Some people will call these diagram objects, others will call them diagram elements or shapes. There are several names for the various parts of this diagram. In the previous diagram we have an oblong, an ellipse, a diamond, and a line connecting the oblong to the diamond. You’ll love it so much that you’re going to beg anyone to let you create their diagrams for. If you indeed have created diagrams with a text processor, you’ll soon realize that in comparison using OmniGraffle is a walk in the park on a hot summer day with a handsome person by your side. You have limited export options for your diagram.It’s very cumbersome to adjust shape settings like shadow, line stroke, filling, geometry, and so on, to more than one shape at a time.You have only a limited number of shapes at your disposal.You do not have automatic layout settings-every alignment, every adjustment must be done by hand (and measurement must be done by eye).You cannot connect shapes to each other-thus remodelling your diagram involves moving everything around by hand.You are limited to the size of your page, and you need to carefully plan your diagram as changing it afterwards can become very work intensive.It’s cumbersome to lay out shapes-there’s a lot of clicking involved.There are a few important reasons why you should try to avoid creating diagrams with Microsoft Word, or to a lesser degree, OpenOffice Writer: Hopefully, you have other productivity tools on your computer such as iWorks Pages™ and Microsoft Word™ which are excellent for writing reports, books, and other texts, so you do not need to use OmniGraffle for writing your texts. Not only do the diagrams look good, they are easy to make, manipulate, and reuse. There is a good reason why you should let OmniGraffle do your diagramming (and consequently let your word processor do your reporting), and the simple reason is that OmniGraffle specializes in diagrams! OmniGraffle is exceptionally good when it comes to good-looking diagrams. You can use OmniGraffle to write a letter to your aunt, or a business report to your boss-as you could use Microsoft Word to create diagrams. As with a lot of productivity tools, the program can be used for more than its intended purposes. OmniGraffle is perhaps the easiest diagramming program available for the Macintosh. A hands-on guide filled with visual step-by-step examples that cover both the basics and the advanced features of OmniGraffle.Learn to draw engaging charts and graphs to grasp your viewers’ attention to your presentations.Master the art of illustrating your ideas with OmniGraffle.Makes diagramming fun and simple for Macintosh users.

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