Flowchart Time Savings Example

This simple flowchart sample demonstrates just how much time FlowBreeze text-to-flowcharting software will save you. This flowchart was created in just 7 steps with FlowBreeze - compared to 22 steps with a typical drawing package!

Sample Flowchart	FlowBreeze	Typical Flowcharting Software
	Click "Start Flowcharting" on the toolbar	Drag and drop Terminator shape onto drawing
	-	Add text: "Start"
	-	Drag and drop Data shape onto drawing
	Enter text: "Read data"	Add text: "Read data"
	-	Add connector from "Start" to "Read data"
	-	Drag and drop Process shape onto drawing
	Enter text: "Summarize data"	Add text: "Summarize data"
	-	Add connector from "Read data" to "Summarize data"
	-	Drag and drop Decision shape onto drawing
	Enter text: "More data?"	Add text: "More data?"
	-	Add connector from "Summarize data" to "All data retrieved?"
	Add connector from "More data?" to "Read data"	Add connector from "More data?" to "Read data"
	-	Drag and drop textbox onto drawing
	-	Add "Yes" text to textbox
	-	Drag and drop textbox onto drawing
	-	Add "No" text to textbox
	-	Drag and drop Document shape onto drawing
	Enter text: "doc:Generate report"	Add text: "Generate report"
	-	Add connector from "All data retrieved?" to "Write report"
	Click "Stop Flowcharting" on the toolbar	Drag and drop Terminator shape onto drawing
	-	Add text: "End"
	-	Add connector from "Write report" to "End"
	7 Steps	22 Steps

How it Works

1. Start Terminator automatically added to the flowchart when the Start Flowcharting toolbar button is clicked.
   (optional + the text can be customized)
2. "Read" was made a Keyword for the Data (aka I/O) shape in the Settings form.
3. The default shape for entries is a Process shape.
4. Entries with a "?" map to a Decision shape (optional) - with choice labels added (optional).
5. Some steps, such as closing branch loops, still need to be done manually.
6. "doc:" was identified as a Prefix for the Document shape in the Settings form.
   (Note: an alternate method would be to identify "report" as a Keyword for the Document shape.)
7. Stop Terminator automatically added to the flowchart when the Stop Flowcharting toolbar button is clicked.
   (optional + the text can be customized)

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