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Here is a short (30 minute) Basic Tutorial to help you get started with Compendium.

Word Outlines from Compendium - The Tutorials!
We have been working for years (literally) to develop an easy way to turn  a Compendium map into a Word outline.
Download the PDF Tutorial here.
Video Tutorial, Part 1: Setting up Word (running time 3:28)
Video Tutorial, Part 2: Exporting to Word Outline (running time 3:23)
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What software do you use for Issue and Dialogue Mapping?

You don’t need software to create either type of these maps. However, we recommend using Compendium.  
Compendium was initially developed in Verizon research labs as a next generation version of the QuestMap product, which provided software support for the widely recognized IBIS methodology (Issue-Based Information System), as embodied in Dialogue Mapping by CogNexus Institute. Learning Compendium is a bit of an investment, but we believe it is the best software out there to do this kind of mapping. It allows maps to be scalable, changeable and easier to read than a hand-written map.
Compendium is a powerful Open Source tool offered by the...
 
It's free! The major additions in this version are an advanced tagging interface, plus numerous other enhancements to improve how you manage, visualize and share your information spaces.If you need to do Outline exports, use the 2.0 Beta 1 version (below).

This version does a better job of exporting Outlines and has many new exciting features: Mapping over movies; curved links and link formatting; Linked Files manager; Group working improvements for working over the net, to name just a few.
Read more about Compendium.
Demo screencast ...

This is an introductory movie to Compendium, set in the context of the ECOSENSUS project which is integrating a GIS tool to support participatory environmental decision-making between UK researchers and Amerindians in Guyana.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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