Can't Create Graphs on MS Word As stated above, I can't seem to be able to make a pie chart on MS Word, or any chart for that matter. That format does not support many of the graphic capabilities of the later versions of Mac Office, including Charts. Either use Save As or Convert Document from the File menu to create a new version of the.
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Managers, system analysts, programmers, and engineers adopted flowcharts as a mean ofcommunication for describing:
No wonder that building blocks and rules of flow charts were standardized by the AmericanNational Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Organization for Standards (ISO)more than 50 years ago. The current standard defines the drawing direction from top tobottom and left to right and specific symbols for different types of entities, actions,etc. E.g.:
You can find all these shapes and other useful visual elements in the Shapesdropdown list on the Insert tab of Microsoft Word.
The flowchart above is 'cross-functional' and defines the responsibility zones ofdifferent business units.
To create a diagram like the one above, follow the next steps (we recommend to check thetip how to easily organize shapes inWord,which demonstrates easy tricks to simplify the drawing routine):
Add the drawing canvas
The drawing canvas is an essential element for the flow chart that you need to add beforeadding the flow shapes because of flowchart connectors. You can add flowcharts connectorsonly between the shapes within the drawing canvas:
1. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, clickShapes:
2. On the Shapes list, in the bottom, choose New DrawingCanvas:
Word adds the new drawing canvas to your flow chart:
Draw the flowchart blocks
3. On the Shapes list, in the Flowchart group,select the block you want to add:
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4. To add text to the selected shape, just double-click in it and enterthe text.
Connect the flowchart blocks by connectors
5. To connect shapes, do the following:
For more customizations of shapes and connectors, seehow to change format ofdiagram shapes in Wordandhow to change flowchart shapesorhow to change connectortype for flowchart.
Top-to-down flowcharts are perfect for the Portrait page orientation in Microsoft word. Forthe Landscape page orientation or the PowerPoint presentation, the preferred layout isleft-to-right. Sometimes left-to-right flow diagrams with delimited borders of organization unitactivities are called Swimlane diagrams or Swimlane flowcharts.
See also this tip in French:Comment créer un organigramme des opérations dans Word.
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