Concept Maps in Microsoft

Though Visio is the best but this costs a separate license and is not part of Office package.

Concept maps can be made in Word, Powerpoint, Excel also using Insert > Shapes where you can use different shapes and connect them.

If you ask them which is the best among these 3, I will choose Powerpoint because of its focus on shapes and user friendliness.

Are concept maps = mind maps?

Note: many of the Office techniques can applied in all of the programs in the Office bundles. So even though a tip is for Word, the technique can often in PPT or other applications.

8 MS Word Templates That Help You Brainstorm & Mind Map Your Ideas Quickly http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-ms-word-template...

How To Build a Mind Map In Microsoft Word http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/build-mind-map-mic...

By Saikat Basu on Feb. 24th, 2010

It is said that an average person has 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts in a day. Of course, a genius might have more than you and I, but the figure mentioned was the hypothetical traffic that goes on in our brain. Our thoughts rarely go from Point A to Point B in a straight line. More likely, they flit about like a firefly caught in a jar.

This is where a tool like a Mind Map comes in use. A mind map is not a case sheet for a psychologist but simply a diagram that helps to connect related ideas or concepts around a central thought.

Try it out if you haven’t before…it is a great idea-capturing device to bring some order to the chaos that’s our brain.

Mind Map example using SmartArt http://school-maths.com/microsoft_math/Word%202...

Mind Map for OneNote 2.3.0.16 2016.11.20

Create Mind Map for OneNote 2016, 2013, 2010.

A Mind Map Add-in for OneNote

Mind map Using a SmartArt Graphic from Microsoft Office Word http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ssbi/pdf/min...

Office OneNote Gem Add-Ins – Mind Map Tools 10.0 http://www.onenotegem.com/onenote-mind-map.html

Mind mapping can be used to organize large amounts of information, combining spatial organization, dynamic hierarchical structuring and node folding. It can extend the concept of mind mapping by allowing individuals to map more than thoughts and ideas with information on their computers and the internet, like spreadsheets, documents, internet sites and images.

Pons for MindManager and OneNote 8.1.0.49

2016.10.11

Pons is a bridge between MindManager and OneNote.

Pons create current OneNote object nodes in MindManager mind map, save and replace mind map from Mindjet MindManager to OneNote.

Using a SmartArt Graphic from Microsoft Office Word http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ssbi/pdf/min...

Using Connectors with Shapes http://wordribbon.tips.net/T006277_Using_Connec...

If you add shapes to the drawing canvas, you can use connector lines between those shapes. Here’s how to add them to your drawing efforts.

Using SmartArt http://school-maths.com/microsoft_math/Word%202...

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If you are interested, I also have a long list of references to dedicated mind mapping tools.

CmapTools - Create “Concept Maps”

http://cmap.ihmc.us/

http://cmap.ihmc.us/Documentation/

List of concept- and mind-mapping software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_concept-_...

(40) Concept mapping and mind mapping software are used to create diagrams of relationships between concepts, ideas, or other pieces of information. It has been suggested that the mind mapping technique can improve learning and study efficiency up to 15% over conventional note-taking.[1] Many software packages and websites allow creating, or otherwise supporting, mind maps.

I think that would be Visio: https://products.office.com/en-us/visio/flowcha...