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[. . . ] SmartDraw User Guide Contents Welcome to SmartDraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Resources Section of SmartDraw. com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Tech Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 SmartHelp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] There are also a few keyboard shortcuts to make construction even faster. Hold down the Ctrl key and press an arrow key to add a SmartDraw. com | Chapter 3: Automatic Shape Connectors 104 symbol in that direction from the selected shape. To add text faster, you can use the Tab key to move from symbol to symbol. The second decision, labeled "Sunny Outside?", is the beginning of a split path, so to add the processes attached to it, we'll need a different button. In SmartPanel, we can use the Split Path buttons to add two processes below "Sunny Outside?" We add a few more shapes and the flowchart is built: SmartDraw. com | Chapter 3: Automatic Shape Connectors 105 SmartDraw. com | Chapter 3: Automatic Shape Connectors 106 The only thing that is missing is the line from "Press `Snooze'" to "Alarm Goes Off". This is a very specialized line, so we'll have to draw it ourselves. We click "Draw Lines" in SmartPanel to change the cursor to a pencil icon. Then we click on the edge of "Press `Snooze'" where we want the line to start, and click again on the edge of "Alarm Goes Off". The line is automatically anchored to both shapes so that it will adjust itself to stay attached to them even if you move one of the shapes. Now we just add some color using the Quick Styles and Themes buttons in the Home tab, and we've built the flowchart! SmartDraw. com | Chapter 3: Automatic Shape Connectors 107 Mind Maps Mind Maps and other similar visuals consist of shapes branching from a central main idea shape. A Mind Map Just like Flowcharts, the Mind Maps SmartPanel has buttons that make building a visual like this as easy as a few clicks. SmartDraw. com | Chapter 3: Automatic Shape Connectors 108 The Build Group of Mind Maps SmartPanel You don't even have to choose symbols from a symbol gallery. Just click Add Topic in SmartPanel to add boxes attached to the central shape. SmartDraw. com | Chapter 3: Automatic Shape Connectors 109 Click "Add Topic" Three Times to Add Three Topics The topics are added on alternating sides of the central shape so that the visual maintains a balanced appearance. To add a subtopic to a topic, we just click on that topic and click Add Subtopic in SmartPanel once for each subtopic. SmartDraw. com | Chapter 3: Automatic Shape Connectors 110 Adding Two Subtopics to the Selected Topic You can also add subtopics to other subtopics to go one level deeper. SmartDraw. com | Chapter 3: Automatic Shape Connectors 111 Notice that the subtopics added in the image above are a different color, size, and shape from the topic to which they were added. This is because Mind Maps (and a few other visuals) use AutoStyle, which automatically change colors and styles each tier of hierarchy so that they are visually distinguishable. You can always turn this off by clicking in SmartPanel. Moving Automatically Connected Symbols SmartDraw makes it easy to rearrange symbols, even if they are connected to other symbols by Automatic Shape Connectors. All you have to do is click and drag the symbol to a new position. As you approach the new position, dashed lines and connection points appear where the symbol can be reattached. Simply release the mouse button when the outline of the symbol snaps to the connection point you want. Dragging a Symbol to a Connection Point Some visuals, such as Org Charts and Mind Maps, have a hierarchy in their structure. When you drag a symbol that has subordinate symbols attached to it, those symbols stay attached. SmartDraw. com | Chapter 3: Automatic Shape Connectors 112 The Light Blue Boxes Stay Attached to the Dark Blue Box When It's Moved Replacing Symbols with Different Symbols Suppose you decide you'd like to change a rectangle symbol to an oval symbol. In other programs, that would mean you have to delete the rectangle, add the oval symbol, readjust the lines so that they attach to the new symbol, and retype the text that had been in the previous symbol. But with SmartDraw, replacing a symbol is a drag-and-drop mechanism. Simply select a new shape in the symbol gallery, then click on the symbol you want to replace when the cursor looks like . The new symbol even keeps any text that had been in the original symbol and it automatically connected when it replaces the original symbol. SmartDraw. com | Chapter 3: Automatic Shape Connectors 113 Collapsing Branches Visuals with hierarchies, such as Org Charts and Mind Maps, can become quite large. For this reason, SmartDraw offers the ability to "collapse" branches in order to temporarily hide them so that your visual is less cluttered while you work. [. . . ] In Drive, type or select the drive letter to map to the shared resource. In Folder, type the server and share name of the resource, in the form of \\server name\share name. In the User name and password dialog box, in User name, type your user name if you are prompted. In Password, type your password. SmartDraw. com | Chapter 5: Exporting, Printing and Sharing a Visual 213 After you've set up your mapped drive, you can then choose your newly mapped drive as the installation directory: Your installation directory should read: [Drive]:\SmartDraw\SmartDraw After you have your installation directory squared away, simply enter your serial number when prompted and let the installation finish (You should also have a live Internet connection to your client machine). [. . . ]