Here is a collection of frequently asked questions about the iMapping Tool. If yoy do not find an answer here to your question, you can either enter it here or send an eMail to heiko.haller@fzi.de

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[edit] Why are some of the Items bold and some not?

Bold Items are "NameItems". That means their name is unique, like e.g. the name of a file or a wiki page. If you reuse the name of a NameItem in another context, it will mean the same item, and e.g. in QuiKey there is only one Item for both of the "equivalent" occurrences in the map.

When a new item is created, the tool tries to guess by the length of the text (and other criteria) whether it is meant to ne a NameItem or a regular ContentItem.

Items can be converted from one status to the other via menu Action > Toggle Name Status or via ctrl+shift+n (cmd+shift+n on the mac)

[edit] How can new items be imported?

There is currentl no import feature implemented. However one way to create new NameItems from an existing list is, to 'link' to them via wiki syntax in a content item: If you create an item with the following content:

New Items to be imported: [one] [two] [forty two] [abc].

This will create new nameitems named "one", "two". "forty two" and "abc" if they did not previously exist. These new Items will show up in your iMappingInbox.