Our flagship MindManager solution has just had some major improvements to now offer far more user customisation and control over your PRINCE® projects. This new version also sees OPTi-P2 become truly International with releases planned for other languages which include German (due by 31st October), French, Dutch, Danish and Swedish.

Version 2 introduces a new My Schema feature that allows you to create and customise project schemas which can then be re-used when creating projects. Schema’s let you use other document formats other than the current Microsoft Office formats of Word and Excel. Now you can use PDF’s, RTF’s Open Office formats and more. My Schema also lets you add your own tailored guidance/reference material alongside the official OGC content when you need to.

Other improvements include redesigned maps incorporating quick navigation topics, faster Health Check refreshing, better project file management together with a more flexible code framework for future enhancements.

OPTi-P2 V2.0 is available for MindManager 8, MindManager 9 and the recently released MindManager Professional 2012. Learn more on the OPTi-P2 main page, view the screen gallery and download a 30 day trial.

]]> http://www.olympic-limited.co.uk/opti-p2-version-2-0/feed/ 0 http://www.olympic-limited.co.uk/opti-word-for-mindmanager/ http://www.olympic-limited.co.uk/opti-word-for-mindmanager/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:24:36 +0000 admin http://www.olympic-limited.co.uk/?p=3196 Flexible Export to Microsoft® Word from MindManager®

OPTi-Word™ for MindManager is the latest addition to Olympic’s OPTi-Range of add-ins that extend MindManager. This new add-in provides quick and flexible export of Map content without requiring specific Map Topic structure as is the case with the native MindManager export.

OPTi-Word™ uses Custom Map Marker Icons to “Tag” Map Topics with specific Word Styles for any given Word Template. Users can create and edit Word Templates stored with the add-in to create a range of selectable Templates that can be chosen when an export is started.

You can download a 14 day trial to give OPTi-Word™ a go and see how easy it is to create quick exports for selective Map content. Visit the OPTi-Word™ product page for more information and register for the trial.

In this issue:

• myThings™ – New MindManager® Add-in Now Available!
• MindManager 9 Promo – Get MindManager® 10 FREE!
• MMDevX™ – A Great New MindManager® Add-in Resource!
• The March/April MindManager® Add-in Competition Winner(s)!
• On the Horizon!

myThings™ – New MindManager® Add-in Now Available!

Get Things Done….Simply!

myThings™ for MindManager®, the new way to make sure all your ideas, thoughts, brainwaves and Eureka! moments are captured for future action.

myThings for MindManager® gives you the ability to capture and store thoughts and ideas as you work and then distribute them into a MindManager® Map framework which can be customised with the users own templates and organised in a way that suits each individual user.

If you use Mindjet® MindManager® on a regular basis then myThings for MindManager® will expand your use of the application, help you focus on what matters when its important and make sure you never forget that all import “thing” that popped into your head when you were engaged on another project or task.

Available for MindManager® 8 & 9, myThings™ for MindManager®
is a must if your life is full of interruptions and distractions.

Click to learn more or try myThings™ FREE for 30 days ?

MindManager® 9 Promo – Get MindManager® 10 FREE!

We have just released some new offers for purchasers of MindManager®. Up until 30th June 2011 we will be supplying Maintenance & Support (M&S) on selected product bundles which means that the next edition of MindManager will be available as a FREE upgrade under the M&S agreement.

M&S is an annual fee which normally costs £ 39.80 excl. VAT per, per annum. When purchasing MindManager® through Olympic we will supply your first year’s M&S with a 50% discount which means you only pay £ 20.00 excl. VAT for full Premium Support from Mindjet® directly AND receive a FREE upgrade to the next edition of MindManager® when its available.

We are also combining this offer with selected add-ins from the Olympic OPTi-Range offering further savings.

more details and pricing…

MMDevX™ – A Great New MindManager® Resource!

As some of you will no doubt already be aware Olympic recently launched a new website dedicated to developers of  MindManager® Add-ins and Solutions called MMDevX™.

The site is a showcase for add-ins from developers around the world and aims to list all currently supported add-ins that we are aware of. There are currently over 35 add-ins that work with a range of MindManager® versions from MindManager® Pro 6 upwards and we are actively searching out more to add over the coming months.

Pay the site a visit and sign up to the MMDevX Twitter account to get notified when new add-ins are inlcuded and current ones are updated.

MMDevX

The March & April MindManager® Add-in Competition Winner!

What with Easter and Royal Weddings we didn’t get the Newsletter out last month so this month we have TWO lucky winners of our monthly competition. The lucky two are:

Christian Haaning of QSCM

Christian chose a free licence of OPTi-P2™ for MindManager and had this to say:

“I always wanted to get to know PRINCE2 and this looks like the right way to start”

You can learn more about QSCM on their website www.qscm.dk

Dr Steve Rivkin of Acando Ltd

Steve also chose a free licence of OPTi-P2™ for MindManager and had this to say:

“Acando is a Management Consultancy company, and in the UK we specialise in Programme and Project Management. We provide project managers who are passionate about achieving success to a vast range of projects. We find the combination of Mind Manager and OPTI-P2 particularly useful for customising/profiling a client’s project processes, using Mind Maps for graphical navigation of the processes, and using OPTI-P2 to link to PRINCE2® functionality.“

You can learn more about Acando on their website www.acando.co.uk

Don’t forget we are giving away a MindManager® add-in of choice from our OPTi-Range EVERY month during 2011 so make sure you and your friends and colleagues are signed up to the Olympic Newsletter to be in with a chance of winning. You can do this from the Olympic Home Page.

On the Horizon!

Using MindManager® with Microsoft® Word? Keep an eye on MMDevX™ for a new add-in providing flexible MindManager® to Word export! Stay tuned to MMDevX for more info! http://www.MMDevX.com

That’s all until June’s issue…Thank you for reading

Kind Regards
Nigel Goult
Managing Director

You know the situation. Its happened to you time and time again. You’re deep in concentration, working on a project or task that required your undivided attention when into your mind pops and idea. Its a good one too. You make a mental note to remember to revisit the thought AFTER you have completed your current objective…times ticks on…you complete your objective and then wonder “now what was that great idea I had earlier…?”.

We’ve all been there, but now you can say goodbye to lost ideas, forgotten tasks and nagging distractions….with myThings™ for MindManager®, developed by necsus it.consulting of Denmark and distributed globally by Olympic.

After a very popular and interactive beta programe, we are pleased to announce that today, myThings™ for MindManager® is on general release and avialable to trial for 30 days and purchase from Olympic.

myThings™ for MindManager® integrates seamlessly into MindManager® version 8/9 and allows you to capture information and schedule it for later attention, delegation and organisation, making sure you don’t lose those all important pieces of information that threaten to disrupt your daily productivity and concentration.

More information can be found on the myThings™ product page located here and you can purchase myThings™ for MindManager® on the Buy Online page located here.

You can download a fully functional trial for Mindmanager 8/9 on the product page to try myThings before deciding to purchase.

The beta downloads for myThings™ for MindManager® are available to download now for MindManager® 8 and MindManager® 9.

If you were registered on the beta programme you should have received an email now allowing you to acess the downloads page.

If you have not yet registered then please do so below and you will gain access to the downloads upon registration.

We look forward to providing another valuable addition to our range of Mindjet® MindManager® Add-ins and thank you for your continued and valued support.

In this issue:

• myThings™ – New MindManager Add-in in Beta!
• MindMappers Ning Network under New Management!
• New Products from ABBYY!
• The February MindManager® Add-in Competition Winner!
• On the Horizon!

myThings™ – New MindManager Add-in in Beta!

Olympic are pleased to announce the beta programme for a new add-in for MindManager called myThings™. This new add-in is brought to you through collaboration with the developer & vendor of myThings™, necsus it.consulting of Denmark.

myThings™ is a productivity add-in that helps you maintain focus and capture ideas and thoughts without interrupting workflow on your current task. It allows you to organise and manage ideas and tasks for action when time allows.

The beta programme is about to start so make sure you are one of the first to try this exciting new MindManager extension by registering below.

MindMappers Ning Network Under New Management

The MindMappers Ning Network, also known as the MindManager Enthusiasts Network, was recently transferred to the ownership and management of Olympic.

We would like to thank CJ Cornell, the Network creator for agreeing to and organising this transfer of ownership and we look forward to opening the Network to vendors and users of all Information Management products, tools and disciplines over the coming months.

If you are not a member already, visit the Network and register to become involved in discussions and opinions and access other Information Management resources from around the world.

Visit the NEW MindMappers Ning…

New Products from ABBYY®

In keeping with our focus on products and applications that help users to manage information we have added a new range to the Olympic portfolio. The products offered by ABBYY are some of the best in the world for document recognition and PDF transformation and their award-winning range are used by industries of all sectors.

ABBYY provide easy-to-use software that helps their customers save money and increase productivity by unlocking information from paper scans (TIFs, GIFs, JPEGs, etc.) and image only PDFs, converting the data to editable information for use in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, RTF, HTML and so forth.  FineReader helps employees save the time typically spent on manual retyping or data entry as well as enabling far quicker access – via full text searching – for their ever-increasing information.

You can find more information about PDF Transformer and FineReader on the Products page.

The February MindManager® Add-in Competition Winner!

We are pleased to announce the winner of our Newsletter competition for February.

The lucky reader chosen was Mal Evans of JCR IT

Mal chose a free licence of OPTi-Docs™ for MindManager and had this to say:

“Since I work in sales I have a lot of proposals in various stages of preparation so I have chosen OPTi-Docs to allow me to better manage all the relevant documents I am working with. This will bring me further to being able to use Mind Manager as my central repository of all my information.”

You can learn more about Mal on his linked in profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/malevans

Don’t forget we are giving away a MindManager® add-in of choice from our OPTi-Range EVERY month during 2011 so make sure you and your friends and colleagues are signed up to the Olympic Newsletter to be in with a chance of winning. You can do this from the Olympic Home Page.

On the Horizon!

Updates continue with OPTi-P2™ our PRINCE2® Solution for MindManager®. We are sightly behind our planned release for this update but are nearing completion of the first round of updates.

That’s all until April’s issue…Thank you for reading

Kind Regards
Nigel Goult
Managing Director

Olympic are pleased to announce the imminent release of a new add-in for Mindjet® MindManager® to help users capture, distribute and organise their daily tasks and activities. myThings™ for MindManager is brought to you through a new collaboration between the developer, necsus it.consulting of Denmark and Olympic Limited.

The add-in will go into beta at the beginning of April and is planned for general release in early May. The new collaboration between necsus it.consulting and Olympic will provide yet another quality extension for Mindjet® MindManager® and bring the total number of add-ins available to eight making Olympic one of the largest providers of MindManager® add-ins/extensions.

Join the beta

If you would like to participate in the beta of myThings™ for MindManager® and get an early look at this new add-in then please visit the beta registration page here or complete the registration form below.

Once registered you will receive an email confirming your registration and a second email when the beta build is available. This will include help documentation to get you started and guidance on how to get the most from your time spent using myThings for MindManager®.

We look forward to providing another valuable addition to our range of Mindjet® MindManager® Add-ins and thank you for your continued and valued support.

In this issue:

• Thank you!
• OPTi-Docs™ for MindManager® arrives!
• Save 10-25% on selected products this December!
• Goalscape. The new product in Olympic’s portfolio!
• On the Horizon!

Thank you!

As another year comes to a close I would like to thank all of you for your support and continued business relationship with Olympic. I hope that the coming new year proves a brighter place for us all and that Olympic are able to continue to provide you with the high level of customer service you have come to expect from us over the last few years.

I wish you a wonderful Christmas and a very prosperous 2011.

Thank you

Nigel Goult
Managing Director

OPTi-Docs™ for MindManager® arrives!

Olympic are pleased to announce the release of OPTi-Docs™ for MindManager®, a simple document management add-in for users of MindManager Pro 6, MindManager Pro 7, MindManager 8 and Mindmanager 9.

One of the first things that most users of Mindjet® MindManager® do when they start using the application is link documents into their maps. MindManager® users in disciplines from Project Management to Technical Authorship and users groups from Project Teams to individual Lawyers or Solicitors are all managing documentation of one type or another in their MindManager® Maps.

Minutes from meetings, project documentation such as Project Briefs, Risk Logs, Plans etc, Customer Proposals, Books, Specifications,Quotes/Tenders and Presentations, the list is endless. All of these documents change during their lifetime creating multiple instances of the document over each iteration/revision and ideally you need to keep records/copies of these changes to provide audit accountability or to reference at a later date. That’s where OPTi-Docs™ comes in.

Up until now there has been no real way of controlling the localised documents that MindManager® is linked to and although you can open documents and then edit them there is no simple way to keep a history of the revisions of a particular document (or any file type for that matter) without having to manually create copies and rename files etc. OPTi-Docs™ for MindManager® changes all of that.

OPTi-Docs™ adds a Document Management Task Pane to MindManager® allowing the user to carry out basic document management activities on selected documents such as document check-out, document check-in, editing of checked-out documents, automatic document version increment, automatic document revision creation and storage as well as visual indication of selected document status and change history.

Learn more – Download a  trial – View the User Guide

Save 10-25% on selected products this December

From the 1st December 2010 to 3rd January 2011 Olympic are offering some special festive offers to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. There are some great savings to be made on MindManager 9, and ALL of the products in Olympic’s OPTi range. Simply use the festive coupon codes on the Festive Offers page when purchasing on-line to take advantage of these limited time offers.

Some of the offers are subject to availability, where stated these offers are only available while we have stock and will be withdrawn once that stock is depleted.

Use the following links to view our Bundle Special and Festive Offers

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Goalscape. The new product in Olympic’s portfolio!

We are pleased to announce that we now promote and support the unique Goal Management application, Goalscape.

Recently updated to include integration with MindManager® we guarantee you will not have seen another application that looks or acts like this.

With a stylish and easy to use interface that is fluid and quick to get to grips with, Goalscape is a really welcome breath of fresh air and a possible alternative to the usual “Mind Mapping” type offerings available today.

If you need to get to grips with your goals, whether personal or business, Goalscape is definitely for you and can be applied to many other tasks too.

Learn more about Goalscape

On the Horizon!

Looking forward into 2011 we have some updates planned for our OPTi products including OPTi-Q and OPTi-P2. These updates will be announced as they become available and will be provided free of charge.

We are also looking into development of two additional products to integrate with MindManager® and we will release further news about what these new add-ins will be in Q1 of 2011. Needless to say both feature heavily in the Project Management arena. Check the Olympic website from time to time for news about these new add-ins and their time-line for availability.

That’s all until 2011

Thank you for reading…..
Kind Regards
Nigel Goult
Managing Director

Olympic are pleased to announce the release of OPTi-Docs™ for MindManager®, a simple document management add-in for users of MindManager Pro 6, MindManager Pro 7, MindManager 8 and Mindmanager 9.

One of the first things that most users of Mindjet® MindManager® do when they start using the application is link documents into their maps. MindManager® users in disciplines from Project Management to Technical Authorship and users groups from Project Teams to individual Lawyers or Solicitors are all managing documentation of one type or another in their MindManager® Maps.

Minutes from meetings, project documentation such as Project Briefs, Risk Logs, Plans etc, Customer Proposals, Books, Specifications,Quotes/Tenders and Presentations, the list is endless. All of these documents change during their lifetime creating multiple instances of the document over each iteration/revision and ideally you need to keep records/copies of these changes to provide audit accountability or to reference at a later date. That’s where OPTi-Docs™ comes in.

Up until now there has been no real way of controlling the localised documents that MindManager® is linked to and although you can open documents and then edit them there is no simple way to keep a history of the revisions of a particular document (or any file type for that matter) without having to manually create copies and rename files etc. OPTi-Docs™ for MindManager® changes all of that.

OPTi-Docs™ adds a Document Management Task Pane to MindManager® allowing the user to carry out basic document management activities on selected documents such as document check-out, document check-in, editing of checked-out documents, automatic document version increment, automatic document revision creation and storage as well as visual indication of selected document status and change history.

Learn more – Download a  trial – View the User Guide

In this issue:

• OPTi-P2™ for Windows® Arrives!
• PersonalBrain™ 6 released!
• Biggerplate Map Portal News and Competition Offer!
• On the Horizon!

OPTi-P2™ for Windows® Arrives!

Olympic are proud to unveil our first independent software application for Microsoft® Windows®, OPTi-P2™.

Hot on the heels of our launch earlier this year of OPTi-P2™ for MindManager® we are pleased to now offer an alternative version of this unique PRINCE2® Project Management Support tool that runs on Windows® WITHOUT the need for any other supporting software (excepting Microsoft® Office for reporting).

This new edition allows us the opportunity to extend the functionality of OPTi-P2™ and include some more advanced features, such as Document Management with check in and check out control, visual navigational aids more in line with those of the OGC material, improved process tracking and documenting as well as retaining the same easy to access official OGC content available on demand whenever you need it.

OPTi-P2™ for WIndows® is an excellent learning tool for those studying for the PRINCE2® qualification and can help support your first projects managed with the method whilst cementing your new found knowledge.

Available in a free to use reduced feature version or a low-cost paid licence version, OPTI-P2® for Windows® is a cost effective way to manage the PRINCE2® documentation for all your projects.

Try it today with a free 30 day, no obligation trial.

Visit the dedicated OPTi-P2® for Windows® website at www.opti-p2.com for further details,
trials and user documentation.

PersonalBrain™ 6 Released!

TheBrain Technologies, the leading provider of dynamic visualization and knowledgebase software, announced its newest release, PersonalBrain 6, which augments PersonalBrain publishing and provides synchronization of Brains across multiple platforms and machines.

PersonalBrain’s context rich interface provides an intelligent platform for sharing large information sets. Business managers, researchers, teachers, hobbyists and users worldwide publish their brains online at http://webbrain.com. PersonalBrain 6 takes Brain publishing to the next level by enabling one-step synchronization to WebBrain.com. Now users can share, backup, and synchronize across multiple platforms for universal access to their digital thinking.

PersonalBrain 6 has over 100 new features and enhancements including:

• One Click WebBrain Publishing – Share your Brain with the world on WebBrain.com. Users can publish publicly, unlisted or privately. Send links to key Thoughts or areas in their Brain and track comments from the WebBrain.com community. Published Brains can be embedded in blogs or Web sites and are searched and indexed by all search engines.
• Secure Synchronization and Backup – Get access to your complete digital memory and knowledgebase anywhere. Synchronize your Brain across multiple machines, platforms and location. One step WebBrain publishing gives users and their coworkers instant access to information online or offline on the desktop.
• Increased Performance – Work at the speed of Thought with twice the navigation speed powered by an augmented database backend. PersonalBrain’s dynamic user interface enables one to visually navigate across all relevant information quickly and intelligently. PersonalBrain 6 makes digital Brains even faster and more reliable. This increased speed further enhances the ability to easily create Brains with hundreds of thousands of Thoughts while increasing productivity.
• Transparent Visualization – Connect your thinking to your work patterns. With PersonalBrain 6’s transparent mode users can float their Brains over top of their desktop or any application while still working. This revolutionary view enables Thought visualization to be seamlessly integrated with any activity.
• Windows Explorer Integration – Organize files and documents under multiple topics so you can move beyond linear file folder structures. With PersonalBrain 6 in addition to easy drag and drop of files, users can now right click on any file and use the “Send To” command to instantly add it to their Brain. Now, no file is more than two clicks away from your Brain.
• More Tools for Getting Things Done – Get complete task management and mental clarity by creating Thoughts for all key tasks and projects in your life. Action-oriented PersonalBrains enhance productivity. With PersonalBrain 6 users can gain control of projects and to-dos with checkbox lists in notes, a more powerful calendar, and Google calendar synchronization.
• Augmented Thought Type Visualization – Create key information types and tag information with a wide variety of attributes to further delineate information and contextualize tasks. PersonalBrain 6’s new Thought Type display lets you visualize relationships between types and centralizes management of types.

PersonalBrain 6 Pricing and Availability

PersonalBrain 6 is a complimentary upgrade to registered PersonalBrain 5.0 users who purchased after February 1, 2010.

PersonalBrain 6 is offered in three editions: Free, Core, and Pro (the most powerful edition). PersonalBrain Free is offered at no charge. The Free edition does not expire and lets anyone link ideas and Web pages on their desktops. See here for Pro and Core edition pricing.

PersonalBrain 6 is cross platform and runs on Windows, Mac OS and Linux machines and is available in 7 languages. English, German, French, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Dutch.

Bigger Plate Map Portal News and Competition Offer!

Some of you are probably aware of biggerplate.com, the on-line portal for sharing MindManager maps but we wanted to let all our readers know that there are great plans in store for the site in the coming months. The site currently has the largest collection of MindManager maps on-line, all free to download and use, so head along and get yourself registered and don’t forget to bookmark this excellent resource for repeat visits and stay tuned for some great enhancements to be announced soon.

Olympic are currently supporting Biggerplate in their efforts to engage more users and grow their map content for current and future members of the site. Upload a map today for your chance to win a MindManager Super Bundle including MindManager 9, OPTi-Suite and Power Markers add-ins.

Visit www.biggerplate.com for further details on how to enter and get yourself registered on this top resource portal.

On the Horizon!

We would like to take this opportunity to tell you about some upcoming news items to keep your eyes peeled for in the next few months and into Q1 of 2011, oh my goodness what happened to 2010?? .

New products – We are currently looking at two new products we hope will be joining the current Olympic product portfolio. They are both very visual and fit in with our overall positioning of applications that help you manage information in a visual manner. We will publish more information shortly so please check the Olympic website regularly for updates on these new additions which will hopefully be available by the end of the year.

New add-ins – Also coming down the line is a new MindManager® add-in which will release within the next few weeks. The add-in will be invaluable for anyone using MindManager® to manage linked documents and files. It is planned to be available for MindManager versions 6, 7, 8,and 9 and promises to be another popular extension to the market leading mapping application. If you would like to be emailed when the add-in is available then please send an email to this address and we will let you know the minute it is available on general release.

That’s all until the next issue.

Thank you for reading…..
Kind Regards
Nigel Goult
Managing Director