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Adding Smart Shapes

You can use Smart Shapes, such as swim lanes, funnels, or tables, in a flowchart or map to distinguish responsibility for sub-processes of a process. Swim lanes and funnels can be arranged either horizontally or vertically.

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To insert a swim lane:

  1. Click the Smart Shape toolbar button on the Insert tab.

  2. Choose either Horizontal Swim Lanes or Vertical Swim Lanes, then, click the number of swim lanes to insert..

  3. Click in the map where you want the swim lanes, hold down the mouse button, and drag.
    The more you drag, the bigger the swim lanes are.

hint:See Working with objects for information about working with swim lanes and other objects.

To change the number of swim lanes:

  • Control-click the swim lane, click Format Object, type the desired number of lanes in the Lanes box, and click Apply.

To resize all swim lanes:

Do one of the following:

To insert a funnel:

  1. Click the Smart Shape toolbar button on the Insert tab.

  2. Choose either Horizontal Funnel or VerticalFunnel, then, click the number of funnel segments to insert.

  3. Click in the map where you want the funnel, hold down the mouse button, and drag.
    The more you drag, the greater the size of the funnel.

hint:See Working with objects for information about working with funnels and other objects.

To change the number of funnel segments:

To resize all funnel segments:

Do one of the following:

To insert a table:

  1. Click the Smart Shape toolbar button on the Insert tab.

  2. Choose Table, then, click the rows and columns to insert.
    If you click More and drag, you can interactively set the number of rows and columns in the Format Object inspector.

  3. Click in the map where you want the table, hold down the mouse button, and drag.
    The more you drag, the greater the size of the table.

hint:See Working with objects for information about working with tables and other objects.

To resize a single swim lane, funnel segment, or table row or column:

  1. Hover over the border of a swim lane, funnel segment, or table row or column until the cursor becomes a double arrow
  2. Drag the border to resize.

hint:See Working with objects for information about layering Smart Shapes and other objects..

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Working with objects

Adding flowchart topics

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