SimpleMind for Mac OSX update 1.07 released March 19th 2010

SimpleApps is happy to announce the immediate availabilty of SimpleMind Desktop 1.0.7.
Version 1.07 supports Mac OSX 10.6 and OSX 10.5.8* or newer.

SimpleMind Desktop for Mac OSX is a great Mind Mapper with focus on simplicity and ease of use.

Features

SimpleMind for OSX is very similar to SimpleMind for the iPhone. Some additional features:

• Multi line text support. Add a new line with Alt+Enter, or drag / paste multi line text from Pasteboard.
• Add Cross Links (additional relations) between any two Topics. To create a cross-link, press the mouse on the top left [+] marker and drag a line to the target Topic. To delete a cross-link, select it and use the Delete command from toolbar or menu.
• Side bar offers reorderable list of Mind Maps
• SimpleMind for OSX is page oriented. Page Setup... allows changing the page size and orientation and assigning a default for new Mind Maps. The Mind Map editor show the page margins as dashed lines. You can manually drag Topics in the margin area, but the auto-layouter will not place Topics in the margin areas. To change margins, use the SimpleMind tab on the Page Setup panel.
• Rearrange Branch: re-layouts the branches for the selected Topic.
• Pressing Command when dragging a Topic, moves the entire branch, not just the selected Topic. The same happens if you click a Topic and keep the mouse down for some time. The delay is adjustable in the SimpleMind Preferences panel.
• Custom colors are available per Topic, either from the style palette or from the Color panel. Color customizations can be reset using the "Reset customization" command
• The used Font can be adjusted through Preferences. You may select a font for the Central Theme, Main Branch and Sub Branch. The font will be used in all styles & all maps. You can also change these fonts in the Mind Map Editor using menu Format | Change Font. Note: here too you change the font for all main/sub branches at once, not per individual node.
• An additional style Compact Gray Scale is available.
• Mail Mind Map allows attaching a PDF, PNG or SimpleMind document.
• Keyboard shorcuts for commonly used commands:
  • Add Child Branch = Command+Enter
  • Add Sibling Branch = Shift+Command+Enter
  • Select Parent = Backspace
  • Zoom In = Command + +
  • Zoom Out = Command + -
  • Zoom Actual Size = Command + 0

Mind Map file management

• Mind Maps are stored in directory "[USERNAME]/Documents/SimpleMind/Mind Maps. This directory is named the Mind Map Store. File names are automatically assigned and cannot / should not be changed. There should be no need to manually dig into this Mind Map Store directory.
• To back up your Mind Maps, copy the entire contents of this Mind Map Store directory.
• In SimpleMind, Mind Maps are automatically saved when closing SimpleMind or when selecting a different Mind Map using the Side bar. The Save command allows manual saving.
• Freemind, Opml and SimpleMind Mind Maps from other computers can be imported using the Import command. Importing creates a new Mind Map in the Mind Map Store directory. This happens each time you (re-)import a Mind Map. Opening or Printing a Mind Map using Finder, has the same effect as Importing a Mind Map. Note: opening the same .opml or FreeMind twice will create two MindMaps in the Mind Map Store!
• Mind Maps can be Exported to PDF, TIFF, PNG, opml and FreeMind formats. Note: On OSX 10.5 PNG export is only available when Mailing a Mind Map.