Flow Chart With Smartart

Since none of the options shown look similar to a flowchart select the more smartart graphics option highlighted in blue within figure 3 above to explore more smartart types.

Flow chart with smartart. To build a smartart chart start off by going to the insert tab on excel s ribbon. Microsoft s animated diagram templates include an animated flower slide an animated scale and many others. A flow chart usually shows steps in a task process or workflow. Move delete add shapes and your flowchart will expand automatically.

I ve tried to turn it off in text boxes by selecting shapes selecting text selecting the who smart art graphics and the auto fit is greyed out and set in on position. In this tutorial we ll be creating a flowchart using smartart in powerpoint. This opens the choose a smartart graphic dialog box as shown in figure 4. If you refer to our prior tutorial on creating flowcharts you ll find the same procedures apply here.

Go to insert smartart to get started. There are many different smartart templates predefined in excel that you can use to illustrate the process including some complex templates with pictures. Click on the smartart button to get started. On the animations tab in the animation group click effect options and then click one by one.

In addition to using shapes to create your flowchart you also have some pretty handy options with smartart. Animate your flow chart click the smartart graphic that you want to animate. Use the arrow keys to control the direction of how your flowchart grows. I am creating a flow chart that does not fit the automatic smart art layouts.

To change the layout of the flowchart go to smartart tools design and choose an option from the layouts group. For a simple flowchart let s get started with the vertical bending process. Start by opening a flowchart template and adding shapes using the smartpanel to the left of your drawing area. In the choose a smartart graphic window select the process category on the left chose a type of process we re using the picture accent process option here and then click ok.

Now you ll see a variety of styles to choose from for creating smartart. I am able to change shapes but the auto fit is driving me nuts. To change any shape in the flowchart right click the shape point to format shape and choose the shape you want to apply. You can also try an animated diagram template in which tabs are revealed one by one.

Head over to the insert tab and then click the smartart button.