Create A Mind Map In Microsoft Word Using 3 Little Known Tools

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[@mrsalvatore1234]

in all my years of using Microsoft Word, I had no Idea that you can double click anywhere on the page and type. You have changed my life.

[@roomba4520]

You don't know how much this helped me. I have to turn in a mindmap tomorrow and had no idea how to make one using Microsoft Word. This video just saved me.

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[@Ibrinator23]

This needs to be taught in schools!!! Wish this guy was my IT teacher way back when i was a kid. Thank you for this.

[@TheTechTrain]

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[@MichelleByrne-sj2kq]

Brilliant video. I was not aware of these shortcuts. Thanks a million from Ireland :-)

[@boredgrass]

You made the world a better place! 💐

[@corinacanavan5432]

I've always considered myself a fairly advanced user of Word but this is a revelation. Two out of the three tips mentioned here were new to me. Thanks for sharing in such a clear and concise way.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you found it helpful Corina

[@Circleofstrengthbiblestudy2019]

I thought I was pretty savvy on Word. I did not know about this double-click and type anywhere. Very useful. Thank you!

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[@ravikedia509]

Me too

[@liviawarty]

yes same here.

[@The-RoMan45]

Does not work for me, for some reason :/ (I‘m using the browser version, which is free)

[@chelseasmith2943]

I love everything about this video! I am using all the tips right away! Thank you for everything.

[@natroful]

thanks for all you do on tis channel it helps a lot

[@thedancingpostman]

This is an enormous help, as I'm dyslexic. I rely on mind mapping to keep my notes logical, this will save me a lot of headaches.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you found this helpful.

[@charlielambert9260]

Thanks for this. Never new the double-click trick, the toolbar adding one or the default line. Probably saved me about 24 hours! Very good.

[@snippetshub]

Me too!

[@vision6D]

Thank you for sharing this is a nice set of features and a nice discovery. Greetings from Geneva.

[@AndrewTitcombe]

Still finding new students! I am in my 70s and been using Word almost since it came out. I dabble rather than learn so this video has been a real help and eye opener for me Brilliantly delivered to a stubborn non learner like me. I did several local college Word courses so again wish I had had yourself rather than someone who was also learning the programme Many thanks

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[@nanthanithiahnanthan6340]

Excellent tips & shortcuts that I never knew existed!

[@sarahhermans4920]

Waaw, thank you for sharing these tips. I didn't knew them, so your video was very helpfull to me. I'll spend less time making a mindmap in word now.

[@claybornedevaughn1524]

One of the best videos I've seen yet, very interesting

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you so much, I'm very glad you enjoyed it.

[@0liver2007]

Thank you so much!! This is very useful! I didn't know about double click! This is fantastic!))

[@darrylriman5635]

I've never seen a video so informative yet so simple to understand, I love it!

[@biteycat7800]

Thank you so much! Those shortcuts/features are so useful!

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I'm so glad you liked it!

[@claremorgans5907]

Really useful. I've been using word for years , always something new to learn!

[@cammarshall7097]

This is fantastic, this is very helpful and learnt a lot from this tuition

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you liked it Cam Marshall

[@AnaGarcia-py5hb]

Mind. Blown. I have been trying to create a concept map for an assignment and I just couldn't get around it. Some years ago I became certified in Microsoft Word for the 2010 version yet I didn't know about most of these features! I only knew about landscape and the Ctrl + double click feature. You're a genius!

[@nurfatihah6787]

That's super helpful especially during this time when i need to take notes for online classes. Thank you

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad. Good luck with your online classes. 👍

[@narjame3956]

Awesome videos great job I am doing my grad studies and I made the task easy

[@carolinezondani9493]

Very helpful 👍

[@jumaal-maskari6010]

Thanks for this. Never new the double-click trick

[@susanryan3242]

Hello - I was looking to make a mind map for a work process that is currently scattered. Your video was very helpful. All three points you covered were news to me, and I consider myself fairly well versed in using MS products. Thank you!!!

[@ThomasDwyer187]

I second that!

[@d.l.02.44]

Excellent! well done never knew this. Only now jumping back into using mind maps. as i use word everyday, i find this very useful.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you found it useful. Happy mind mapping!

[@jerimaynovido5265]

Zamn. Salute to you sir!

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[@paulsastroutomo4273]

thank for the great tutorial

[@jillmckennabailey2614]

Didn't know any of these shortcuts!! Thanks so much! Brilliant!

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you found it useful.

[@duncanmphande2168]

i found this helpful. was not aware a mind map could be created in word. Thanks

[@mohdimranyusof2889]

Definitely very useful...tq.

[@maywu8846]

This is so cool. I didn't know that you can input anywhere you want by just double click. It's super helpful. Thanks for sharing.

[@kimberlysawyer6993]

This is a great video. Thank you for making it

[@eavaraskincare]

Appreciate the great Video. Those options were new for me!

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm glad you liked it.

[@hollyheise8792]

Thank you so much for this presentation. I will complete my class asignment and use mind maping to explor other projects. I would like to shake your hand.

[@astridkoppen5261]

Very clear and helpfull.Thank you!

[@travelwithakintomiwa]

Thank you.... this really helped

[@wpgdewit]

Wow. Nice one. I knew the different actions existed in Word....Just never thought of using them like this. Great!

[@DarrenHiltonHerbalifeHeywood]

Excellent, thanks a million. I am now an educated man.

[@TheTechTrain]

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[@yesiam1566]

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[@RNRW]

You saved me hours of work. Thanks!!

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I'm so glad! Enjoy those extra free hours!

[@kabilarmalaimurugantnpscst1647]

thank u tech train...u r idea gave me lot of ways to design my own idea..thank u,,,,,thank u,,,

[@dhanaazm7897]

Awesome! Thank you 💖

[@katharinestapleford9452]

Just what I needed - thanks very much. I didn't know about being able to add the shapes button to quick access or setting shapes as default.

[@TheTechTrain]

Glad it helped!

[@jasonbreeds750]

wow never knew I could use for this word for this is going to save me so much time.

[@TheTechTrain]

Hello Jason, I'm very glad you found this useful.

[@nicolepayne7486]

This was awesome. Thank you. I will rewatch this as I create my assignment.

[@tomcosgrove100]

Double click to type anywhere is new to me. Ctrl for non-consecutive text selection in Word is new to me. Reminder about adding shape to shortcut menu and setting shape style as default useful in context of mind apps/ concept maps. Many thanks

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm very glad you found it useful.

[@celinecraddock1513]

It is a brilliant video, makes preparing a mind map in word easy, thank you

[@JaqulinePrabu76]

Good one... thanks 👍

[@monikaradecka7061]

Thank you. Wonderful, informative and useful video.

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you so much, I'm very glad you liked it

[@michaelmooney5032]

Very helpful, thank you. I will be using it with my students today.

[@TheTechTrain]

Glad you liked it, and I hope it works well for your class.

[@agatazawistowska6331]

Loved it. Thank you. The soothing voice and technology made easy:)

[@marsyaameliaa]

thankyou so much. this is very help me to do my assignment. :) have a nice day

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.

[@mdfadhil3698]

Very Useful! Thank you.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad, thank you.

[@preacherrobin]

Excellent !

[@HalimaBrewer]

brilliant, thanks, I am now teaching on Zoom and I can share screen a Word document and do something other than boring typing text.

[@EdsonNascimentoEN]

Great explanation very useful thanks

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you, I'm very glad you found it useful.

[@changedoutlook]

Thank you. This was really helpful. The line format default and the clicking anywhere

[@abyz9774]

Does this still work for the 2019?

[@TheTechTrain]

Absolutely, my students still use this now.

[@huseincam]

Thank you for your lesson, this video is easy for learning, i really like this method for study. Nice video :D

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm very glad you found it useful.

[@ChaeChae_J]

I've probably accidentally double clicked in a Word document many times before but never thought to use it for making concept maps. Thanks! One thing I'd like to add is that you can lock the line tool so that you don't have to go to the Shapes menu for each new connector. Right click the line (or other desired shape) in the gallery and select "Lock drawing mode." When you're done adding the lines, press Esc. You can also add a button for the Line tool to both Quick Access and the Home tab (has to be added to a custom group) for quick selection.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you found the video useful, and thanks for the extra tip.

[@HaiNguyen-vu9cj]

Thank you very much.

[@maximillianc100]

double click anywhere. brilliant. I am assuming though it is only useful for short text or single words in mind mapping but a really good tip thank you

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm very glad you found it helpful.

[@fundationisaac198]

marvellous! Thank you so much for that tutorial!

[@viclian9250]

Thank you very much, very helpful!

[@richardwaldron1684]

Great video, thanks. It was worth watching alone just to know about that double-click & type anywhere feature - who knew???? Cheers!

[@davidmelgar1935]

Excelente Idea. Thank yoU!

[@erylldasyerinasyahril5488]

this is very helpful thank u

[@MeEncantaVu]

You are the master!

[@lurard1280]

Very helpful! I appreciated the clear instructions very much and now I know exactly how to create my own mindmaps for school. Keep up the good work👍 Greetings from Switzerland

[@BoKalvslund]

Hi. Great tips. Is it possible to move all lines and text to a new position if you need to rearrange the layout?

[@TheTechTrain]

If you mean individually, you can double-click a word, Ctrl-X, double click where you want it and Ctrl-V, but the document isn't click and drag.

[@chukoshenina5326]

Thank you so much for your precise instruction to every point of the helpful tips! Thank you also for your time and effort that you invested for people like me. I do definitely want to use this skill with my students.

[@ltmakofane6484]

Thank you man, this was very helpful. Much Appreciated.

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you, I'm so glad you found it useful.

[@ylbers2965]

I am so going to try this out. Thank you so much!

[@shawnaoulch9866]

Mind blown! Who knew?

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm glad you like it! It's surprising how many little tools Microsoft Word has hidden that people don't know about.

[@eveb4341]

Thank you very much, very helpful.

[@Appalayya22]

Very useful

[@todieguen7319]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[@voorschool1110]

very clearly explained, thank you!

[@gamersyard9633]

Thank you so much

[@TheTechTrain]

You're most welcome

[@loxiekays2852]

Interesting, never knew this

[@damianoyibo507]

Thanks Man!

[@TheTechTrain]

You're very welcome!

[@tsaniyaasaaulia8892]

Thanks it's help me...

[@georgeholloway3981]

This was very useful. Any suggestions for how to do this in Libre Office Writer?

[@georgebowyer606]

Hi. Great tutorial, thanks. Is there an easy way to shift your elements around, so that you can add new ideas or respace existing ones? Thanks

[@AdventuretravelshopCoUk]

Thank you you just helped me create my first mind map - simple when you know how. Very clearly explained. Saved me hours. :)

[@angiemayxo]

Very useful thank you 😊

[@forcexjr1566]

Thank you for the video sir! Just a quick question though - What if I want to type a phrase and it stretches across the screen. I tried to press enter or shift+enter but the whole orientation of the words always messes up

[@TheTechTrain]

I would either start typing further to the left, or type a few words, then double click underneath where the next line should begin. Generally though mind maps aren't used for long sentences, but short memorable keywords and ideas.

[@hewa761]

thanks duble -click is great information best wish

[@carolsobhan6618]

Thank you...it goes to show you can teach an old dog (like me) new tricks!

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@truptikapadia7355]

Thar was was helpful

[@samantha-kemp-therapy]

Really helpful thank you

[@TheTechTrain]

You're very welcome!

[@quinspence7770]

thank you

[@rabiaelfaquih6962]

Thank you so much!

[@damianoyibo507]

How did you add the borders on the whole document?

[@TheTechTrain]

Hello Damian, simply click on the Design tab and then on the far right, click Page Borders. I chose a box border with a thick black line.

[@yeseuganda4447]

Great stuff; didn't the tools existed...

[@TheTechTrain]

You're very welcome!