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OmniGraffle 5 Diagramming Essentials

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OmniGraffle 5 Diagramming Essentials

Overview of this book

If a picture is worth a thousand words, why settle for anything less? Creating good visualizations to substantiate your ideas is essential in today's corporate environment. Use OmniGraffle's remarkably powerful and flexible features to get your diagrams right. Although fun to use, it can get cumbersome to find out exactly how to get what you want.This book will teach you how to make stunning diagrams without spending much time and energy. No matter if you have never used OmniGraffle, or if you are using it on a daily basis, this book will teach you how to get the most out of this splendid diagramming tool. It will first teach you the basics of the program and then extend your knowledge to a higher level.The book will teach you to make eye-popping visuals using a lot of useful, step-by-step examples. It begins with covering concepts that beef up your basics of using OmniGraffle. The earlier chapters will teach you to prepare dazzling diagrams from scratch with the many stencils, shapes, and fonts that are included in OmniGraffle. As your understanding of OmniGraffle broadens, the book will go even deeper to explain the less understood features of the software. It also covers some handy time-saving techniques such as workspaces and keyboard shortcuts.By the time you reach the end of this book, you will have mastered OmniGraffle to turn your ideas into diagrams.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
OmniGraffle 5 Diagramming Essentials
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
Preface
9
OmniGraffle workspaces
Index

Using the Outline and List functions to create diagrams


The Outline function

If you thought using only keyboard shortcuts whetted your appetite for quickly creating diagrams, you'll love this section.

If you need to create a strictly hierarchical diagram, or if part of your diagram is hierarchical, the Outline function is very handy.

Let's learn by doing hands on work. A good learning experience using the Outline function is to create a very strict hierarchy – and what's stricter than a family tree?

Your task, if you choose to accept it, is to make a diagram of the Norwegian Royal Family Tree.

The modern royalty in Norway started in 1905 when the union between Sweden and Norway was dissolved and Norway chose its own monarch: King Haakon VII. In fact, the people of Norway by a plebiscite elected the king – thus becoming a true king of the Norwegian people.

Your family tree will start with King Haakon VII and end with Their Royal Highness' Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and...