Create Mind Map for PDF

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Create high quality and visually pleasing mind maps for PDF easily. Automatic mind map maker helps generate mind maps quickly and export to PDF with one click. Multiple platforms are supported including Windows, Mac os x and Linux.

Overview of Mind Map

A mind map is a graphical representation of ideas or topics in a radial, non-linear manner. It is a visual thinking tool that helps structuring information, helping you to better analyze, comprehend, organize or prioritize. It is a highly effective way of getting information in and out of your brain, and usually used when collecting ideas.

Using Easy Software to Make PDF Mind Map

EdrawMax is a powerful and lightweight mind map software allowing you to draw mind maps on both PC and Mac at ease. The awesome automatic feature makes create mind maps simply by mouse clicking, extremely fast and convenient. There are 9 built-in themes to meet different needs. It also suppot big size mind map and hyperlinks. Lots of pre-made mind map templates give you instructions and inspirations. Enjoy!

Create Mind Map for PDF

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How to Create Mind Maps for PDF

The fastest way to create mind map is to start from templates. Just fill in your content and customize the appearance to gain your desirous mind maps.

You can also use EdrawMax's pre-made shapes to design your own mind maps. After you open Edraw, choose mind map template, and follow the instructions below.

    1. Shapes: Drag and drop mind map shapes to the canvas. To add a subtopic, click the floating buttons of the main idea shape. To delete a shape, select it and press Delete. Use the color bar or palette to recolor them.
Add Mind Map Sub Shape
  1. Text tool: The mind map shapes are designed with text boxes. Double click the shape to type in your own content.
  2. Themes: From the Mind Map menu, go the the theme gallery and choose a theme to change font, color, line style and arragement style all together at once.
  3. Background: Just drag and drop your preferable background to the diagram from the Background library.
  4. Export: Click the File Menu.-> Click Export & Send.-> Choose PDF format and export the diagram.

Export Mind Map to PDF

PDF Mind Map Templates

There are lots of mind map templates in the software you can directly edit and use. They are great time savers.

PDF Mind Map Templates

Personalize your Mind Map

Our free mind map templates are easy to edit, high on readability and rich on visuals. Every property - color, theme effect and text can be customized easily. Select a free mind map template from the thousands of examples available and convert it to PDF mind map with one click.

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The template works in all PDF versions from adobe 4.x on. Download EdrawMax to Create More Mind Map Templates for PDF.

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