1 button click to auto-create document structure in mind map from PDF table of contents / chapter hierarchy
When I work with a new document, I immediately build out a mind map structure based on the hierarchy defined by the books chapter layout and sections, sub-sections defined within a chapter.
For example I might create a hierarchy:
Book Title
- Chapter 1
- Section 1.1
- topic 1.1.1
- Section 2.1
- Chapter 2
- Section 2.1
- Section 2.2
....
- Chapter 10
- Section 10.1
- topic 10.1.1
etc
To create this type of structure I have to manually text select and highlight to create each chapter heading, create each section of the chapter, create each subtopic within that section and then manually connect each node that's created in the mind map to re-create and form the document's structural hierarchy.
In most PDF documents that are books, there already is a pre-created hierarchy in the document defined by the table of contents and each chapter heading/section/sub-section etc.
This request is for MarginNote to parse this table of contents / document structure and then auto-generate the complete mind map structure based on this pre-existing document structure.
This would essentially create a document outline as a mind map which I can then use to navigate to any section of the book and then highlight and note take on the content within those chapters and section.
In other words, 1 button click could generate a hierarchical mind map outline that exactly matches the structure of the book that has already been defined by the book's author and encoded in the layout of the PDF file. Once this node structure or note taking "template" is generated by MarginNote the user can then quickly add content to the sections of the book that they are reading / note taking on highlighting and linking new nodes to the outline structure that's now in place.
This would be a huge time-saver and make note taking much easier for documents that are already structured hierarchically and have a table of contents already encoded in the PDF file.
Mitch, good news is that the upcoming MarginNote 3 has already supported this function. The new app is under test build now. You could apply for our TestFlight test by sending us an e-mail to service@marginnote.com