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What does this "Feature Guide" contain?

This "Feature Guide" contains descriptions of every feature in MindModel.

Use this section when you have a question about a specific menu item, toolbar item, window, etc.

If you're new to MindModel and you'd like a quick introduction to using the software, you may want to start with our Getting Started guide. Once you've worked through the examples in the Getting Started guide, you can return here for more detailed information.

If at any time you need more help than this documentation can provide, please feel free to contact us directly. We offer the same unparalleled level of support to the users of the demo version of our software as we do to our registered users.

The information in this section is divided into three sections:

MindModel Windows, MindModel Menus, and MindModel Toolbar.

NOTE: You can also refer to the Key Concepts section of this documentation for information on the concepts mentioned in the Feature Guide. You can find answers to frequently-asked questions about MindModel in the FAQ and Advanced Q&A sections.

1 MindModel Windows Overview

1.1 Noun Types Window

1.2 Noun Summary Window

1.3 Model Window

1.3.1 Find Nouns Area

1.3.2 Nouns List

1.3.3 Find/Add Statements Area

1.3.4 Statements List

1.3.5 Drag and Drop to the Model Window

1.4 Custom Column View Window

1.4.1 View Item Commands

1.4.2 Find View Items Area

1.4.3 View Items List

1.5 Simple Query Window

1.5.1 Scrolling Lists

1.5.2 Additional Options

1.5.3 When to Find

1.5.4 Simple Query Commands

1.6 Combined Queries Window

1.6.1 Scrolling Lists

1.6.2 Additional Options

1.6.3 Combined Query Commands

1.7 Statement Window

1.8 Model Summary Window

1.9 Help with Noun Types Window

1.10 Help with Verb Types Window

1.11 Help with Prep Phrase Types Window

1.12 Help with Statement Types Window

2 MindModel Menus

2.1 File Menu

2.2 Edit Menu

2.3 Nouns Menu

2.4 Statements Menu

2.5 Collections Menu

2.6 Queries Menu

2.7 Templates Menu

2.8 Email Menu

2.9 Reports Menu

2.10 Tools Menu

2.11 View Menu

2.12 Windows Menu

2.13 Help Menu  

3 MindModel Toolbar

The MindModel Toolbar is the row of eleven icons at the top of the MindModel screen, below the menu bar.

The table below shows the name of each icon, and the icon itself.

Each icon is a shortcut for a MindModel command.  Click the name of an icon in the table below to see the description of that command.