A “keyboard” button at the top of this dialog box enables you to slide the keyboard out of the way so you can have access to the other edit functions described earlier. An “edit” dialog box appears, and the iPhone’s soft keyboard is displayed over the top of that, enabling you to enter the text for your topic.

To add a topic to your map, you click on the appropriate icon in the top toolbar. While most of us will never create a mind map that large on this tiny mobile computing platform, it’s comforting to know that you can create a fairly large map in iThoughts without worrying about running out of space. Zooming in and out is accomplished using the same two-fingered pinch motion supported by other iPhone applications that support zooming.ĬMS says that the iThoughts workspace is much larger than the iPhone’s screen the specs for the program state that it supports a workspace 100x larger than the screen. You can move the map around the workspace by dragging a single finger across the screen of the iPhone. These toolbars slide out of the way when not in use, enabling you to see more of your map – nice! The bottom toolbar contains commands for cutting, copying and pasting topics, as well as e-mailing an outline of your map. The top one enables you to add a topic at the same level or at the level below the current topic, as well as providing access to an edit menu that enables you to add an icon to the currently-selected topic, change topic shape (rectangle, rounded rectangle and rectangle are supported), create a note or link and change the color of the currently selected topic.

Map elements are added by utilizing two simple toolbars, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the screen.

IThoughts makes the most of the diminutive iPhone screen. Here’s a look at what’s notable about this remarkable little visual mapping program: Developed by CMS, iThoughts provides a well-designed, easy-to-use set of tools that enabled me to create mind maps that incorporate icons, notes, links and colors, quickly and easily. I recently purchased an iPod Touch and tried out iThoughts, along with several of its competitors. IThoughts, one of the most promising new mind mapping tools for the iPhone and iPod Touch, provides an impressive amount of functionality in a very small package.

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