Change the appearance of shapes

When working with a mind map in Detail View you can format the shapes.

You can define:

The font used for text inside shapes
The fill color in a shape
The line weight and color of a shape border

You need NVivo for Mac (Version 11.2 or later) to work with mind maps.

What do you want to do?

Change the text displayed on a shape
Change the formatting of text in a shape
Resize a shape
Change the fill color in a shape
Change the line weight and color of a shape border

Change the text displayed on a shape

Make sure you are in edit mode.
Double-click a shape to edit the text.
Press TAB.

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Change the formatting of text in a shape

Use the options to the right of the canvas in Detail View to set the shape fill color, border color and border width.

Make sure you are in edit mode.
Select the shape.
Use the Text Format options to the right of the canvas in Detail View.

NOTE You can also use the ribbon to format text—on the Home tab, in the Format group, select the font, point size, style or color that you want to apply.

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Resize a shape

Make sure you are in edit mode.
Click the required shape or connector. Handles are displayed when the shape is selected.
Click and drag a handle to resize.

NOTE You can also make multiple shapes the same size, height or width using the Resize button to the right of the canvas in Detail View.

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Change the fill color in a shape

Make sure you are in edit mode.
Select the required shape.
Use the Fill Color option to the right of the canvas in Detail View to change the color.

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Change the line weight and color of a shape border

Make sure you are in edit mode.
Select the required shape or connector.
To the right of the canvas in Detail View, use

Outline to change the line weight.
Border Color to change the color of the shape border.

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