SmartDraw VP Upgrade SmartDraw is the World's First Visual Processor SmartDraw is the creator of SmartDraw VP, the world's first visual processor™, which helps businesses increase their bottom line by improving communication, refining operations, completing projects on time, and successfully implementing their plans through the everyday use of visual communication. SmartDraw enables business professionals to easily and automatically create more than 70 types of common business visuals, including flowcharts, project charts, mind maps, org charts, timelines and more. Using SmartDraw, anyone can achieve professional-quality results in just minutes. SmartDraw is used by more than half of the Fortune 500, as well as thousands of law firms, police departments, health systems and private enterprises of all sizes. Founded in 1994, SmartDraw is privately-held, with headquarters in San Diego, California SmartDraw VP automates the creation of 70 different types of business visuals including flowcharts, mind maps, Gantt charts, timelines, floor plans, data charts and more. Built-in integration with Microsoft Office® and Adobe PDF allows users to create and then share SmartDraw visuals with a single click. By enabling everyone in the organization to create visuals quickly and easily, SmartDraw VP allows an enterprise to cut through today's information overload and communicate more effectively by distilling complex information into an easy-to-digest visual form. Communicating effectively by communicating visually with SmartDraw VP reduces errors, increases agility and lowers costs. In addition, visuals created with SmartDraw VP can help overcome language barriers common in multi-national firms and the global economy. "The visual processor, and SmartDraw VP, represents a major breakthrough in the evolution of business communication," Stannard said. "After five years of customer research and product development, we have created something completely new. A visual company, with a visual processor on every desktop, proves every day that a picture really is worth a thousand words." SmartDraw VP Features SmartDraw 70 Different Kinds of Visuals No matter what type of visual you need to create, chances are SmartDraw has a quick-start SmartTemplate to help you create your graphic in minutes. Plus, there are hundreds of examples that you can quickly edit to make your own. 
SmartDraw comes complete with templates and examples for these diagram types: - Activity Network
- Affinity Diagram
- Authority Matrix
- Balanced Scorecard
- BCG Matrix
- Brand Essence Wheel
- Calendar
- Cause & Effect
- Certificate
- Charts & Graphs
- Crime Scene
- Cycle Diagram
- Decision Tree
- Ecomap
- Electrical Diagram
| - Elevation
- Family Tree
- Floor Plan
- Flowchart
- Flyer
- Form Designer
- Funnel Chart
- Genogram
- Geography
- Goals Grid
- Landscape
- LDAP Diagram
- Map
- Marketing Mix
- Matrix (Graph)
| - Matrix (Table)
- Mechanical Diagram
- Mind Map
- Network Diagram
- Org Chart
- Pedigree Chart
- Planogram
- Project Chart
- Project Team Chart
- Puzzle Piece Diagram
- Pyramid Chart
- Rack Diagram
- Roads & Freeways
- Sales Proposition Chart
- Science Diagram
| - Software Diagram
- Step Chart
- Storage Design
- Storyboard
- Swimlane Flowchart
- SWOT Diagram
- Target Diagram
- Timeline
- UML Diagram
- Vehicle Diagram
- Venn Diagram
- Web Page Annotation
- Web Site Map
- Website Wire Frame
- Workflow Diagram
| Automatic Drawing Only SmartDraw draws for you. Start with a SmartTemplate then use simple commands to add shapes and SmartDraw places them in just the right position with the appropriate connections. 
Editing is just as easy. To delete a shape, simply select and delete. SmartDraw reformats your chart automatically. Microsoft Office® Integration SmartDraw is fully integrated with Microsoft Office®. With literally one click, you can send your completed drawing directly to Word®, Excel®, or PowerPoint®. 
You can even copy and paste from SmartDraw to any your Office® document, and vice versa. SmartDraw Flowchart Automation Start with a flowchart SmartTemplate then use simple commands to add shapes and SmartDraw places them in just the right position with the appropriate connections. You can even build entire charts with keyboard shortcuts. Splitting Paths Create flowcharts that branch with a simple click—a feature unique to SmartDraw. 
Extra Lines SmartDraw automatically adds connecting lines as you add shapes to your chart. But you can easily add extra lines too with the line tool. Select which type of line you want to create, then click once where you want your line to begin, and again where you want it to end. Line Hops SmartDraw makes complex flowcharts easier to follow by allowing you to use line hops. Templates SmartDraw includes more than a dozen flowchart SmartTemplates to help you get started right away. Each includes the appropriate symbols for the type of flowchart you're working on. 
SmartDraw Organizational Charts Co-Managers SmartDraw makes it possible to diagram any organization, no matter how complex the structure. You can even add co-management arrangements to your chart with a click of your mouse. 
Changing Orientation Sometimes it makes more sense to view an organizational chart from side to side instead of top to bottom. SmartDraw allows you to instantly change the orientation of your chart with a simple command. With ordinary drawing software, you'd be forced to rebuild the entire chart. 
Add Photos Communicate more than organizational structure by adding photos for each position. Put a face to that name. With SmartDraw you can do it with just a few clicks. Import images directly from your digital camera or other source, crop and scale, adjust color and brightness, and drop them into your org chart. 
SmartDraw Charts & Graphs Express Charts Create charts and graphs without having to make a spreadsheet first. Simply pick a chart and type your data directly into the bars. You can even drag the bars to represent the right values. 
3D Charts Dazzle your audience with SmartDraw 3D bar charts and area charts. Use the gallery interface to change the appearance with one click. 
Microsoft Excel® Integration Import the data for your chart directly from Excel®. Simply browse to your file, then select which rows and columns you want to chart. SmartDraw imports the data and builds your chart automatically. Templates SmartDraw includes a specialized SmartTemplate for every type of chart to help you get started right away. 
SmartDraw Project Charts Automation As tasks are added and removed, the chart grows and shrinks automatically to accommodate the new date range. Groups of Tasks Tasks can be grouped hierarchically so that the length of the parent task reflects the length of all the child tasks 
Resources Assign resources to any task, just like Microsoft Project 
Integration with Microsoft Project® Do you need to share your project chart with Microsoft Project users? No problem. You can save your SmartDraw project chart in Microsoft Project format. You can also import existing Project files. Templates SmartDraw includes specialized SmartTemplates for every type of project chart to help you get started right away. Choose one that fits the timescale of your project and start adding tasks. 
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