Inspiration integrates dynamic diagramming and outlining environments to help you organize ideas and information. Easily create and modify concept maps, webs and other graphical organizers using Inspiration's Diagram view. Its intuitive interface keeps your focus where it should be - on your ideas, not the drawing process. Inspiration's powerful Outline view makes it simple to prioritize and rearrange ideas to create clear, concise essays, reports and more.

See ideas come together

Inspiration's powerful Diagram view stimulates thinking to help you discover relationships, thoughts and perspectives.

Capture ideas as quickly as you think with the RapidFire^TM tool.
Add as little or as much text as you want - symbols grow automatically to hold your words.
Illustrate ideas and convey meaning by inserting specific symbol shapes with Drag & Drop.
Insert your own graphics with the Insert Picture command, or simply Copy & Paste them into your document.
Show relationships between ideas with the Link tool.
Explain relationships between ideas by adding text right on the links.
Rearrange symbols by dragging - links stay connected!
Differentiate among ideas with colors, shapes, patterns, shadows, fonts and styles.
Fine tune and enhance diagrams using the Draw tools.
Use the linked Notes windows for writing about your ideas.

Transform a diagram into an outline instantly!

A simple touch of a button is all that's needed to transform an Inspiration diagram into a traditional hierarchical outline.

Organize topics by dragging - subtopics move along automatically.
Add new topics with command keys or menu commands.
Use Notes text to develop topics into a written report.
Easily set margins, page breaks, prefixes, headers and footers.
Export your outline to popular word processing or presentation programs.

Toolbars make using Inspiration intuitive
Smart toolbars in both the Diagram and Outline views put major Inspiration functions at your fingertips. There is no need to memorize keyboard shortcuts or search through menu items to find features - simply click on the toolbar!

Templates and worksheets make getting started easy
Inspiration comes with 35 templates to help you get acquainted with visual learning. Plus, Inspiration includes social studies, language arts and science examples to encourage educators to generate even more ideas.

Symbols at your fingertips
Inspiration contains over 1250 colorful, high resolution symbols, including several hundred photographic quality images and animated symbols. Simply scroll through the floating symbol palette to choose just the right shape to convey your ideas. You can also import favorite graphics or create your own symbols.

Connect to the Internet directly from Inspiration!
Inspiration lets you set up live hyperlinks, so when you're planning, organizing and brainstorming, you can tie in the resources of the World Wide Web. Hyperlinks work in both the Diagram and Outline views. Just type in a web address and Inspiration automatically creates a URL.

Inspiration has many uses!

Concept maps Diagrams Prewriting Plans Webs

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Inspiration has many uses!