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Companion to Version 2.0 of PersonalBrain. Posted September 17, 2001 © 2001. Th

Companion to Version 2.0 of PersonalBrain. Posted September 17, 2001 © 2001. TheBrain Technologies Corporation. All Rights Reserved. TheBrain, PersonalBrain, Brain, Thoughts, and Work The Way You Think are trademarks or registered trademarks of TheBrain Technologies Corporation. Other trademarks or service marks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners. Table of Contents PersonalBrain User Guide 9/17/01 i Table of Contents List of Figures.............................................................................................................. vi 1 Introduction............................................................................................................. 1 Thoughts are Information .................................................................................... 1 Dynamic Graphical Interface ............................................................................... 1 2 Setup........................................................................................................................ 2 System Requirements......................................................................................... 2 Quick Start Instructions ....................................................................................... 2 Installing PersonalBrain....................................................................................... 2 From a CD-ROM ........................................................................................... 2 From the Web ............................................................................................... 3 Purchasing PersonalBrain................................................................................... 3 Getting Help ........................................................................................................ 3 Online Resources.......................................................................................... 3 E-mail Technical Support .............................................................................. 3 3 Getting Started........................................................................................................ 4 What You See On-Screen................................................................................... 4 The Auto Hide Button.......................................................................................... 5 Icons and Tools............................................................................................. 6 What Are Thoughts? ........................................................................................... 8 The Active Thought ....................................................................................... 8 Thought Relationships................................................................................... 8 Gates ............................................................................................................ 9 Touring Through Lou’s Brain............................................................................. 10 Creating a Child Thought .................................................................................. 12 Creating a Child from a Child....................................................................... 13 Creating Thought Content ........................................................................... 14 Opening Thought Content ................................................................................. 15 Creating a Thought and Attaching an Existing File ............................................ 15 Drag a File to Create a Thought .................................................................. 15 Drag a File to an Existing Thought .............................................................. 15 Drag a Folder to Create Multiple Thoughts.................................................. 16 Icons ........................................................................................................... 17 More Dragging Methods.............................................................................. 17 Attach a Shortcut to a Thought.................................................................... 17 Attach a Web Page to a Thought................................................................. 17 Using Jump Thoughts ....................................................................................... 19 Using a Thought to Open an Application ........................................................... 19 Table of Contents PersonalBrain User Guide 9/17/01 ii From the Desktop........................................................................................ 19 From the Start Menu ................................................................................... 20 4 Establishing Relationships Between Thoughts.................................................. 21 Families of Thoughts......................................................................................... 23 5 Navigating Your Brain .......................................................................................... 25 Pins................................................................................................................... 26 Creating Pins............................................................................................... 26 Deleting Pins............................................................................................... 27 Using Pins to Link Thoughts........................................................................ 27 Open Content Without Activating....................................................................... 27 The Past Thought List ....................................................................................... 27 Using the Past Thought List to Link Thoughts ............................................. 28 The Search Tool................................................................................................ 28 Keyboard Navigation......................................................................................... 28 6 Expanding Your Brain .......................................................................................... 29 The Brain Menu................................................................................................. 29 The Thought Menu............................................................................................ 30 Naming Thoughts.............................................................................................. 30 Renaming Thoughts.......................................................................................... 31 Creating Thoughts............................................................................................. 31 Using the Auto Hide Button with Drag and Drop.......................................... 31 Creating Several Thoughts at Once............................................................. 32 Using Notes to Expand Your Brain.................................................................... 32 Linking Existing Thoughts ................................................................................. 32 Link to Thoughts Visible in the Plex............................................................. 32 Link to Thoughts Not Visible in the Plex ...................................................... 32 Link by Dragging to a Pin ............................................................................ 33 Link by Dragging to the Past Thought List ................................................... 33 Link by Naming ........................................................................................... 34 Saving Thoughts ............................................................................................... 34 Do Not Use “Save As” with PersonalBrain................................................... 34 Printing Files ..................................................................................................... 35 7 Editing Your Brain ................................................................................................ 36 Setting the Home Thought................................................................................. 36 Changing the Relationship Between Thoughts.................................................. 36 Unlinking Thoughts ........................................................................................... 37 Forgetting and Remembering Thoughts ............................................................ 37 Forgetting a Thought................................................................................... 38 Activating a Forgotten Thought.................................................................... 38 Table of Contents PersonalBrain User Guide 9/17/01 iii Displaying Forgotten Thoughts.................................................................... 38 Remembering a Thought............................................................................. 39 Deleting Thoughts and Files.............................................................................. 39 Deleting Thoughts ....................................................................................... 39 Deleting a File or Web Page Attached to a Thought.................................... 40 Undo/Redo........................................................................................................ 40 Moving Thoughts and Files ............................................................................... 40 Moving Thoughts......................................................................................... 40 Moving Files................................................................................................ 41 Copying Thoughts and Files.............................................................................. 41 Moving and Copying Brains............................................................................... 41 Importing and Merging Brains ........................................................................... 42 Renaming Brains............................................................................................... 42 8 Maintaining Your Brain......................................................................................... 43 Compacting Your Brain ..................................................................................... 43 Backing Up Your Brain...................................................................................... 43 9 Tools ...................................................................................................................... 44 Notes Tool......................................................................................................... 45 Importing Web Images from Netscape ........................................................ 45 Adding More Content to a Thought.............................................................. 46 Using the Notes Word Processor ................................................................ 46 Notes File Menu .......................................................................................... 46 Notes Edit Menu.......................................................................................... 48 Properties Tool.................................................................................................. 50 Name .......................................................................................................... 50 File .............................................................................................................. 50 Details......................................................................................................... 50 Keywords .................................................................................................... 50 Private Thoughts ......................................................................................... 50 Created ....................................................................................................... 51 Modified ...................................................................................................... 51 Active .......................................................................................................... 51 Select Content............................................................................................. 51 Attach Graphic ............................................................................................ 51 Search Tool....................................................................................................... 51 Find............................................................................................................. 52 Copy............................................................................................................ 54 History Tool....................................................................................................... 54 10 Customizing PersonalBrain ................................................................................. 55 The Window Menu ............................................................................................ 55 Table of Contents PersonalBrain User Guide 9/17/01 iv Auto Hide (for Docked Windows)................................................................. 55 Always On Top (for Floating Windows)........................................................ 56 Displaying Your PersonalBrain Windows..................................................... 56 Resizing Your Brain........................................................................................... 56 PersonalBrain Window ................................................................................ 56 The Plex Window and the Tools Window .................................................... 57 The Options Menu............................................................................................. 57 Undo/Redo.................................................................................................. 58 Search Web ................................................................................................ 58 Refresh Virtual Thoughts............................................................................. 58 Wander ....................................................................................................... 58 Import Folders............................................................................................. 58 Forgotten Thoughts..................................................................................... 59 Hide Links ................................................................................................... 60 Display Properties ....................................................................................... 60 Preferences....................................................................................................... 64 Animation Tab............................................................................................. 65 Sizing Tab ................................................................................................... 66 InstantBrains ..................................................................................................... 67 Installing an InstantBrain ............................................................................. 67 Removing InstantBrain Wallpaper ............................................................... 68 Removing an InstantBrain ........................................................................... 68 11 PersonalBrain and the Internet ............................................................................ 69 Searching the Web............................................................................................ 69 Creating Thoughts and Attaching Web Pages................................................... 70 Attaching a Web Page to an Existing Thought................................................... 70 Working with Thoughts Containing E-mail......................................................... 70 Creating Thoughts Containing E-mail Messages......................................... 70 Creating Thoughts Containing E-mail Attachments ..................................... 71 Spidering a Web Page................................................................................. 71 12 PersonalBrain and Your Applications ................................................................. 73 Juggling Several Thoughts at Once................................................................... 73 Keeping Multiple Versions of a File ................................................................... 74 Using Templates ............................................................................................... 74 13 PersonalBrain and Networks ............................................................................... 75 Multiple Brains on One Computer...................................................................... 75 Appendix A – The Transition to PersonalBrain ........................................................ 76 Using Windows to Move Files into PersonalBrain.............................................. 76 Dragging Files ............................................................................................. 76 CTRL+Dragging Files.................................................................................. 77 Table of Contents PersonalBrain User Guide 9/17/01 v SHIFT+Dragging Files................................................................................. 77 How PersonalBrain Stores Files........................................................................ 77 Advice for the Transition.................................................................................... 77 Appendix B – Alternate Commands .......................................................................... 79 Keyboard Commands........................................................................................ 79 Help............................................................................................................. 79 Navigating ................................................................................................... 79 Creating Thoughts....................................................................................... 79 Searching.................................................................................................... 79 Notes........................................................................................................... 79 Mouse Commands ............................................................................................ 80 Appendix C – Troubleshooting.................................................................................. 81 Glossary ...................................................................................................................... 84 Index............................................................................................................................ 88 List of Figures PersonalBrain User Guide 9/17/01 vi List of Figures Figure 1. PersonalBrain ................................................................................................. 1 Figure 2. PersonalBrain on the Desktop ........................................................................ 4 Figure 3. The Plex ......................................................................................................... 5 Figure 4. PersonalBrain Elements .................................................................................. 5 Figure 5. Auto Hide........................................................................................................ 6 Figure 6. Thought Relationships .................................................................................... 8 Figure 7. Gate Types ................................................................................................... 10 Figure 8. Lou Green's Brain......................................................................................... 10 Figure 9. Recently Accessed Thoughts........................................................................ 11 Figure 10. Parent Thoughts ......................................................................................... 11 Figure 11. Active Thought Linked to the Writer, Related Stories, and Data.................. 12 Figure 12. Active Thought (Your Name) with Two Child Thoughts ............................... 13 Figure 13. Select Content Dialog Box .......................................................................... 14 Figure 14. Active Thought with Shortcut to Document.................................................. 17 Figure 15. Example PersonalBrain............................................................................... 21 Figure 16. Child Thought Link to Two Headings........................................................... 22 Figure 17. Jump Thoughts to the Active Thought......................................................... 22 Figure 18. New Parent Thought................................................................................... 23 Figure 19. Example of Parent/Child Relationships ....................................................... 24 Figure 20. Close and Distant Thought Relationships ................................................... 25 Figure 21. Pins for Frequently Accessed Thoughts...................................................... 26 Figure 22. The Past Thought List................................................................................. 27 Figure 23. The Brain Menu .......................................................................................... 29 Figure 24. The Context-Sensitive Thought Menu......................................................... 30 Figure 25. Dragging to a Pin ........................................................................................ 33 Figure 26. Dragging to the Past Thought List............................................................... 33 Figure 27. Link by Naming ........................................................................................... 34 Figure 28. Changing Thought Relationships ................................................................ 37 Figure 29. Tools Window ............................................................................................. 44 Figure 30. Customizing Tools Display.......................................................................... 44 List of Figures PersonalBrain User Guide 9/17/01 vii Figure 31. Notes Tool .................................................................................................. 45 Figure 32. Notes File Menu.......................................................................................... 46 Figure 33. Notes Edit Menu ......................................................................................... 48 Figure 34. Properties Tool ........................................................................................... 50 Figure 35. Search Tool Window................................................................................... 51 Figure 36. Search Thought Categories ........................................................................ 52 Figure 37. Find Thoughts Dialog Box........................................................................... 53 Figure 38. History Tool Window................................................................................... 54 Figure 39. Window Menu............................................................................................. 55 Figure 40. Resizing the PersonalBrain Window ........................................................... 57 Figure 41. Resizing the Tools Window......................................................................... 57 Figure 42. Options Menu ............................................................................................. 58 Figure 43. Import Folders Dialog Box........................................................................... 59 Figure 44. Display Properties – General Tab ............................................................... 60 Figure 45. Preferences Tab ......................................................................................... 64 Figure 46. Animation Tab............................................................................................. 65 Figure 47. Active Thought Indicator ............................................................................. 66 Figure 48. Sizing Tab................................................................................................... 66 Figure 49. Search Web Box......................................................................................... 69 Introduction PersonalBrain User Guide 9/17/01 1 1 Introduction Welcome to PersonalBrain™, the first software package that lets you use your computer the way you use your mind—intuitively. PersonalBrain’s easy-to-use visual interface integrates information from the Internet and all your applications, allowing you the freedom to think less about your computer and more about your work and interests. Your mind works in a way that is unique to you, and PersonalBrain (see Figure 1) allows you to organize your information in the same way, without limiting you to a pre-determined file structure. The human mind is a container for a virtually limitless number of Thoughts. The wonder of the mind, and the source of human creativity, is the connectedness of all these Thoughts. Intelligence comes from the mind’s ability to think associatively—that is, to leap from Thought to Thought, building webs of greater and greater complexity, until new ideas are built. Associations are our inspirations. Figure 1. PersonalBrain Introduction PersonalBrain User Guide 9/17/01 1 Thoughts are Information PersonalBrain uses a brand new concept, a data format called Thoughts. Thoughts can be just about any type of information, including documents, spreadsheets, images, shortcuts, and Web pages. By letting you create links and associations between Thoughts, PersonalBrain expands to become a visual interface that reflects the way you think. With a simple click-and-drag interface you uploads/Litterature/ companion-to-version-2-0-of-personalbrain-posted-september-17-2001-2001-thebrain-technologies-corporation-all-rights-reserved.pdf