Now, you can start to create your mind maps by using the shapes in Word. You can use rectangles or circles to represent the central topic and subtopics, and label the shapes with text boxes.
Click Shapes to open the collapsed menu that has the basic shapes for making a mind map. In a new Word document, you can find most of the tools that you will use in the Illustration group on the Insert tab.
Step 1: Open MS Word and Select Available Shapes Now, all you have to do is follow the steps below so that you can effortlessly create a mind map in Microsoft Word in minutes.