need to create flow diagram

[sw]

I am trying to create a flow diagram in Word with text written within little
boxes and arrows pointing to text within other boxes. I can't figure out how
to do this. I am new to this software.

 

[Mary Sauer]

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/results.aspx?Scope=FX,HA,HP,QZ,RC,XT&Query=diagram&App=WD

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Start by inserting a drawing canvas (Insert | Picture | New Drawing). Then
display the Drawing toolbar. Insert text boxes or AutoShapes from the
Drawing toolbar (there's a whole category of Flowchart AutoShapes, but
you'll need to right-click and choose Add Text to put text in them).
Connectors are also on the AutoShapes menu.

 

[CyberTaz]

And just in case you haven't discovered it as yet... the gray striping at
the top of the AutoShapes menu & submenus indicate that they can be "torn
off" - drag the palette into your work area away from the menu & it will
remain where you put it for as log as necessary, just as a toolbar.
Especially handy if you're repeatedly going to be using tools from the same
palettes over a period of time. When done, just click the 'x' in it's upper
right corner to send it back to where it came from.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Thanks for that, Bob. I don't use the drawing tools much, so I hadn't
realized that (or had forgotten it).

 

[CyberTaz]

Yeah - Tear-off menus are one of the few truly functional "bells 'n'
whistles" added to Word over the years yet [ironically?] one that is
consistently glossed over in - or omitted from - the advertising hype.

 

[sw]

Thank-you very much Suzanne. This has helped! I think I will be able to
complete my project now...If I have other questions... I will post them.
Thanks again.

Scott Westbrook

 

[sw]

Thank you for the tip! It will help!

And just in case you haven't discovered it as yet... the gray striping at
the top of the AutoShapes menu & submenus indicate that they can be "torn
off" - drag the palette into your work area away from the menu & it will
remain where you put it for as log as necessary, just as a toolbar.
Especially handy if you're repeatedly going to be using tools from the same
palettes over a period of time. When done, just click the 'x' in it's upper
right corner to send it back to where it came from.

 

[sw]

Thank-you Ms. Sauer, this link will help me with this and future projects!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And not available in Word 2007. <sigh>

Yeah - Tear-off menus are one of the few truly functional "bells 'n'
whistles" added to Word over the years yet [ironically?] one that is
consistently glossed over in - or omitted from - the advertising hype.

--
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Thanks for that, Bob. I don't use the drawing tools much, so I hadn't
realized that (or had forgotten it).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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