SmartDraw For Dummies - Softcover

Hoffmann, Daniel G.; Lowe, Doug

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470396717 ISBN 13: 9780470396711

Publisher: For Dummies, 2009

Diagrams, organizational charts, flowcharts, even floor plans — they’re all types of business graphics. Only one tool does ’em all: SmartDraw. SmartDraw For Dummies shows you how this business graphics software helps you make boring presentations exciting and how to create graphics that can help you sell, manage, inform, motivate, and more.

You’ll learn how to set up the program, navigate its somewhat unique interface, and work with SmartDraw’s thousands of templates. You don’t need artistic talent, just this handy guide and the extended, fully functional trial version of SmartDraw that’s on the bonus CD!

Use SmartDraw templates to create org charts, flowcharts, express charts, mind maps, Live Maps, and more
Dress up your graphics with color, effects, and design themes
Learn to integrate your graphics into Microsoft Office applications and animate graphics for cool PowerPoint presentations
Explore SmartDraw diagrams for Web pages and e-mail newsletters
Import SmartDraw graphics into Word and Excel documents
Take advantage of extra software and additional templates, sample drawings and flowcharts, image editing tools, maps, and flyers on the CD

You’ll also find graphics guidelines to help you create more effective charts and presentations, plus tips on using color and images to your advantage. Written by a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP and a SmartDraw vice president, SmartDraw For Dummies helps you banish boring charts forever!

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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From the Back Cover:

SmartDraw's the antidote for boring business graphics — learn how to use it now!

Diagrams, organizational charts, flowcharts, even floor plans are all types of business graphics, and only one tool does 'em all — SmartDraw. Learn how to use it to create graphics that can help you sell, manage, inform, motivate, and more. You don't need artistic talent, just this handy guide and SmartDraw. (There's a trial version on the CD!)

Start smart — learn to set up the program, navigate its interface, and work with SmartDraw templates
Add some spice — dress up your graphics with color, effects, and themes
Get down to business — use SmartDraw templates to create org charts, flowcharts, mind maps, Live Maps, and more
Enhance Office files — learn to integrate your graphics into Microsoft Office applications and animate them for cool PowerPoint presentations
Take it online — convert SmartDraw diagrams for Web pages

Open the book and find:

How to make the most of color and images
How to create a Live Map using Google
Different kinds of business graphics
How to turn SmartDraw shapes into a unique drawing
Why layers are necessary to create a good floor plan
What a mind map is and how to use one
How to use SmartDraw graphics in Word and PowerPoint�
Guidelines to help you create effective graphics

Bonus CD Includes

Fully functional, 30-day trial version of SmartDraw

Reference materials, including the Encyclopedia of Business Graphics PDF

Working Smarter PDFs to help you get more value out of SmartDraw

See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

About the Author:

Daniel Hoffmann is a software industry veteran and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the design, development, and marketing of innovative and industry leading products. He currently serves as the Vice President of Marketing at SmartDraw.com. Prior to SmartDraw, Dan held various positions at Microsoft (including original member of the PowerPoint for Windows and Word for Windows 95 teams), HP, and was CEO of Namezero.com. He is also the holder of several patents in software and Internet technology.

Doug Lowe has been writing computer books since 1981, including nearly 40 For Dummies books, among them PowerPoint 2007 For Dummies and Word 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies. He lives in sunny Fresno, California, where the motto is “Fres-YES!,” (unfortunately, that’s true) with his wife, the youngest of his three daughters, and a couple of dogs (a goofylooking six-month-old Shar-Pei/Black Lab mix named Lucy and a yellow lab named Odie). He’s one of those obsessive-compulsive decorating nuts who creates computer-controlled Halloween decorations that rival Disney’s Haunted Mansion.

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