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eightmanvt:
I really really want to buy this software - but I can't fork out $80 if it doesn't have the ability to gracefully integrate with Power Point.  I don't want to spend $250 for MindJet - but that may be what's necessary.  Can the devs offer an idea of when this will be ready?

From skimming around here - I see that the Windows version has this capability - and I came across another thread that said the purchased license is valid for either OS version.  What I'm wondering is - can I install VMWare Fusion - run Win 7 and the Windows version solely to integrate with PP.  What I'd have to do - as a work around - would be Create MM in Mac version - save - open in Win virtual machine - export file to .ppt - (not quite sure of that process yet) - then head back to OS X to test - since I only have Office 2011 for Mac - I don't have a Windows version nor do I care to buy one. 

Yes - I can export to a picture file - but that's not sufficient.  I want to walk people through the logic/thought process - which means I want to animate the revealing of additional topics, subtopics, etc.

Also - Does - Novamind support text boxes - or other arrows external to core MM that can be used to show commonality or additional relationships?

WindyCity:
eightmanvt:

I recommend you contact support@novamind.com for an answer to your excellent questions. The user forum typically doesn't address complex technical issues of the kind you brought up.

eightmanvt:
Thanks for calling my questions excellent  :)  ...that's reassuring as I was worried it might be ground already well covered somewhere and my search strings (and patience) just wasn't sufficient.

I will send this to support and see if they respond.  It's a little disappointing, and a lot short sighted, to find that the devs don't monitor this forum periodically.  I would think that a useful activity for them.

Jake4891:
Oh, but they do follow this forum. Just click through the topics and you'll find a lot of responses by our good friends @ NovaMind. It is just a matter of focus, I guess. This forum is specifically meant for user interaction, just like most other forums out there.  And support is focused on, well, er .. support.

Patrick:
Let me try to answer some of your questions.
Firstly, NovaMind for Mac does have the PowerPoint export feature (in Pro & Platinum edition) just the same way as NovaMind for Windows. The PowerPoint export creates a PowerPoint presentation based on the textual content of the Mind Map. It does not export images of your Mind Map.

What the Mac version currently doesn't have is the features of the Presenter. The presenter also includes the ability to export selective elements from your Mind Map to images which you can then manually import into PowerPoint. See this blog post and this one for an overview.

It is perfectly fine to create a Mind Map using the Mac version, then opening it with the Windows version, define the slides you want to export and use the image export feature of the presenter to create the images.

It is correct that your license is cross platform so if you have Windows available you can use NovaMind for Windows too.

In the Mac version you cannot do this since the Presenter isn't available yet. We have said a number of times before that we cannot give an ETA on the presenter. The Mac team is working hard on this. Just this week they have made some important progress by releasing a beta version of NovaMind for Mac with a completely reworked drawing system. These are fundamental changes to make the Presenter feature possible. Again, I (nor anyone else) cannot give you an ETA when the actual Presenter will be available.

Hope this helps.

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