Editing Mind Map Background Settings

The Background settings for a Mind Map allow you to set the background color and image for the Mind Map.

To see the map settings, click on the map background to deselect all the branches, and then use the panel shown below to change the settings.

The panel you will use is shown below:

To set the background color, click on the color well, and choose the color you want.

To select an image for the background, you can either select an image from an Open panel by clicking the Set button, or you can drag an image into the image well - either from another program, or from the NovaMind media browser.

The image will be placed over the background, so if there is transparency in the image, the background color will show through.

You can change the way the image is tiled by clicking one of the tiling buttons.

For advanced settings, click on the right arrow icon in the top right corner of the panel. The panel will flip and you will see the following advanced options:

In the advanced settings, you can scale the image by adjusting the image width or height. Normally the aspect ratio of the image is fixed so that the image scales proportionally, but you can click the link icon on the right side of the panel to unlink the width and height so that you can stretch the image in one direction or the other. If you find that you want to go back to the original size of the image, you will need to flip back to the front of the panel by clicking on the arrow button on the top right of the panel, and then click on the Original Size button.

You can also adjust the opacity of the image to let the background show through more. This is very useful if your image is too overpowering.

You can also adjust the image position so that the image is in the location you want - if you have the image tiled, the location you set will be the location of the image under the Mind Map title, and all the other tiles will move accordingly.

If you have a background image and want to remove it, just click the Clear button on the front of the panel.