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In response to the many "pro-flowcharters" who have responded, I must
say...
Maybe it's just the particular projects I've had, but I haven't had
occasion yet to do a flowchart. The developers either use CASE tools or
some other organizing for their work, and I seldom require charts in my
work.
As for organizing the documentation, I generally compose an outline,
rather than a flowchart. I work in HTML frequently, so the concept of
navigation is important in my design and organization philosophy. I
sometimes informally chart the navigation of complex documents, but
never have formally flowcharted them.
The only charts I have done are org charts or telecom diagrams. I find
Visio really easy and user-friendly for these.
Kimberly
Atlanta GA. USA
>On Wednesday, February 04, 1998 7:47 AM, Diane Williams
>[SMTP:diane_williams -at- YAHOO -dot- COM] wrote:
>> What programs do y'all use for flow charts?
>>
>> I'm inclined to just draw things by hand in Word or PowerPoint since
>> all the folks I work with have MS Office and won't likely have
special
>> tools like Visio to make any changes.
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