This new functionality is available via a new PowerPoint tab in the SmartDraw 2009 ribbon toolbar. For example, sequencing could be used to display each quadrant of a 2×2 matrix and its contents, one at a time, in much the same way as you can control how individual text and image elements are transitioned into a PowerPoint slide. Sequencing in SmartDraw 2009 is the ability to reveal parts of your diagram, one mouse click at a time, so as not to overwhelm your audience. has just launched SmartDraw 2009, a new version of its popular diagramming and mapping software that features a wealth of improvements – including the ability to animate or “sequence” your diagrams when exporting them to PowerPoint, and several new mind mapping enhancements. ![]()
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