SmartDraw User Guide Contents Welcome to SmartDraw ............................................................................................................................... 8 The Resources Section of SmartDraw.com .......................................................................................... 9 Tech Support ...................................................................................................................................... 10 SmartHelp ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 1: Building Visuals Using SmartDraw ............................................................................................ 11 Opening a Visual Template ..................................................................................................................... 11 Start a Basic Visual Template ............................................................................................................. 12 Open More Specific Templates and Examples ................................................................................... 16 Open a Recently Used Visual .............................................................................................................. 18 Open a Recently Visited Template ..................................................................................................... 19 Using the Application Screen to Build a Visual ....................................................................................... 20 The Work Area .................................................................................................................................... 22 The Ribbon .......................................................................................................................................... 22 SmartPanel ......................................................................................................................................... 26 SmartHelp ........................................................................................................................................... 28 Adding Color and Style to a Visual .......................................................................................................... 30 Themes ............................................................................................................................................... 30 Quick Styles ........................................................................................................................................ 32 AutoStyle ............................................................................................................................................ 33 Changing the Fill of a Shape ............................................................................................................... 34 SmartDraw.com | Welcome to SmartDraw 2 Using the Line Button ......................................................................................................................... 36 Applying Effects .................................................................................................................................. 37 Chapter 2: The Ribbon ................................................................................................................................ 40 The Home Tab ........................................................................................................................................ 40 The Clipboard Group .......................................................................................................................... 41 The Tools Group ................................................................................................................................. 42 The Theme Group ............................................................................................................................... 47 The Shape Style Group ....................................................................................................................... 48 The Font Group ................................................................................................................................... 51 The Paragraph Group ......................................................................................................................... 54 The Design Tab ....................................................................................................................................... 56 The Position & Size Group .................................................................................................................. 57 The Shape Layout Group .................................................................................................................... 58 The Shape Properties Group .............................................................................................................. 62 The OLE Group .................................................................................................................................... 68 The Insert Tab ......................................................................................................................................... 70 The Page Tab .......................................................................................................................................... 72 The Page Style Group ......................................................................................................................... 73 The Page Setup Group ........................................................................................................................ 74 The Rulers & Grid Group .................................................................................................................... 76 The Find & Replace Group .................................................................................................................. 77 SmartDraw.com | Welcome to SmartDraw 3 The Table Tab ......................................................................................................................................... 78 The Insert Table Group ....................................................................................................................... 78 The Rows & Columns Group ............................................................................................................... 79 The Table Style Group ........................................................................................................................ 81 The Data Group .................................................................................................................................. 84 The Chart Tab ......................................................................................................................................... 86 The Insert Chart Group ....................................................................................................................... 87 The Chart Data Group ......................................................................................................................... 88 The Layout Group ............................................................................................................................... 89 The Labels Group ................................................................................................................................ 91 The Picture Tab ....................................................................................................................................... 92 The Get Images Group ........................................................................................................................ 92 The Picture Size Group ....................................................................................................................... 94 The Exposure Group ........................................................................................................................... 96 The PowerPoint® Tab .............................................................................................................................. 96 The Export Group ............................................................................................................................... 97 The Animation Group ......................................................................................................................... 97 The Review Tab ...................................................................................................................................... 99 The Help Tab ......................................................................................................................................... 100 Chapter 3: Automatic Shape Connectors ................................................................................................. 101 Flowcharts ............................................................................................................................................ 101 SmartDraw.com | Welcome to SmartDraw 4 Mind Maps ............................................................................................................................................ 108 Moving Automatically Connected Symbols .......................................................................................... 112 Replacing Symbols