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See the shape of an idea before you decide its order

Some work begins as a web of ideas, not a finished list. Mind Map gives a SpacebarX branch a visual form, helping you explore connections and directions before you turn the thinking into a plan, chapter or project.

The parent sits at the centre; its children make the first ring. This is the same nesting you would otherwise be reading as indentation.

Brainstorm visually in the same place you will do the work

Open any branch in Mind Map to see its central idea and the thoughts around it. The map is another view of your SpacebarX outline, so every idea stays ready to be refined, moved and written into the structure you need.

Move from idea to structure

  1. Start with a central topic and add the first ideas beneath it

    The parent becomes the centre of the map; its children become the first ring around it.

  2. Switch to Mind Map to see how those ideas relate

    Reading a branch radially shows you the balance of it — which strand has five ideas under it and which has one.

  3. Add, move or refine items as the thinking develops

    Every change is a change to the outline itself, so nothing has to be transcribed later.

  4. Return to the outline when you are ready to sequence

    The same branch is already there, waiting to become a chapter list, a plan or a set of next actions.

Use Mind Map for

  • Planning chapters before writing a book
  • Exploring a research question and its supporting claims
  • Brainstorming product, project or business ideas
  • Studying a topic by seeing the concepts around a central theme

Explore freely, then write with clarity

Mind Map helps you make sense of an idea before forcing it into a linear order. When the direction is clear, the same branch is already waiting as an outline—no export, conversion or duplicate notes required.

Worth knowing

Mind Map is available with SpacebarX Pro alongside Board View and Table View. See pricing.

Give your next idea room to take shape.

Start with one branch in SpacebarX, explore it visually, then turn it into the work you want to make.