FlowBreeze lets you make flow charts easily in a simple, intuitive, and accessible flowcharting environment. FlowBreeze achieves this by automating the flowchart making process in a 100% Microsoft Office integrated environment.
FlowBreeze is an Excel graphics add-in that lets you create flowcharts by just typing text. You just select the location cell where you want a flowchart symbol to be, type the text, and press Enter. The text is replaced by a flow chart symbol containing the text, and a flow line (flowchart connector) is automatically added from the last flowchart symbol.
FlowBreeze converts your text entries into flowchart symbols based on a set of rules that you can fully customize. For example, when you use FlowBreeze you can set up a rule that ...
- converts any entry with a question mark ("?") into a Decison symbol (diamond shape).
- automatically adds Terminator symbols (oval shapes) to the start and end of a flowchart - with the text you pick.
- converts short ALL CAPS entries into Connector symbols (circle shapes / jump nodes).
- presets the color and text formatting for all the flowchart symbols.
- associates any Keyword with a given flowchart symbol type.
- associates any Prefix with a given flowchart symbol type.
- prompt you for the flowchart connector (flow line) if the newest symbol isn't next to the last one.
- and much more ...
Do you already have a list of steps, e.g. from a Microsoft Word document? Great! When you buy FlowBreeze you can just copy and paste the list and FlowBreeze will populate a set of flowchart symbols, generating the flowchart on the fly. This is a great time saver when converting old documents!
Main Process Flow Chart Features
- Create flowchart symbols based on Keywords.
- Example: You can set the word "report" to create a flowchart
Document symbol.
- Example: You can set the words "read" or "write"
to create a flowchart Data (I/O) symbol.
- Flowchart symbols can have a prefix defined for them to force an entry to
create that flowchart symbol type. Examples:
- Typing "doc:Print TPS" in a cell could create a flowchart
Document symbol containing the text "Print TPS".
- Typing "man:Setup drill press" in a cell could create a flowchart
Manual Operation symbol with the text "Setup drill press".
- Question marks (?) can be set to create flowchart Branch / Decision (diamond)
symbols.
- If no other rules apply, entries will create flowchart Process (rectangle)
symbols.
- Automatically add Start and End Terminators symbols to the flowchart.
- Automatically add a process flow lines (flowchart connectors) from the previous
flowchart symbol.
- Automatically add process branch labels (e.g. Yes/No) to Decision symbols.
- Optimizes the font and internal Flowchart AutoShape margins to minimize
drawing footprint.
- Automatically sizes the flowchart symbols based on text length.
- Allows you to optimize the flowchart layout for export to Word or PowerPoint.
- Creates a custom flowcharting toolbar, exposing the best of Excel's built-in
flowcharting capabilities in a single click.
- Familiar Microsoft Excel spreadsheet interface allows users to create, share,
and collaborate on flowcharts in a software environment that they already
know how to use.
