Creating a Flowchart
To create a flowchart:
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Select a tool from the Flowchart toolbar on the Drawing bar.
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Drag a shape in your slide.
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To add more shapes, repeat the last steps.
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Open the Connectors toolbar on the Drawing bar, and select a connector line.
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Move the pointer over the edge of a shape so that the connection sites appear.
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Click a connection site, drag to a connection site on another shape, and then release.
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To add more connectors, repeat the last steps.
You now have the basic outline for your flowchart.
To add text to the shapes on your flowchart
Do one of the following:
- Double-click the shape, and type or paste your text.
- Click the Text icon on the Drawing bar, and drag a text object over the shape. Type or paste your text into the text object.
To add a colour fill to a shape:
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Select the shape, and choose Format - Area.
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Select Colour, and then choose a colour from the list.
To add some hot spots that call other slides:
Assign interactions to some objects on your slide.
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Select the object, then choose Slide Show - Interaction.
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Select an interaction in the dialogue box. For example, select to go to the next slide when the user clicks the object.