Hierarchy in SmartArt Graphics

[Ann_Anderson]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

Is there a tutorial on using SmartArt Graphics? I'm particularly interested in learning to use the Hierarchy function to make a family tree, but I don't know how to arrange/rearrange the boxes.

Thanks,
Ann

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

There is a video linked here: Office Art: The New World of Graphics
http://www.officeformac.com/blog/Macworld--A-Day-At-The-Office
Not sure whether it's exactly a tutorial--it's a demonstration.

You can move the boxes by dragging them--let the cursor turn into a
four-pointed thing, then click and drag.

Note: family trees are rich, complex things, and if you are really doing
a family history project, don't even mess with Word, go straight to
specialized family tree software that lets you associate images,
stories, etc with the names.