Can I convert a relationship into a topic

Hello John

This is a good question. Thank you for providing the map, which really helps. It is an advantage that the flowchart is a simple tree without cross-connections. The map has used a flowchart template, which means that the topics are all flowchart layout. They need to become map layout topics to build them as a map. Further, the flowchart layout does not have a central topic. I am not aware of a way to do this conversion automatically, but there are probably multiple ways to convert it by hand. One way is:

1. Right-click on the "Surgery" topic and change its layout to "Right map". This is done in with the layout button in the pop-up toolbar that appears either above or below the context menu.
2. Now drag each of the next generation topics near to the Surgery topic until you get the preview blob, and drop them as subtopics.
3. Repeat step 2 for each of the next generation topics, and repeat for the next level as well.
4. Note that you will lose any callout topics on Relationships (e.g. "Radiculopathy")
5. You should now have a map that is a tree, but which also contains all the relationship connections. To remove these, go to Advanced > Select > Select Special and choose Relationships. This should select all the relationships in the map, and you can press the Delete key to remove them. The structure of the tree will remain.
6. Finally, start a new regular map, and copy the Surgery topic and paste it onto the central topic of a new map. This will give you a normal mind map with a central topic, and the decision tree as a tree that can be expanded and collapsed.

You may get other (simpler!) methods from other MindManager users.