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Star Trek Star Trek and, more recently,
World Wide Web began its exponential growth,
In this section, I show you how to use hyperlinks to capture pointer informa
tion so that a user can move quickly to any desired piece of information, no matter where it may be located:
Somewhere else on your current map.
Somewhere on a different map.
In a file on your computer or your network.
A Web site anywhere in the world.
The place where you define a hyperlink is called the hyperlink origin. The place you go to when you click a hyperlink is called the hyperlink destination.
You can place a hyperlink either on a topic itself, or in the notes that are attached to that topic. The appearance and behavior of hyperlinks is some
what different depending on their location:
If you place the hyperlink on a topic: MindManager places an icon that represents the nature of the destination file next to the topic description (I’ll explore several of the possible icons later in this chap
ter). MindManager allows you to place only one hyperlink on any given topic on your map. If you point your mouse to the hyperlink icon, MindManager paints a red line around the icon, changes the background to pale red, and displays the link destination. If you click this icon, you go to the hyperlink destination (if it is a folder or a Web site) or launch the application that created the destination file as is appropriate.
If you place the hyperlink in a topic note: MindManager does not place an icon in your text but rather inserts the text of the hyperlink destina
tion, underlines it, and displays it with the color blue. For example, a link to the next topic in this chapter would appear as follows:
It’s on my map
But a link to Wiley’s Web site would appear as follows:
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA
MindManager always uses the topic title or full path name to the destina
tion file to represent the hyperlink in topic notes. These insertions are, however, just text. You can edit them and incorporate the edited text into a sentence to make its purpose clearer. For example, in the sentence
“Double-click here to see other books available from Wiley,” the word
“here” still contains all the hyperlink information, but it is more obvious to readers why they should (or should not) double-click the link.
Nothing happens if you point your mouse to a hyperlink in a note. To go to the hyperlink destination from a topic note, you must double-click the underlined link. You can, however, place an unlimited number of hyper
links in the note that is attached to that topic.
It’s on my map
It’s possible to directly create a hyperlink to any topic on your current map by following these steps:
1. Right-click the topic that you want to be the hyperlink origin, and select Insert Hyperlink.
The Insert Hyperlink dialog box appears (see Figure 12-1).
Figure 12-1:
The Insert Hyperlink dialog box.
2. Click Topic in this map.
A list of all map topics will appear (as shown in Figure 12-2).
If you have created at least one topic on your map but do not see anything in the Select topic to link to field, click the Show all topics radio button.
Figure 12-2:
Listing of all the topics in the map of this chapter.
3. Click the topic you want to be the hyperlink destination, and then click OK.
The Insert Hyperlink dialog box closes and MindManager adds the hyper
link icon to the display of your origin topic. If you now point your mouse to the hyperlink icon, MindManager will display the text of the destina
tion topic.
As your map grows larger, the list of all topics on your map will become somewhat lengthy and the topic you want to link to may be buried three or four levels deep in the topic tree displayed when you select Show All Topics.
You can make this process easier by creating bookmarks. Repeat these steps for each topic you want to be a hyperlink destination:
1. Click the topic that you want to bookmark; then click Insert➪Bookmark on the Menu bar.
The Bookmark dialog box is displayed with the text of the topic to be bookmarked automatically entered in the Bookmark Name field.
2. Change the bookmark name to something shorter or more descriptive if you want; then click OK.
The dialog box closes and your bookmark name is associated with the topic you selected. There is no visible change in your map, however.
When you create hyperlinks, click Show only Bookmarked Topics (see Fig
ure 12-2) at step 2. You now see only your bookmarked topics.
To edit your bookmarks, follow these steps:
1. Click any topic on your map, and then click Insert➪Bookmark on the Menu bar.
MindManager displays the bookmark dialog box with all bookmarks that you have defined for your map shown in the lower field.
2. Click the bookmark you want to edit.
MindManager inserts the name of the bookmark into the Bookmark Name field and changes the text of the Add button to Modify.
3a. To delete the bookmark, click Remove.
MindManager deletes the selected bookmark from the list and displays the text of the topic you used for step 1 in the Bookmark Name field.
3b. To change the name of the bookmark, type the new name in the Bookmark Name field and click Modify.
MindManager redisplays all defined bookmarks, now using your changed name. The bookmark’s new name is selected in the list.
4. Repeat steps 2 and either 3a or 3b until you have completed all your editing; then click Close.
MindManager stores your edited bookmark list with your map.
If you delete all bookmarks, the text of the Close button changes to Cancel. In this case, Cancel does not mean to ignore all the changes you made to your bookmarks but rather means that you do not want to bookmark the currently selected topic and you do want to exit the dialog box.