In article , Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote:
Office does not have a mind mapping tool but Excel will interface with your
mind mapping application.

Do a 'net search for mind mapping excel to find many hits.

Did not run through to see if any are free.
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

No idea if these connect with excel (other than as data sources) but I have
played with a few packages claiming to be mind map related. I kept freemind
(freemind.sourceforge.net) and keynote (http://keynote.prv.pl), both of
which are free. Freemind is more the classic mind map s/w, giving pretty
pictures and connections and keynote calls itself a 'tabbed notebook for
windows' and to me, is the more useful as a connection to XL files.

HTH



On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:12:16 -0700, Mother Nellie <Mother
wrote:

Where do I find a mind mapping tool within Microsoft Office? I've been told
there is a free download in Excel but I can't find it.

I'm using MS Office 2007 in Windowns Vista

Can anyone help?