Importing and Exporting Categories

When you start a new project, you can import your category system from an existing Citavi project or an outline from another program.

You can export the categories you create in Citavi to Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org Writer, ConceptDraw, FreeMind, or Mindjet MindManager Pro. This way you can keep using the categories as an outline in the word processor or MindMapping program.

Importing a Category System from Another Citavi Project

1.Switch to the Knowledge Organizer.

2.Click Categories.

3.In the toolbar above the navigation area, click Tools (), point to Import category system and click From a Citavi project.

4.Locate the project you want to copy the category system from and click Open.

5.Citavi will copy the category system to the new project.

Importing a Category System from a Word Processor

You can create an outline in Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org Writer and then import it to Citavi, provided you use default styles (that is, Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.) in the word processor.

1.Save the Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org Writer document.

2.Switch to Citavi and open the project you want to import the outline into.

3.Switch to the Knowledge Organizer.

4.Click Categories.

5.In the toolbar above the navigation area, click Tools (), point to Import category system and click From a Word document or From a Writer document, respectively.

6.Choose the document and click Open.

7.Citavi imports the outline into your project as a category system.

Exporting a Category System to a Word Processor

1.Switch to the Knowledge Organizer.

2.Click Categories.

3.In the toolbar above the navigation area, click Tools (), point to Export category system and click To Word or To Writer, respectively.

4.Citavi creates a new word processing document and copies the category system as an outline.

5.In Word or Writer, you can edit the outline as needed.

Working with Mind Mapping Software

You can import outlines from mind mapping software into Citavi. Citavi can exchange data with ConceptDraw, FreeMind, and MindManager Pro (versions 6 and later).

Importing MindMaps®

1.Switch to the Knowledge Organizer

2.Click Categories.

3.In the toolbar above the navigation area, click Tools (), point to Import category system and click From a ConceptDraw document, From a FreeMind document, or From a MindManager document, respectively.

4.Choose the document and click Open.

5.Citavi imports the outline into your project as a category system.

Exporting a Category System to a Mind Mapping Program

1.In Citavi, switch to the Knowledge Organizer.

2.Click Categories.

3.In the toolbar above the navigation area, click Tools (), point to Export category system and click To ConceptDraw, To FreeMind, or To MindManager, respectively.

4.Name the file and click Save.

5.Import the file to your mind mapping program:

·In MindManager Pro, on the File menu, point to Import and click Import from MPX file.

·In FreeMind, on the File menu, click Open.

·In ConceptDraw, on the File menu, point to Import, then Text Outline, and then click Indented Outline.

 

Note: MindManager does not have an import format of its own, and instead uses Microsoft Project Exchange (MPX) format. MPX was originally created for exchanging project management data. Note that MPX files created in Citavi are intended only for importing to MindManager Pro (version 6 or later) and cannot be imported to Microsoft Project. MindManager Lite cannot import or export MPX files.

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