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3) Use connections lines in your flowchart. This allows repositioning of an object in your chart
while maintaining connections with the other objects in the chart. See “Connectors” on
page 158 for more information.
4) Use the zoom, grid and snap functions to help in positioning objects in your flowchart. See
Chapter 3 Working with Objects and Object Points for more information.
5) Use the alignment and distribution functions to give your flowchart a more professional
look. See Chapter 5 Combining Multiple Objects for more information.
6) Duplicate objects when you require more than one of the same shape and size. See
Chapter 5 Combining Multiple Objects for more information.
Organization charts
Draw does not have a toolbar for organization charts, but these charts are easily created using
basic shapes, flowchart shapes, connection points and connector lines. Hierarchy in an
organization is easily indicated using shading and/or color. When using shading and color in an
organization chart, make sure that your selection provides a good contrast between the text and
the shading or color to make the chart easy to read on a computer display or in a printed
document.
An example of an organization chart is shown in Figure 198. This was drawn using the process
shape from the Flowchart toolbar and connection lines.
1) When adding objects to your chart, see Chapter 2 Drawing Basic Shapes for information on
how to draw and resize object shapes.
2) Add text to each object in the organization chart to make it easily identified in the chart. See
Chapter 2 Drawing Basic Shapes and Chapter 11 Advanced Draw Techniques for mare
information.
3) Use connections lines in your organization chart. This allows repositioning of an object in
your chart while maintaining connections with the other objects in the chart. See
“Connectors” on page 158 for more information.
4) Use the zoom, grid and snap functions to help in positioning objects in your chart. See
Chapter 3 Working with Objects and Object Points for more information.
5) Use the alignment and distribution functions to give your organization chart a more
professional look. See Chapter 5 Combining Multiple Objects for more information.
6) Duplicate objects when you require more than one of the same shape and size. See
Chapter 5 Combining Multiple Objects for more information.
Figure 198: Example organization chart
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