How To Create A Flowchart In Word Or Excel

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How to create a flowchart in word or excel. Then repeat the above steps to insert shapes and type. Make a flowchart in excel. In the example above the contents of the embedded excel worksheet fit nicely within a letter sized word document in portrait orientation. Remove gridlines from the worksheet.

Then draw and resize the shape as you need and type the text you want into the shape. That way you won t create a flowchart larger than the pages in your word document. Place the cursor on the worksheet and click insert shapes and select the shape you want from the popped out list. In the case of the flowchart above the shape borders are set to medium thickness in excel but appear much thicker in word so it s best to avoid thick lines when creating the original excel diagram.

When working with shapes in any office application it s always useful to use gridlines to make sure everything is sized and placed correctly. Create a flow chart with pictures. On the insert tab in the illustrations group click smartart. Now that your worksheet is set up for flowcharts let s create one.

To make the gridlines appears head over to the view tab and tick the gridlines checkbox. In the choose a smartart graphic gallery click process and then double click picture accent process. In order to fit column and row ends hold the alt key and adjust. Use the buttons in the page setup section to change settings for the different layout options.

Go to insert shapes flowchart rectangular shape. Your gridlines will now appear on your word document. To set up items like margins page orientation and page size click the page layout tab. To add a picture in the box you want to add it to click the picture icon select the picture.