How To Create A Flowchart In Ms Word 2016
Inserting flow charts diagrams into word powerpoint and excel.
How to create a flowchart in ms word 2016. To connect shapes do the following. When working with shapes in any office application it s always useful to use gridlines to make sure everything is sized and placed correctly. On the insert tab in the illustrations group click in the shapes list and then select one of the connectors in the lines group. In the choose a smartart graphic gallery click process and then double click picture accent process.
Making a flowchart in word. Select the beginning point on the border of the first shape source and the ending point on the edge of the second shape target. All the tools needed to make flowcharts in microsoft word 2013 2016 or 2016 lie within the drawing tools. Maximize your page area.
Collapse the ribbon by c licking the little upward arrow or click ctrl f1 on the extreme right so only the tab names show. To create a flowchart in word. Although there are certainly much better ways to create flowcharts this is nevertheless a very helpful short tutorial for creating microsoft word. By professor floyd jay winters c 2011 2017.
They all work and they all create credible flowcharts. But first do these three preliminary steps. On the insert tab in the illustrations group click smartart. Navigate to the place in your word document into which you would like to insert your process chart.
Here s the detailed walk through process which i would like to showcase using word 2016 although it s fully applicable to newer microsoft office versions. You can draw boxes and add arrows manually you can use smartart or you could add custom images. Open a new blank word. You can create flowcharts in a couple of ways.
Your gridlines will now appear on your word document. As smartart produces the best looking charts i will use that. To make the gridlines appears head over to the view tab and tick the gridlines checkbox.