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Ick. Org Charts. I remember when I wanted to do org charts because it
seemed like an important job for me at the time. I still like to do them
sometimes, but a lot of times they are a hassle.
What I normally do when I prepare one, is keep the big people on top, the
little people on bottom, the really big people get a better font, like
bigger or bold, important groups are in bigger boxes and get a heavier
border than others, and groups with lots of people get all of their people
shoved into one box as bulleted items instead of being their own boxes.
Boxes must be uniform and use the same conventions, like if people are
bulleted in one group, then bullet people for every group at the same level.
Keep it simple because people, in my experience, complain about colorful and
graphics intense charts. I also prefer rounded corners and sometimes gray
(maybe pastel) shading for the boxes and multiple pages are better than
micro fonts.
Lauren
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> I'm giving our office manager a hand making our organizational chart
> look good. I'm trying to, anyway. Any hints or tips? It's in Word and
> just kind of lays there right now.
>
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> Craig
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