Writing a Report撰写报告

Writing a Report，撰写报告是一个需要结构化和逻辑性强的过程，以下是一些关键的步骤和提示，帮助你撰写一份清晰、准确、有说服力的报告。

Writing a Report

• Think aboutyour topic
  • What will you enjoy writing about?
  • Why will someone who reads this be interested?
  • What's your goal for this paper?
    • Inspire someone about your topic?
    • Specific grade?
    • Do your best work?
• Research
  • Background research
    • Directions for Use in Mindjet MindManager Pro 6 & Basic 6 Select Tools -- Macro -- Add new News Feed to Library Enter one of the above URL links Select Okay Your newly added News feed will be located under Map Parts in the Library Drag this Map Part on to your Map
    • Books
    • News sources
      • The Mindjet Blog
        • Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:43:42 +0000 Think Together. Work Together. Map Together. More ...
        • America’s Best Sommelier Uses MindManager® to Prepare for Global Wine Competition
          • Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:42:23 +0000 How did Aldo Sohm earn his reputation as America's best sommelier? Part of his winning strategy has been to use MindManager to create maps that “help him visualize the links among wines, regions, soils and more,” as recently told to Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg of the Washington Post.Sohm has won awards as a top sommelier in [...] More ...
        • Enhance Your Creative Powers in Just 1 Hour with Jamie Nast
          • Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:04:26 +0000 Roger C. Parker, Guerrilla Marketing Association Expert, will interview Jamie Nast, author of "Idea Mapping", for a discussion on how you can Enhance Your Creative Powers in Just 1-Hour.Wednesday, April 4, 20077:00 PM to 8:00 PM, EST404-920- 6610192304#www.rcpevents.infoOn this call, you'll learn how to:Enhance your memory Take better notes Organize your thoughts Improve your ability to [...] More ...
        • Thank You Mindjet!
          • Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:03:49 +0000 Today is it! After 4 1/2 years, this is my last day at Mindjet and tomorrow I will be starting a new job with Microsoft. This is an amazing opportunity for me. Please read this post about it on my Synergist Blog on the Mindjet Labs. Mindjet and MindManager have been wonderful for me and [...] More ...
        • Latest Mind Mapping Software Survey from Chuck Frey Reveals Interesting User Trends and Characteristics
          • Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:14:24 +0000 I wanted to share some noteworthy results from Chuck Frey's latest mind mapping software survey on Innovation Tools. This is his second survey in a running series that includes findings from over 500 participants.Do you agree or disagree with any of these findings? What would you predict these results to be 2 years from now -- vastly different?1. Top 3 factors important [...] More ...
        • Visualizing Information
          • Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:48:10 +0000 Artists, kids, yoga instructors, professors, project managers - every walk of life visualizes information that matters to them every day. But what about when the information is complex statistical data? How do we visualize it? Spreadsheets, graphs, endless streams of numbers? We naturally become disconnected to numbers if we can't identify or visualize the significance of the data. [...] More ...
        • Mindjet MindManager March Madness Map
          • Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:18:36 +0000 To follow along on the Big Dance, clickhttp://mindjetlabs.com/cs/files/folders/maps/entry955.aspx to find a fab Mindjet March Madness Map complete with university logos and links to the college websites and expert's top picks. We also have a contest! Predict the final four and champion and you'll have a chance to win a Mindjet MindManager license. More info is on the page.Spread the good [...] More ...
        • Register for Mindjet’s “MindManager as a Knowledge Management Tool” Webinar with Eric Mack
          • Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:49:45 +0000 Join Mindjet as Consultant and eProductivity Specialist, Eric Mack, gives us a tour of his world and how he uses MindManager as a visual thinking and planning tool. In this webinar Eric will walk attendees through the process of MindManager's use as a visual dashboard and planning tool for project and action management. Next, he'll share how [...] More ...
        • Mindjet Adds New Vision to World’s Largest Trade Fair, CeBIT 2007
          • Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:55:47 +0000 For the 5th year in a row at CeBit, Mindjet will introduce thousands of cutting-edge technology enthusiasts to the most innovative products and solutions in the IT industry. We’re proud to be exhibiting with two partners that take MindManager 6 core feature functionalities and industry solutions to new levels. Here’s a recap of what you’ll hear from [...] More ...
        • Curious about the people behind Mindjet?
          • Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:34:08 +0000 Thank you Brian, Noah, Charles, Michael, and Dennis for the very warm welcome. I'll send a note to you individually as well.Coming into my 4th full day, I have to say I'm astounded with the passion from all of our devoted users supporting the MindManager approach and this company. It is very Apple-esque in their early days. I'm interested in [...] More ...
        • 847,999, 848,999, 849,999…
          • Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:17:33 +0000 The atmosphere around Mindjet Corp is charged with extra-high voltage as the company gets closer to the one-millionth license sold milestone. The official count is at 850,000 software licenses, including a surge of 200,000 in 2006. Wages around the water cooler are being bet on when we will reach the one-million mark. When do you [...] More ...
    • Blogs
    • Supporting Data
      • Expert reports
      • Third party research
      • Survey data
      • Size of topic
  • Recently published articles
    • Re: main topic
    • Re: related
  • Take notes
    • Create fact index cards
• Content
  • IDEAS
    • 子主题
    • 子主题
  • Photos, maps
    • How to link photos, maps
  • Interviews
    • Interview appointments
    • Questions
      • How to link to Word documents
        • Steps: Do one of the following: Right-click, then click Add Attachment On the Home tab, in the Topic Elements group, click Add Attachment. In Outline View click the Attachments column for the topic. NOTE: An iconappears on the map to show that the topic has attachments.
    • Notes
  • Supporting sources
    • Find examples
    • Find relevant Quotes
      • Topic Experts
      • Related or involved people
    • References
      • People who look at the big picture, beyond your specific topic
      • Related topic Gurus
• Write
  • Decide on your topic focus
  • Develop your outline
    • Organize index card facts into key categories
    • Create subheadings from key categories
      • Introduction - why are you writing about this?
      • Subhead 1
      • Subhead 2
      • Subhead 3
      • Conclusion - what summarizes what is most interesting about your topic?
  • Create Drafts
    • Bookmark your Drafts to easily navigate information as you draft your article.
    • Version 1
    • Version 2
    • How to bookmark topics
      • Steps: 1. Select the topic or topics. 2. On the Insert tab, in the More Topic Elements group, click Bookmark. TIP: Press CTRL+SHIFT+K to toggle bookmarks off and on. Shortcut: Press CTRL+. (period) to move to the next bookmark or CTRL+, (comma) to move to the previous bookmark.
• Edit
  • Don't be afraid to edit. Simple, memorable information is hard and requires filtering.
• Administration
  • Deadlines
    • How to link to spreadsheet
      • Steps: 1. Select the topic(s). On the Insert tab, in the More Topic Elements group, click Spreadsheet. An empty spreadsheet will appear on the topic(s). 2. To enter spreadsheet data you must start the spreadsheet edit mode. Do one of the following: Right-click the topic's Spreadsheet icon, then click Edit Spreadsheet Select the topic then double- click on the spreadsheet.
  • Contacts
    • How to link to Outlook contacts
      • Steps: 1. Create a new root topic or select an existing topic to use as the root. 2. Do one of the following: On the Tools tab, in the Templates group, click Map Parts. On the Status Bar click the Task Panes button , then click Map Parts. 3. In the Map Parts task pane navigate to the Outlook Linker Map Parts folder . 4. Drag the Map Part onto the root topic (or just click on the part if the root topic is still selected). The Appointment, Contact, Note, and Task parts- will invoke the appropriate Outlook dialog so you can enter the item. The item will be added in Outlook as well as in MindManager.
• Final Report
  • Cover Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Bibliography
• About this map
  • Guide to writing a report using MindManager as an organizational tool.
  • Map Markers Legend
    • Task Priorities
      • Priority 1
      • Priority 2
      • Priority 3
      • Priority 4
      • Priority 5
    • Great idea
    • Decision
    • Date
    • Budget
    • Emergency
  • MindManager features used within this map.
    • Add images to a topic
      • Images can be either attached to a topic, or added as new topics or as floating images that can be moved freely. You can also use an image for the map background and add images to the text notes. You can use professionally designed map images from the MindManager Library or your own image from a file. Commands for organizing and editing your images can be used from the Library task pane. Add images from the Library Steps: 1. On the Home tab, in the Topic Elements group, click the Image arrow, and then click Insert Image From Library. Attach the image to a topic or topic(s) Steps: 1. Select the topic(s). 2. In the Library, click the Images category, then navigate to the image you want to add. 3. Click the image preview. 4. Re-size or reposition the image within the topic space if desired. Add images from files You can add images from files in bmp, emf, wmf, gif, jpeg, pcx or png formats. Attach the image to a topic Steps: 1. Right-click a topic, click Image, and then click From File 2. Navigate to the image file and click Insert. 3. Re-size or reposition the image within the topic space if desired.
      • Click link to see the feature used in the mapClick notes to see how to use the feature
    • Add a map marker legend to your map
      • The legend displays the map marker list groups, and all the named markers within those groups. The legend is added as a subtopic of the currently selected topic, or as a main topic if no topic is selected. Steps: 1. Select the topic to attach the legend to. 2. Do one of the following: On the Status Bar, click the Task Panes button , then click Map Markers. On the Home tab, in the Map Markers group, click the Map Markers dialog launcher to open the Map Markers task pane. 3. Under Organize, click Insert legend into map. 4. Choose whether to show all markers in the legend, or only those that are used on the map.
    • Add a floating topic
      • Choose one of the options below: Click on the map background (you'll see a blue cue arrow indicating the location for the new topic). On the Home tab or on the Insert tab, in the Insert group, click the Topic arrow, click Floating Topic, then click on the location for the topic. Shortcut: After clicking on your map and you see the blue arrow and gray box, you can just start typing and it will automatically become a floating topic.
    • Insert notes into a topic
      • You can enter notes by simply typing them in, or you can paste them from another note or document. You can select an automatic font for the all the notes on your map by modifying the map style before you begin. Add notes to a topic Steps: 1. Select the topic. 2. On the Home tab, in the Topic Elements group, click Notes. Shortcut: Press CTRL+T or F11. 3. The Topic Notes window opens. (You can control its size and orientation). Note that it has its own toolbar. 4. Enter your text. Text will automatically be formatted using the default font. 5. Use the commands in the Topic Notes toolbar to format the text. Notes can also contain tables, hyperlinks and images. A Notes iconwill appear on the topic to show that it contains a note. You can show or hide these icons using the Show / Hide command.
    • Add map markers (icons) to a topic
      • An icon is a small imagethat gives information about a topic in a graphical, easily understood way. You can assign an icon to multiple topics, and each topic can have more than one icon, but you may not repeat the same icon more than once on a single topic. You can add or remove icons on topics using the Home tab Map Markers group Icon Markers command, or from the Map Markers task pane. Add an icon marker to a topic Steps: 1. Select a topic or topics that you want to assign the icon to. 2. On the Home tab, in the Map Markers group, click Icon Markers. 3. In the icon marker picker select the icon you want to assign to the topic. Once an icon is added, you can rest your pointer over it to see its meaning. You can change its meaning in the Map Markers pane. Some icons are mutually exclusive: Only one icon from that marker group can be added to a topic. If you attempt to add a second icon from the same group, it replaces the first icon. You can change this attribute for a group. You can add multiple icons to a topic from a group that is non-exclusive. If the icon you choose was already assigned to a selected topic, it is removed. This works as a toggle, so a second click on the icon will add it to all selected topics. 4. If you don't see the icon you want to add, click More Icons... to open the Library task pane. Click the icon in the Library task pane. The icon is automatically added to the General icons group in the Map Markers pane.
    • Link a topic to a topic in the map
      • You can link from one map topic to another, or create a link to a map topic from another application. Link to a topic in this map Steps: 1. Select the topic, or click the location in a note where you want the link. 2. On the Home tab in the Topic Elements group click Hyperlink. (Shortcut: Press CTRL+K) 3. In the Add Hyperlink dialog click Topic in this Map. A list of all map topics will appear. 4. If you have already created labels in the map you can choose to see only labeled topics in the topic list. (This is especially convenient for large maps.) 5. Click the map topic or label you want to link to. 6. Click Options to set special options used when you export your map to another document format or to a web page, or when you want to pass arguments with the hyperlink. Link to a topic in this map from another document Steps: 1. Right-click the topic you want to link to and select Copy as Hyperlink. 2. Switch to the other application and click at the location for the hyperlink. 3. Press CTRL+V . The topic text is pasted into the document and includes a link to the map topic.
    • Add a bookmark to a topic
      • Steps: 1. Select the topic or topics. 2. On the Insert tab, in the More Topic Elements group, click Bookmark. TIP: Press CTRL+SHIFT+K to toggle bookmarks off and on. Shortcut: Press CTRL+. (period) to move to the next bookmark or CTRL+, (comma) to move to the previous bookmark.
    • Navigate using bookmarks
      • Steps: 1. Right-click on the first book marked topic. 2. Click Next Bookmark or Previous Bookmark. Shortcut: CTRL+Shift+K Tip: Press CTRL+. (period) to move to the next bookmark or CTRL+, (comma) to move to the previous bookmark.
    • Attach documents to a topic
      • Steps: Do one of the following: Right-click, then click Add Attachment On the Home tab, in the Topic Elements group, click Add Attachment. In Outline View click the Attachments column for the topic. NOTE: An iconappears on the map to show that the topic has attachments.
    • Insert a spreadsheet into a topic
      • Steps: 1. Select the topic(s). On the Insert tab, in the More Topic Elements group, click Spreadsheet. An empty spreadsheet will appear on the topic(s). 2. To enter spreadsheet data you must start the spreadsheet edit mode. Do one of the following: Right-click the topic's Spreadsheet icon, then click Edit Spreadsheet Select the topic then double- click on the spreadsheet.
    • Add a Microsoft Outlook appointments, contacts, notes or tasks to a map
      • Steps: 1. Create a new root topic or select an existing topic to use as the root. 2. Do one of the following: On the Tools tab, in the Templates group, click Map Parts. On the Status Bar click the Task Panes button , then click Map Parts. 3. In the Map Parts task pane navigate to the Outlook Linker Map Parts folder . 4. Drag the Map Part onto the root topic (or just click on the part if the root topic is still selected). The Appointment, Contact, Note, and Task parts- will invoke the appropriate Outlook dialog so you can enter the item. The item will be added in Outlook as well as in MindManager.