Topicscape Pro User Guide - contents list

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1 "Can't I skip all this and just get started?"

1.1 Here's how to get started quickly

2 3D Topicscape: Introduction

3 2D-3D choice

4 What Topicscape Pro can do for you

4.1 Benefits of organizing your information this way

5 2D Map view

6 3D Landscape view

7 What you can do with Topicscape

7.1 How you can use it in your work, hobbies and life

6 3D Topicscape building blocks

6.1 Topics
6.2 Occurrences
6.3 Associations

7 Demonstrations

8 What is "a Topicscape"

8.1 Skins and layout
8.2 Ranks and columns
8.3 Topic footprints
8.4 Home position
8.5 Topic Center (introduction)
8.6 Topic appearance
8.7 Viewing occurrences
8.8 Association lines
8.9 Association types - capturing knowledge
8.10 Flags
8.11 Taking it all in - The Boundary
8.12 Details Panel
8.13 Topic Center

9 What you can do

9.1 Make a new Topicscape
9.2 Make new topics
9.3 Merge any two topics in a Topicscape
9.4 Occurrences - making new ones
9.5 Promoted occurrences
9.6 Drag-and-drop / Import -- to make topics, occurrences and associations
9.7 Check for duplicates before introducing a file
9.8 Connect topics using Associations
9.9 The power of the 'Create New Topics' panel - avoiding duplicate topics
9.10 Pending Tray - holding area for topics and occurrences
9.11 Out Tray - moving or deleting topics or occurrences
9.12 Search
9.12.1 Advanced search
9.12.2 Local search
9.12.3 Topic Center search
9.12.4 Concept search
9.12.5 Tag filter search
9.12.6 Group search
9.12.7 Searching with Latin alphabet characters with diacritics and ligatures
9.12.8 Hit list
9.12.9 Include orphan topics
9.12.10 Noisewords
9.13 History list
9.14 Export / Drag-and-drop, to make folders and files
9.15 Importing to, and exporting from Topicscape
9.16 Deleting topics and occurrences
9.16 Topicscape Orphans
9.16 Topicscape Islands

10 Controls you can use

10.1 Viewing-position keys
10.2 2D flight controls
10.3 3D flight controls
10.4 Halo menus - 2D and 3D
10.5 Topic controls
10.6 Swinging panels
10.7 Toolbar
10.8 Menus on the main menu bar
10.9 Function keys
10.10 Editing keys
10.11 Shortcuts to make new topics quickly
10.12 Other keys as shortcuts
10.13 QuickZoom
10.14 Other zoom options
10.15 Draggable true-magnifier -- the Enlarger
10.16 Keep Topicscape active but out of view

11 Topicscape Box

11.1 Moving occurrences to Topicscape
11.2 Other browsers
11.3 For permanent export from Topicscape
11.4 Personal Firewalls and Topicscape / Topicscape Box

12 Importing into Topicscape

12.1 Importing folders and files
12.2 Importing text files
12.3 Structured text file -- export and re-import, round trip
12.4 Importing from PersonalBrain
12.5 Importing from MindManager
12.6 Importing FreeMind files
12.7 Importing OML files

13 Exporting from Topicscape

13.1 Exporting text files
13.2 File names and paths when exporting to folders
13.3 Exporting to FreeMind

14 Can Topicscapes be printed?

15 Glossary

16 Appendix A: Customization - the Options panels

16.1 Flight Control - Customize
16.2 Customize 2D
16.3 Customize3D
16.4 Flight Control - Speed
16.5 User Preferences
16.6 Appearance
16.7 Skin
16.8 Skins: Why not other shapes?

17 Appendix B: Summary of easy steps and Shortcuts

17.1 Edit shortcuts
17.2 Manipulating Topics
17.3 Manipulating Occurrences
17.4 Visual enhancements including zooming
17.5 Level of Detail controls (how much you see in the Map or 'Scape)
17.6 Search-related shortcuts
17.7 Viewpoint changes
17.8 Operational shortcuts
17.9 List organized by key rather than function

18 Appendix C: Data storage in Topicscape

18.1 Choosing where "My Topicscapes" should go: Path lengths and security
18.2 Moving Topicscapes around
18.3 Moving "My Topicscapes"
18.4 Thumb-drives supported
18.5 Network access to files

19 Appendix D: Data checks and repair -- The Data Repair Wizard

20 Appendix E: Security of Topicscape documents and data

21 Appendix F: Details of format for imported structured text files

21.1 General Structured Text Files
21.2 Mind Manager preparations for export via text
21.3 Internal Structured Text Files

22 Appendix G: License installer

23 Appendix H: Ways of running Topicscape

24 Appendix I: Component software, license information

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