Thursday, January 01, 2026

M365 Copilot can generate a static mindmap and an HTML file for an interactive mindmap

 TOOL: M365 Copilot - desktop, or website

WHAT I UPLOADED: 

- CUM6007 S1 Workflowy rundown saved as PPT-outline WORD file. (I did not purposely prepare this file for the test-drive. So the content is not systematically organised. 

OUTPUT 1: 

A Static mindmap: 


... which is fine for an overview summary. 

OUTPUT 2: 

Then, Copilot chat offered to give me an HTML file. I said Yes. 

It then created an HTML file which I saved to my computer. When I opened it, it looks like the following, and is interactive in that each Level 2 cell, when clicked, will push up a sub-box that contains more detail. But this is not a webpage yet. 

I then went to POE's app creator, uploaded the HTML file, and asked it to generate an interactive mindmap. 

It succeeded. https://poe.com/preview/iOZ7fcsIe9x95E8uWRiO

But it doesn't look like the conventional expandable mindmap with several levels. It is just like the opened HTML file: 



Of course, Copilot had offered to create a file which, when imported into mindmapping apps like MindMeister, Miro, or Coggle, would result in a fully interactive mindmap. 




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