You are most likely to work in Tree Mode when you are:

• Managing information visually,
• Adding Tickler Notes or detailed Notes,
• Brainstorming or adding new ideas,
• Changing topic structure (dragging and dropping),
• Adding icons and relationships,
• Filtering and searching.

Key Concept: When you first open Amode the default is Tree View.

The Tree Mode displays information in a uncluttered, visually consistent format that is familiar to almost everyone, regardless of their background or skill level.

As the Tree format is known to almost anyone that has used a computer, you are assured that learning curves are minimal.

Confusion caused by inconsistent presentation styles is common with other visual planning applications. In Mindsystems Amode the format is always consistent, so there is no risk of unfamiliar visual styles causing confusion between users.

Tree mode allows large volumes of information to be stored without becoming cluttered or messy, yet still provides powerful visual indicators to help you harness the power of visual information management.

Key advantages:

• View your information in a visually consistent format,
• Store large amounts of information without the interface becoming cluttered,
• Present information in a format that is logical and familiar to almost anyone that has used a computer before (ie. no learning curve for others trying to access your information),
• Represent information in a visually appealing way without sacrificing real world practicality.

Tree Mode Elements:

1) Topic Branches

These are used as short title summaries. They use a cascading display style and can be edited by clicking. They can also be expanded or contracted using the plus/minus icons. The plus minus icons will change to yellow when there are subtopics beneath them, this allows you to visually distinguish content if all branches are contracted.

2) Project Tab Bar

The Project Tab bar allows you to flip back and forth between all the Projects in your Amode Solution File. You can also create a new project by clicking on the 'New' tab.

3) Indicator Icons

Icon Indicators are placed to the right of the topic box. They depict a wide variety of meanings and are used as a visual indicator on your Tree, but also to enable advanced filter searches and single click functions. There are fixed system icons that are constant, such as Tickler Notes and Notes, but you can also create and use any number of your own custom icons. The first icon in all cases is the 'Tickler Note' icon. If the Tickler Note has content it is illuminated yellow.

4) Tickler Notes

Tickler Notes are used as a short summary for the topic they are connected with. They are designed to be a half way point between the simplicity of the topic title and the complexity of full scale Notes. Typically they are used to hold short summary, memory cues, comments, abstracts or short notes. You can access the Tickler Note box by clicking the Tickler icon and then clicking in the box to type information. You can visually see if a tickler has content or is blank without needing to open it because active Tickler notes are illuminated yellow.

5) Highlight Box

The highlight box is a darker blue colour box that appears around the selected topic group to provide visual clarity when working with multiple topic groups.

6) Filter Bar

The Filter Bar is used to launch searches (use the Search icon ) and apply custom Filter views to the Tree view (select a Filter from the drop down menu and use the Filter icon ) .

Filters are custom searches that are setup in advance to save you time. Filters are based on Indicator Icons and allow you to search in any combination you wish.

For example: You may have a filter setup to show all topics that have Notes called 'Filter Search Notes'. First you would select the 'Filter Search Notes' from the drop down menu and then click the Filter icon. The display will change to display only topics that have Notes.

You can also search for items that have a particular percentage completed or priority, or combine these extra values to further narrow down your Filter search.

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