Support

See Help Previous Freeplane Versions for Freeplane 1.1.3. The following is Help for Freeplane 1.2.x

Index wiki

Installation (stable version)

• The installation of the stable version for Windows is automatic. In other cases consult the installation for different operating systems below. For Macintosh also the windows-equivalent mouse buttons and special keys are described.
• By default an English dictionary for the spell checker is installed. For other languages see below.
• The menu structure is available in an increasingly number of languages. In the program, in menu Tools > Preferences, the language for the menu's can be changed. * For more information, see mind map Index wiki (upper right corner), branch Intall.

Operating systems

• Systems: Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, PortableApps, ..
• Macintosh, also for mouse(button) handling.

Install language

• spell check
• translation

Install add-ons

• See Add-ons_(install) for extensions and for customization of Freeplane.
• See Academic liturature suite.

Installation (development version)

Install beta version

A beta version is a complete version of Freeplane with all new functionality of the coming new stable version and which is being installed in the same way as the stable version, with a set-up file which will automatically install Java too. Go to beta version 1.2.x, download the Freeplane-SetupXXX and execute this file. For non-windows operating systems, see Category:System. Read about here about changes between program versions.

Install last preview version

A preview version contains new functionality the programmers are still working on. Installing a preview version supposes that you have Java installed on your computer.

Go to preview and download Freeplane_bin-XXXX.zip, in which XXXX is a shown version number. Unpack the zip file, at any place you want. If your intention is to only test the new version: In Windows click freeplane.exe; you could also connect freeplane.exe to the task bar. If you want the new version to automatically start if you click on any mind map, just overwrite the directories of the older version with those of the newer version. For other operating systems, see Category:System.

Video guide

This is under development:

• Why Freeplane. Guide to application area's and overview of productivity functions.
• Viewing guide. Guide to navigating information and unhiding hidden information.
• Beginner editing guide. Guide to building core maps and productivity functions.
• Advanced editing guide. Guide to formatting & styling and node extensions.

Tutorial

• In the Freeplane program Help > Tutorial gives general user information.
• The wiki Freeplane Tutorial Extensions contains a tutorial and use cases. These can be viewed without having Freeplane installed.

Documentation

Index wiki

• In the Freeplane program Help > Documentation gives detailed information about installation and use. You can use Find or Filter to quickly locate the information you need. Or you can consult the FAQ's in the Documentation.
• In the Freeplane program Help > Online documentation gives the most actual information.
• This wiki gives detailed information on many topics, see the mind map on the right.

Making a Freeplane animation or video

• How to create a high quality, low storage Freeplane animation or video.

Open forum

• Find answers or create new topic in our Open Discussion Forum (registration on SourceForge is required for posting).
• You can also check our old forum.

FAQ's

• the Troubleshooting page
• the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
• Report bugs here or request new features here
    Please check first for existing issues using the Search box on our Mantis Bug Tracker
    Use the Apply Filter button to begin the search.
    OpenID Warning: Mantis requires a full SourceForge account login with a username and password. SourceForge support for OpenID is very limited and has numerous known issues.

Developers

• Information for developers

Previous versions

• Freeplane 1.1.3