Editing Mind Map Outline Numbering Settings

Outline numbers allow you to number the branches on the Mind Map.

Outline numbering always works on the children branches of the selected branch. To turn on outline numbering for the whole Mind Map, select the Mind Map title and turn on the outline numbering.

To turn on outline numbering, go to the Format tab and use the Numbering command in the Child Numbering command group.

The Format command allows you to set the map settings for the direction of the outline numbers:

•	Starting at the top and going clockwise

•	Starting at 3 o'clock and going clockwise

•	From the top, down both sides starting with the left side

•	From the top, down both sides starting with the right side

The "Child outline numbers top down" option is only relevant if the outline numbering is going clockwise from the top or from 3 o'clock. If this option is turned on, the child branches on the left side of the Mind Map title will be numbered from the top down. If this option is turned off, the outline numbers on the left of the map will be bottom up. For most people, you will want to leave this option turned on.

Note that when printing or exporting the outline of the Mind Map, the order of the branches is set using these outline number settings (even if the outline numbers are not shown on the branches at the time).

You can edit the format of the numbers by using the Child Numbering Format for changing different levels to be letters or Roman numerals rather than numbers. To add to the settings, click on the plus button, and choose the format for that level. If you want to remove formatting, just click on the down arrow beside an existing format setting and choose the Delete option, and it will remove the formatting for that level.

The outline numbers are normally shown before the adornments, but when you are displaying outline numbers and have adornments on the branches, you can drag them into a different order relative to the adornments.