Create Org Charts without smartart

[bluemoves]

I don't like any of the choices for flow charts in smartart. They all look
too fancy(can't think of any better word for it). We have a VERY complicated
org chart for our company. (more than 35 levels) I need to recreate it in
PowerPoint 2007. I need very simple, very plain boxes with arrows and lines
connecting them. I don't want fancy colors, backgrounds, fonts, 3-D boxes,
boxes with shadows, etc. I tried to create the org chart witout smartart, but
I can't get the lines to attach to the boxes in a uniform fashion. How can I
create a complicated org chart without smartart? Is there downloadable
smartart that looks better than the awful smartart that comes loaded with the
software. Help! Thanks. BTW, I hate Office 2007.

 

[Ute Simon]

Just use plain shapes. Draw one rectangle and format it to your needs
(color, sample text, etc.). Then copy it using Ctrl+D as often as you need.
Roughly arrange the rectangles. Adjust them with the arrange tools. Use
Z-shaped lines to connect them. Make sure the ends of the line "stick",
which is indicated by red dots.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Also, if you still have PowerPoint 2002 or 2003 around you can create the org
chart using the Insert | Diagram option -- and then bring in the org chart
slide into your PowerPoint 2007 presentation.