How to use MindMapi

Everything you can do on a mind map, and how. On a map, the ? button in the toolbar opens this guide and can point at each control for you.

Learn by doing

The interactive tour walks you through every feature on a practice map. Nothing you do there is saved.

Move and zoom the map
Drag an empty part of the map to move it.
Scroll your mouse wheel, or pinch on a touch screen, to zoom.
Full screen
Click the full-screen button to give the map the whole screen. Click it again to go back.
Your subjects
Click Subjects to open your list of maps and jump to another one, or create a new one.
PROFree accounts have one mind map. PRO: unlimited maps built by hand, plus 30 AI-generated maps a month.

The topic menu
Right-click a topic, or hover it and click the ⋮ button.
On a phone or tablet, press and hold the topic.
Everything you can do to a topic is in this menu.
Add a topic
Open a topic's menu and choose Add Topic. The new topic appears under it.
Rename a topic
Double-click the topic (double-tap on a phone), type the new name, then click away.
Move a topic
Drag the topic to where you want it.
Delete a topic or branch
Open the topic's menu and choose Delete Topic.
If it has sub-topics, the option is Delete Branch, which removes the topic and everything under it.
Colours and highlights
Open a topic's menu and pick a colour under Colour branch to colour that branch.
Pick a colour under Highlight topic to fill just that topic.
Layout
Click the layout button to put branches on both sides of the central topic, or all on one side.

Notes
Open a topic's menu and choose Add/Show Note, then type. Topics with a note show a small dot.
The notes button in the toolbar shows or hides every note at once.
Pictures
Open a topic's menu and choose Add Image to put a picture on the topic.
You can also paste a picture straight into a note.
Note previews
Click a topic that has a note to see a summary at the bottom of the screen. The rest of the map fades so you can see where it sits.
Click Open note for the whole note. Click away, or press Esc, to close it. Turn previews on or off with the preview button.
Show all notes
Click the notes button to show or hide every note on the map.

Sticky notes
Click the sticky note button, then click an empty part of the map, and type.
Hover the note to pick a colour or delete it. Drag its top bar to move it, and its right edge to resize it.
Free text
Click the T button, then click the map where you want the text, and type.
Arrows
Click the arrow button, then press and drag across the map to draw an arrow.
Right-click an arrow (press and hold on a phone) to change its colour or style, or remove it.
Brackets
Click the bracket button, then click the map to place a bracket. Drag its ends to resize it.
Right-click it to change its colour or remove it.
Arrows on links
Click this button to add arrowheads to the lines between topics, showing which way the map flows.

Search
Click the search button (or press Ctrl+F) and type. Matching topics and notes light up.
Press Enter to jump to the next match.
Focus on one branch
While searching, click any topic to see just its branch. Everything else fades.
Click Show all, or press Esc, to see the whole map again.

Ask AI about a topic
Open a topic's menu and choose Ask AI, then ask a question about that topic.
You can save the answers into the topic's note.
PROFree accounts get 5 questions. PRO: unlimited.
Expand with AI
On a topic without sub-topics, open its menu and choose Expand with AI to add sub-topics.
PROFree accounts get 2 expansions. PRO: unlimited.
AI notes
Open a topic's note and click the AI Note button to have a note written for you.
PROFree accounts get 3 AI notes. PRO: unlimited.

Live sessions
Click Share, then Start live session, and send the invite link to classmates.
Everyone edits the same map at the same time. End the session from the same menu.
PROLive sessions are a PRO feature.
Export
Click Export Notes to save your map and all its notes as a PDF or Word document.