Recommend an alternative to ms Visio for flow diagram creation ?
Naaa! All these suggestions seem too expensive and/or too complex.
I just want something dead simple.
I love using XARA Xtreme (probably my favourite program) but I have
to admit that it would be much quicker to have things that connect
intelligently to each other. i.e. you can move the boxes around and
they stay connected!
I'd take a LOT of convincing to spend more that say 25 bucks on this
because I create flow diagrams so rarely!
Any suggestions?
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
George L. Sexton wrote:
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It's not cheap, but my favorite used to be AllClear http://www.allclearonline.com They have a simplified structure language and you could just actually type in your process as text and it would automatically draw the flow chart for you. So, instead of drawing boxes, and lines, etc you're describing your process and it's drawing it for you. It's very cool. If you do a lot of flow charts, it could easily pay for itself. On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:05:54 -0700, ship wrote:
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Hi Anyone recommend an easy-to-use alternative to Microsoft Visio for drawing basic flow diagrams? Visio is too damned complex & rather counter-intuitive (not to mention horrendously expensive!) I have Xara Xtreme (which I love), which *could* do the job of course but I need something that has shapes that "know" that they have been joined together (with an arrow etc.). Basically I need something faster to develop flow diagrams with which allows things to be moved around, without losing their connections! I cant afford much money for this (max say c. GBP25.00 ??) With thanks Ship Shiperton Henethe
Recommend an alternative to ms Visio for flow diagram creation ?
On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:42:25 -0700, ship wrote:
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Naaa! All these suggestions seem too expensive and/or too complex. I just want something dead simple. I love using XARA Xtreme (probably my favourite program) but I have to admit that it would be much quicker to have things that connect intelligently to each other. i.e. you can move the boxes around and they stay connected! I'd take a LOT of convincing to spend more that say 25 bucks on this because I create flow diagrams so rarely!
Go to your local college bookstore. You can probably buy a flowchart
template for about $5.00. There you go. Quick, no built-in obsolescence.
All you need is a blank piece of paper and a sharp pencil.
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Any suggestions? Ship Shiperton Henethe George L. Sexton wrote:
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It's not cheap, but my favorite used to be AllClear http://www.allclearonline.com They have a simplified structure language and you could just actually type in your process as text and it would automatically draw the flow chart for you. So, instead of drawing boxes, and lines, etc you're describing your process and it's drawing it for you. It's very cool. If you do a lot of flow charts, it could easily pay for itself. On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:05:54 -0700, ship wrote:
Quote:
Hi Anyone recommend an easy-to-use alternative to Microsoft Visio for drawing basic flow diagrams? Visio is too damned complex & rather counter-intuitive (not to mention horrendously expensive!) I have Xara Xtreme (which I love), which *could* do the job of course but I need something that has shapes that "know" that they have been joined together (with an arrow etc.). Basically I need something faster to develop flow diagrams with which allows things to be moved around, without losing their connections! I cant afford much money for this (max say c. GBP25.00 ??) With thanks Ship Shiperton Henethe
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