Visual Mind 8 in Beta

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Outliners.com Message ID: 4467

Posted by daly_de_gagne
2005-10-29 11:11:47

Visual Mind has released a version 8 beta. I have not tried it yet, but I have copied the following list of new features from the VM web (which continues to be very cold monochromatic) site:
REMINDERS
Visual Mind can now remind you about important appointments and tasks. Just set the date & time, and leave it all to Visual Mind.

PRINT TO VISUAL MIND (not available on computers running Windows 98)
This feature allows you to use Visual Mind as your electronic print basket. You can now print documents to Visual Mind, using the print command from any Windows application. Instead of a printed paper sheet, this will generat a PDF document that you can insert to any location in your Visual Mind maps. Tip! This feature is especially useful for storing web pages as they actually appear at a given time.

STRUCTURES
Structures will save you you time, by allowing you to insert frequently used information with one mouse click. In addition to the predefined structures that comes with Visual Mind (“Weekdays”, “Pros & cons”, etc.) , you may also create your own structures.

STYLES
Styles allow you to set mulitple properties of a branch (font, color, shape, etc.) with one mouseclick. In addition to the predefined styles that comes with Visual Mind (“Important”, “Obsolete”, etc.), you may define your own styles.

EASIER COLOR HANDLING
Is color an important element in your Visual Mind maps? Visual Mind 8 has made color selection quicker and easier!

SUPPORT FOR IP TELEPHONY
In addition to analog telephony, Visual Mind now also supports IP telephony (VoIP).

SHARED MAP ACCESS
Visual Mind 8 includes functions to control access to shared maps. This allows several users to share a map without risking overwriting each other changes.

DYNAMIC SHAPE SIZING
In earlier versions of Visual Mind, the size of the shapes were fixed. Visual Mind 8 gives you more freedom by allowing you to set the exact dimension of a shape.

PDF EXPORT (Available in Business Edition only. Requires Windows 2000/Me or newer.)
With the version 8 release, Visual Mind now supports exporting a Visual Mind map to PDF.

DOCUMENT INFORMATION
You can now apply your Visual Mind maps with document information (author name, author phone, document number, revision, etc.). This information will appear when printing your maps according to the ISO 9001:2000 standard of document control.

EASIER LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT
With the version 8 release, Visual Mind has become better suited for large-scale deployment.

Daly

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