How to Create a Flowchart on Mac

Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint and Word can all be used to create flow charts.

A flow chart delineates each major step in a process, with each step displayed in a box or shop and connected by arrows. In theory, anyone from the audience should be able to look over a flow chart and gain at least a superficial understanding of what the process entails. Furthermore, they will be able to recognize the impetus for each step, which will ideally be touched on in the previous step. Flow charts may demonstrate, among other things, how certain decisions or conclusions were arrived at, as well as results and consequences of some action.

Instructions

1. Create a rough outline of the flow chart. Determine what the process' major steps are, and how you can vividly convey these steps so that the audience will be able to follow.

2. Install a word processing program, such as Microsoft Word, or design software program, such as OmniGraffle, which comes bundled with many Macs. There are also a number of freeware programs available like Storm 1.1.

3. Design a flow chart by following the directives of the program you decide to use. Omnigraffle was designed with flow charts in mind, but you can pull it off with programs including Powerpoint and Excel -- both of which are found in Microsoft Office, which is bundled on many Macs.

References

• MacUpdate: Strom 1.1
• Life Hacker: Create a Flow Chart in Word 2007
• CNET: Strom Flow Chart Software 1.1 for Mac

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Microsoft Office: Draw Flowcharts with Word and PowerPoint