The Quick Links map is a MindManager map (compatible with version 6, 7 and 8). Unless
otherwise instructed TPAssistCapture, will create and maintain this map in your "My Documents"
folder. The map will be saved as "MyTPAssistCaptureuickLinks.mmap".
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Quick Links are "instructions" that specify two things: Firstly, the Quick Link name or topic title is
the Category or Tag that is used to organize your notes during the capture process. Secondly,
associated with each Quick Links is a Hyper Link to another mind map and topic. It is these
hyper linked topics which will "receive" your notes as new subtopics during
Basket Processing.
Hyperlinks can be created to any other map and or map topic. The hyperlink can also be directed
at Mindjet Connect maps (however you need to sign-in to Mindjet Connect before processing
your captured items).
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To edit your Quick Link Map, in MindManager, simply open the TPAssistCapture Options and
choose "Edit Quick Links (Open Map)". (See Step-By-Step in
Getting Started)
Once the map is open, Quick Links are added as main topics (i.e. central topic subtopics). All
other subtopics will be ignored. Simply add a topic, edit its text and then add a hyperlink.
Subtopics that are not given hyperlinks will be treated as "brainstorming" tags during Basket
Processing. This means, TPAssistCapture will create a new blank map, insert the category/tag
and create your idea as a new subtopic. This puts you ready to start brainstorming further with
that idea.
The order configured in the map is the order used in capture tools (
tell me more).
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As well as creating Quick Links manually, you can use TPAssist's Topic Context tool to add
them for you. Simply, locate the map and topic where you associated new capture items will be
"landed", then right-click on the topic and choose "Add to Quick Links".
In the background, TPAssistCapture will open the Quick Links map, create the new category/tag,
configure the hyperlink, save the changes and
Refresh the Categories List
. The exact behavior of
the background activity is configurable via the first two "Settings" in the MindManager add-in
Options dialog:
If you wish to further customize the category/tag, you simply open the Quick Links map as
described above in Editing your Quick Link Map
.
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Your Quick Links
as configured in the Quick Links map, are effectively "published" to your system
registry for use by Capture Tools. These capture tools are purposely "decoupled" from
MindManager for efficiency and speed, and also so that you can work away in MindManager on
key focus items independently of your capture process. Therefore, in order for your capture tools
to have an up to date list of categories/tags, you need to "publish" or "Refresh the Categories
List" when ever you make manual changes to the Quick Links map.
Further more, external tools, i.e. the
Capture Tool in the Windows System Tray
, won't know you
have made changes to the Quick Links, so you need to "Refresh Category/Tag List" from within
these tools also.
To ensure your most recent changed made to the Quick Map are published for Capture Tools,
follow these steps:
1. Save and close the Quick Links map.
2. Locate “TPAssistCapture Options”.
3. In the Options dialog, choose “Refresh list of Categories / Tags used by the capture tools”.
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Then display order of your categories / tags in the capture tools is governed by the order of
subtopics in your Quick Links map. Starting at "1pm" and rotating clock-wise, the order
maintained by these main topics will be the order used in the capture tools Lists selection box.
Remember after changing the order in the Quick Links map you need to
Refresh List of Categories.
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