How to use Mind Maps on the Web App
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      Arrows in Mind Maps (create relationships between branches)

      Arrows allow connections or relationships to be made between two ideas on your Mind Map

       

      To create an Arrow:


      Hold CMD/CTRL and select your branches (2 maximum at a time)

      Map with ticks on the two branches and multi-select window.


      2. Choose the relationship icon from the the blue multi-select toolbar that will have appeared on your screen.

      Multi-select toolbar with the relationship icon selected.


      3. Your arrow will then be drawn between the two branches you have selected.

      Relationship arrow drawn between branches

       

      To edit the Arrow:

      Double-click on the arrow to open the formatting window, OR

      To edit, double-click on the arrow to open the formatting window.

       

      click on the relationship arrow and brush icon in the top toolbar.

      The option option is to use the Edit Format in the top toolbar

      In the formatting window, you can type text, change font type, size, and colour, as well as edit the line style and colour. 

      In the formatting window, you can type text, change font type, size, and colour, as well as edit the line style and colour. 


      You can edit the arrow's direction when clicking on the point icon in the top toolbar.

      To edit the arrow's direction click on the Edit Connection in the top toolbar



      Just like a branch, you add comments, notes and attachments to the connection arrow.

      Adding comment to the relationship arrow.


      To delete the relationship arrow, click on the relationship arrow, then hit Delete on your keyboard.

      Deleting the relationship arrow.