 | Supports conscious flexible planning |
 | Enhances creative thinking, brainstorming and problem
solving |
 | Encourages exploration of multiple options and
solutions |
 | Helps understand relationships and hierarchies of
information |
 | Encourages multiplicity of ideas which can be easily
reordered and restructured |
 | Allows sizable annotations of text after original
outline has been provided |
 | Transfers into other formats such as linear outlines;
various graphic formats; documents with numbered hierarchies; Web Pages
with active links to text headings; and project management software
including MS Project and other compatible project management software. |
 | Displays multiple branch levels for one or more
branches; creates linked maps easily |
 | Acts as a graphic user interface with links to
documents, files, programs and Websites |
 | Includes a map reader which may be sent to others who
do not have the program |
 | Uses visual elements such as color, typeface
variation and graphics to add impact, to show differentiation of
information, and to aid memory. |
 | Allows users to record main points in meetings and
project development groups |
 | Simplifies the report writing process |
 | Allows viewing with different levels of detail |
 | Serves as an outline for oral presentations to allow
better communication with audiences |
 | Contains an integrated spell checker to encourage
good spelling |
 | reordering maps |
 | Allows for an almost unlimited series of linked maps |
 | Has many customizable features that students enjoy. |
 | Includes a library of icons and can use icons and
icon libraries already present on the computer or from other sources |
 | Has strong export capability in graphic and text
formats to commonly used software such as word processors, desktop
publishing and PowerPoint presentations |
 | Has unparalleled ease of use and productivity
returns, reducing the learning curve and producing immediate results |
 | Has an excellent track record for children with
learning difficulties, particularly dyslexics |