Flowcharting with software
You may find that sketching out a flowchart in longhand is fast and easy. But to create a polished flowchart, you may want to use the flowchart drawing tools in Microsoft Word.
To do this:
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Go to “view” and turn on the drawing toolbar.
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Click on “autoshapes.”
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Pull down the menu and select the flowchart shape.
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Widen the drawing area to a full page.
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Right click to add text.
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Select the appropriate autoshape for the step in the process you wish to depict.
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Click on lines or arrows and insert them to connect steps in the process.