![]() Every other company offers similar templates from their own websites, but it is nice to be able to share your own maps back with real-world users.īut let's return to XMind itself. Biggerplate throws in a sense of humor-adjacent to the company's own snail-mail address is a note stating, "Send us donuts and beer"-perhaps a small price to pay to acquire a map that some other organization already designed and tested. Some maps are free and others are for sale. The maps are categorized and work with a large variety of applications. It is a British company selling an online map repository. I hadn't heard of Biggerplate before conducting this review. The Biggerplate FactorĪnother feature of XMind that separates it from others in this review is a built-in way to share your maps with Biggerplate. Markers include icons for task priority, emojis, task progress (in the form of little symbolic pie charts), colorful flags, stars, people, arrows, symbols (such as check marks, question marks, exclamation points, etc.), months, and days of the week. Open a map, select markers, and stick in your iconic feedback with having to type a single character. XMind has an idea called Markers that could possibly speed up the process. Many organizations, for better or worse, make decisions by too-large committees. Presentation mode automates a PowerPoint-like slideshow. I didn't see a way to adjust the automatic backup frequency if it's there, then it is buried. ![]() Options on the Window menu include Gantt charts, audio notes, an Inspector tool used for handling advanced map properties, and an option called Black Box which performs automatic backups. A powerful Insert menu lets you add topics, subtopics, floating topics, markers, relationships, and various file attachments. Different maps and templates can be different shapes and have various levels of detail, so the interface has a useful zoom feature. I tried a "strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats" (SWOT) template. This includes the ability to duplicate and rename sheets. There is a Microsoft Excel-like function to open multiple sheets of the same map. For example, blank map styles include organizational charts, logic charts, and a matrix chart, while templates include everything from weekly planning to a project dashboard to sales negotiation strategy. Opening the application immediately provides users with a choice of eight blank map styles or 20 templates tailored to sample functions. I also needed to set up an account at, which is used for uploading and synchronizing maps from any version of the XMind client software. You just download the files, unzip them into any folder you like, and run the application file. ![]()
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