For visual mapping, outlining, writing and making presentations, use Inspiration® 9, the ultimate thinking and learning tool. Brainstorm ideas, structure your thoughts and visually communicate concepts to strengthen understanding with the Diagram and Map Views. To take notes, organize information, and structure writing for plans, papers and reports, use the integrated Outline View. With Inspiration’s Presentation Manager, transform your diagrams, mind maps and outlines into polished presentations that communicate ideas clearly and demonstrate understanding and knowledge.

Visualize & develop ideas
Understand & retain concepts

Inspiration makes it easy to create webs, idea maps, mind maps, concept maps, graphic organizers, process flows, and other diagrams for thinking, organizing and writing. Use these proven visual thinking and learning techniques to explore and explain relationships and integrate new knowledge with what you already know.

Plan & organize written work

Get organized and think through projects and assignments more effectively using Inspiration’s Outline View. Structure and organize your work for planning and writing.

Communicate & present knowledge

Use the content you’ve developed in Diagram, Map and Outline Views and expand your work into presentations and final projects. Inspiration’s Presentation Manager provides all the tools you need to create organized, polished presentations that convey ideas clearly and demonstrate your understanding and knowledge.

What’s New in Inspiration 9

More visual thinking support in Diagram View to strengthen understanding, retention and communication

• Visually represent concepts more effectively with new symbol libraries designed to support subject-area curriculum
• Label concept map links using common Linking Phrases to explain relationships easily
• Lock symbols while developing templates to ensure they aren’t moved or deleted by students

A powerful NEW Map View to think and create with mind maps

• Add new topic and subtopic branches with one click or use the RapidFire® tool
• Rearrange and graft ideas to other branches by simply dragging
• Add a note to any topic to expand upon ideas
• Differentiate and emphasize ideas using symbols, colors and fonts
• Instantly transform your mind map into an outline to develop your writing

Develop polished presentations and demonstrate knowledge with the Presentation Manager

• Develop slides from content automatically generated from Diagram, Map and Outline Views
• Use ready-made professional themes, combining a title slide, background, bullet style, fonts and colors for visually appealing slide designs
• Choose from a variety of different slide layouts that communicate and highlight your key points
• Quickly create, duplicate, reorder and delete slides
• Add visual images from diagrams and mind maps with the Snapshot tool
• Link to and access online resources directly from your presentation with hyperlinks
• Utilize speaker notes with each slide to add detail to talking points and tips for effective presentation delivery
• Use Slide Transitions and Reveal Talking Points to engage your audience
• Print your slides in various handout formats including 3x5 and 4x6 cards
• Play your presentation directly from Inspiration or from any Macintosh® or Windows® computer using the free Inspiration® Presenter

More capabilities for organizing, outlining and writing added to Outline View

• See your visual connections—Show symbols or link text in outline
• Take multiple topics and instantly make them one topic using Combine Topics
• Use Break Apart to divide one long topic with multiple ideas into separate topics
• Use Word Count to meet word and page count requirements

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