Working with Cornerstone: Visual Thinking
Creating mind maps
Cornerstone is supplied complete with example files and templates giving you suggested mind map uses and styles. The software offers you a choice of three working modes:-
Mapping view is the main view for creating, editing, viewing and printing mind maps. Using style choosers and drag and drop techniques, you can format and arrange the mind maps to look just the way you want. An ‘Auto’ mode can even connect your ideas automatically.
Outline view shows the mind map’s ideas as a hierarchical list in which you can show or hide the lower-level ideas. You can still choose numbering and text styles here if you prefer to work in this view.
Presenter view allows you to use Cornerstone to give presentations created in the Mapping and/or Outline modes. You can show or hide lower-level ideas in the hierarchy and also step through the ideas in the presentation.
Exporting mind maps
You can export a mind map to the following types of file:
- plain text
- Word document
- HTML
- picture
- PowerPoint
Text To speech
If required, you can make Cornerstone speak the name of an idea when it is selected, in any working mode, choosing from 18 different voices.
Clipart
A Clipart selector offers you a range of symbols, shapes and artwork to illustrate or represent your ideas. You can also import graphics files and even draw your own pictures in Cornerstone.
Clipart categories include:
- Business
- Computing
- Customer Focus
- Distribution
- Education
- Farming
- Finance
- Food
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Managing Change
- Office Equipment
- Outcome Based Planning
- People
- Shapes
- Sport
- Travel and Leisure
... and many more
Adding Links and Sound
Further embellish your mind maps with the addition of hyperlinks and sound files.
