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.

Click on the Map Design tab in the Ribbon Bar and then use the background command to change the background color or to remove a background image. To see additional options like setting an image on the background, use the background Dialog Box Launcher for the background (by clicking the box with the arrow in it at the bottom right of the background Command Group).

These settings can be applied to multiple Mind Maps in your document at once by using the document view and selecting multiple Mind Maps to apply the settings to.

If you use the dialog box launcher, the full settings panel you see is like this:

Or when viewing the image options:

To set the background color, use the color picker and choose the color you want.

To select an image for the background, choose the Image from file option and choose the image you would like to use as a background.

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.

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, 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 No Background Image option.