Self-Paced Tutorials

Please take advantage of the pre-recorded tutorials below to learn more about TaskMap. The videos in the first section apply to TaskMap Lite; those in the second section apply to both TaskMap Standard and TaskMap Professional; the third collection applies to features that are only available in TaskMap Professional.

TaskMap Lite

Getting started with TaskMap Lite

  • TaskMap Lite tips and hints

  • Adding Tasks and Task Links to the page

  • Entering data for Tasks and Task Link

  • Configuring Connectors and Labels to create automatic hyperlinks

Opening the Shape Data window

  • The importance of Shape Data

  • Opening the Shape Data window

  • Positioning and docking the Shape Data window

Customizing TaskMap Lite views

  • Different audiences need different views of the same process map

  • Using page data to customize views

  • There's only one map!

TaskMap Standard & Professional

Getting started with TaskMap

  • Using the six TaskMap shapes

  • Understanding the Task data display

  • Representing decisions in a TaskMap

  • Adding Tasks to a page

  • Add data to Tasks and Task Links

Opening the Shape Data window

  • The importance of Shape Data

  • Opening the Shape Data window

  • Positioning and docking the Shape Data window

Customizing role names

  • Add/Edit/Delete Roles

  • Import Role Names

  • Export Role Names

  • Updating Roles in aTaskMap Capture for Excel Workbook

Linking from page to page

  • Linking to another page

  • Linking to a Task on another page

  • Creating back links

Drilling down to a subprocess

Linking to external resources

  • Linking to Word, Excel, and PDF documents

  • Linking to IT systems and apps

  • Linking to web pages

  • Generating email messages

Renumbering Tasks

  • Renumbering Tasks manually

  • Renumbering Tasks automatically

  • Changing the numbering sequence after rearranging Tasks

Customizing TaskMap Views

  • Turning off all Task details

  • Selecting some Task details but not others

  • Customizing Task Link display options

Viewing diagrams without Visio

TaskMap Professional Only

TaskMap Capture for Excel

  • What is TaskMap Capture for Excel?

  • Create a blank TaskMap Capture workbook

  • Create a TaskMap Capture workbook from a TaskMap

  • Link a TaskMap to a TaskMap Capture workbook

  • Create a map automatically from data in Excel

Visualizing data in your TaskMap

  • Visualizing decision points, risks, and controls in a TaskMap

  • Visualizing Task data with text callouts, data bars, and icon sets

  • Creating a custom color-by-value data visualization

Customizing user-defined fields

  • Six user-defined fields

  • Number, list, and date field types

  • Fixed and variable list data field types

  • Entering data into user-defined fields