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Right-click the branch and choose Insert | Sub-Branch in its local menu.
Inserting a pre-branch
To insert a branch between an existing branch and its parent branch, you can:
Click the branch and press Shift + Enter, or
Click the branch and choose Insert | Branches | Pre-Branch, or
Right-click the branch and choose Insert | Pre-Branch in its local menu.
Formatting a branch
As soon as you insert a branch in the map, a Format tab appears at the right of the ribbon.
This tab lets you perform different operations on the branch, such as changing its shape, choosing
a different fill color, defining a branch boundary, or selecting different text attributes. See
"Formatting a branch" for more information.
To apply the same formatting attributes to all the branches, it is however much easier to use the
Design tab, whose predefined styles and design options apply to the entire map. See "Designing a
mind map" for more information.
Copying branches from an external application
You can easily create a branch structure with main branches and sub-branches by copying several
lines of text from an external document, such as a Microsoft Word document, a Notepad text file or
a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, and pasting them into your MindView document. Any line indented
with spaces or tabs in the external application will be inserted as a sub-branch of the higher level
line.
Similarly, you can copy a MindView branch structure to another application by copying it from
MindView and pasting it in the external application.
Expanding and collapsing a branch
As soon as you add a sub-branch to a main branch or to another sub-branch, a small minus sign
appears between it and the higher-level branch. This allows you to hide the newly inserted subbranch
and any further sub-branches and concentrate on the higher-level branches. There are
several ways to do this:
Click the minus sign , or
Right-click the higher-level branch and choose Collapse in its local menu, or
Press Ctrl + Shift + "-".
The sub-branch is now hidden, and the minus sign changes to a plus sign .
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