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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

Summary


This chapter taught you the ins and outs of canvases and layers.

After reading this chapter you are capable of:

  • Adding, copying, and deleting a canvas within the same OmniGraffle document

  • Copying a canvas from one document to another OmniGraffle document

  • Adding, copying, merging, and deleting layers within the same canvas

  • Copying a layer from one canvas to another canvas—either within the same document or to another OmniGraffle document

  • Setting layer options (visibility, printing, and locking)

  • Copying and moving shapes from one layer to the active layer

  • For OmniGraffle pro users: Working with shared layers

The next chapter is also the last chapter in the book and will cover how to get the most out of the OmniGraffle workspace options.