Pitch Mode

Pitch Mode presents the mind map itself. There are no slides to build: every step focuses one node or branch while the surrounding map stays visible, so the audience keeps the thread.

Start and exit

• Press Alt + P in the editor.
• Click Pitch Mode in the bottom-left toolbar.
• Right-click the empty canvas and choose Pitch Mode.

Press Esc or click the X in the bottom control bar to leave. Moving forward from the last step also exits. Your editor viewport returns to where it was.

The first time you enter Pitch Mode, a short three-step tip appears. It is shown once per browser.

How the walkthrough is built

AmyMind generates the steps automatically:

1. Overview — the whole map.
2. One step per first-level branch — that branch is focused and the rest of the map is dimmed.
3. One step per node inside each branch — the path from the root and the node's direct children are focused; everything else stays visible but dimmed.

Branches you collapsed in the editor are expanded for the presentation, so nothing is skipped. The order of first-level branches follows their order on the map; reorder them in the editor to change the chapter order.

Move through the talk

Action	Key or gesture
Next step	→, ↓, Space, PageDown, click the blank canvas, or scroll down
Previous step	←, ↑, PageUp, or scroll up
Back to the whole map	Home
Jump to a node	Click the node, or pick it in the left navigator
Exit	Esc, or the X button

The left navigator shows the map as a tree and expands the path to the current node. It is available on wider screens; on a narrow screen the bottom control bar is the way to move.

Speaker view

The speaker panel opens from the bottom control bar. It shows:

• the current node,
• the node's note as speaker notes,
• the next step,
• branch progress (for example, 2 / 5),
• step progress,
• elapsed time for the talk.

The panel appears on large screens. Keep your notes in the map so they travel with it — see Add images and notes.

Export the deck

The download button in the bottom control bar exports the current walkthrough:

• PPTX — one 16:9 slide per step, with the map view from that step. Notes become slide notes.
• PDF — the same steps as a PDF deck.

Export shows progress while each step is rendered. The deck mirrors what the audience sees in Pitch Mode, so there is no separate slide layout to maintain.

For a regular one-page document instead of a walkthrough, use Export in the top bar — see Export and import.

Prepare a map for presenting

• Keep node names short. They are read from a distance.
• Put detail in notes. The audience sees the map; you see the note in the speaker view.
• Use first-level branches as chapters. They become the big steps of the talk.
• Balance the branches. A very heavy branch will dominate the walkthrough; split it or move detail into notes.
• Rehearse with the speaker view. It shows time and the next step, which is enough to catch an overlong section.

Share a presentation

A share link opens the map in a read-only editor that keeps the bottom toolbar, so recipients can start Pitch Mode themselves. This turns one link into both the handout and the presentation. See Share a mind map.

Free-plan presentations carry a Made with AmyMind watermark. Pro removes it, including in exported PPTX and PDF decks.