http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/icons-and-symbols/ Your best resource for advice on mind mapping software Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:51:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/icons-and-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-849 5 ways to quickly increase the visual impact of your next mind map - Mind Mapping Software Blog Thu, 14 May 2009 21:08:37 +0000 http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/?p=2022#comment-849 [...] Add icons: Icons add color, meaning and context to your mind maps. The most valuable way to utilize them is to classify your topics by type, such as tasks, phone calls, meetings and so forth. Icons help the people viewing your map to visually classify its contents. In addition, some programs allow you to filter your map’s content based on the icons that it contains, giving you a quick and effective way to zero in on specific types of items contained within larger maps - such as displaying only the tasks it contains. One final point about icons and symbols: If you use them in your maps, then be sure to create a legend that explains what they mean. While their meaning may be intuitively obvious to you, the map creator, others may have trouble understanding why you included them in your map. Don’t make it hard for them - give them the “key” to understand this aspect of your maps. (Read my previous post about adding images and icons to your mind maps) [...] [...] Add icons: Icons add color, meaning and context to your mind maps. The most valuable way to utilize them is to classify your topics by type, such as tasks, phone calls, meetings and so forth. Icons help the people viewing your map to visually classify its contents. In addition, some programs allow you to filter your map’s content based on the icons that it contains, giving you a quick and effective way to zero in on specific types of items contained within larger maps – such as displaying only the tasks it contains. One final point about icons and symbols: If you use them in your maps, then be sure to create a legend that explains what they mean. While their meaning may be intuitively obvious to you, the map creator, others may have trouble understanding why you included them in your map. Don’t make it hard for them – give them the “key” to understand this aspect of your maps. (Read my previous post about adding images and icons to your mind maps) [...]

]]> http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/icons-and-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-850 The Mindjet Blog » Dashboard Mind Maps: Integrate Your Work for Optimal Performance Thu, 07 May 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/?p=2022#comment-850 [...] Add clarity and meaning to your mind maps with icons and symbols [...] [...] Add clarity and meaning to your mind maps with icons and symbols [...]

]]> http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/icons-and-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Marie Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:45:33 +0000 http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/?p=2022#comment-848 Merci pour cet article, très intéressant, et bravo pour votre blog, que je suis attentivement :) Merci pour cet article, très intéressant, et bravo pour votre blog, que je suis attentivement

]]> http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/icons-and-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-847 Didier Bretin Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:58:22 +0000 http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/?p=2022#comment-847 Personnaly, I use icons and symbols, but I attach a map to the central subject to explain the meaning I put on each image. Personnaly, I use icons and symbols, but I attach a map to the central subject to explain the meaning I put on each image.

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