Tutorial 6 - Attached graphics and images

We would like to add some additional explanation to the branches, but we don't want the explanations to be part of the branches themselves.

2.	Drag on an attached text graphic from the Add Branches & Graphics palette:

3.	Double-click on the newly added attached text graphic that is attached to the Get the Facts branch, to start editing the text.

4.	Type in the text "Be sure you have the full story and the right objective."

6.	Resize the box using the handles on the corners and sides so the text is on two lines.

7.	Drag the attached graphic to a suitable location below the Get the Facts branch.

8.	Move the Get the Facts branch and notice how the attached text moves with it.

10.	This time, we will use a hotkey to add the attached text graphic - press +Option+a to add an attached text graphic to the selected branch.

11.	Double-click on the newly added attached text graphic and type the text "Don't jump to conclusions!". Resize and position as before.

12.	Right-click on the "Take Action" branch to show the context menu, and choose the Add Graphic / Text menu item.

13.	Change the text of the new text attachment to "Don't pass the buck!". Resize and position appropriately.

14.	Attach a text graphic to the Check Results branch, with the text "Did your action achieve your objective?"

We will not assume for the purposes of this exercise that you have downloaded any of the free graphics libraries from the NovaMind web site, but if you have not done so, perhaps you should have a look at all the images we have there for your use. They are on the downloads page.

1.	Open the graphics library window by pressing +Shift+G. You can also show the media browser by clicking on the toolbar icon.

2.	Type in "view" in the search area at the bottom of the window.

3.	Drag the first magnifying glass image on to the Get the Facts branch.

4.	You may also want to reduce the corner amount to something around 15 to make it look good - to do this, select the branch and use the Corner palette

5.	Once you have dropped it, and have adjusted the corners, the image will be part of the branch like this:

6.	To make things clearer, it would be good if the image had the text below it, so make sure the Get the Facts branch is selected and in the Branch palette, set the Text Position to be Below.

Note that you can also drag and drop images from the photos section of the Media Browser in the same way.

We will attach an image to the Mind Map title as an attached image graphic. This operates in the same way to other attached graphics like the attached text graphics you used before - you can move it independently of the branch, but when you move the branch (in this case the Mind Map title), the graphic moves too.

1.	Select the Mind Map title - you must select the branch you want to attach to first.

Drag the image below on to the canvas - not on to the Mind Map title or any other branch or graphic directly, and drop it. Note that because the image is relatively big, it will be resized down to not take up too much room on the Mind Map. You can override this by pressing Shift while you drop the image.

3.	Resize and position the image above the Mind Map title. Note that normally with images, when you resize them, they resize proportionally. If you hold down the Shift key while resizing the image, it will allow you to resize the width and height independently.